Health
In Canada, each cigarette will get a warning label: 'poison in every puff'
Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes.
May 31, 2023
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News tagged with canada
Diabetes
New network launched to address diabetes complications
A new national research network was launched today to transform the health outcomes of individuals with diabetes and its related complications. It will be led by two of Canada's top researchers in the field and includes researchers ...
Mar 31, 2016
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Bodychecking experience does not lower risk of injury for teen hockey players
Youth hockey players with more years of bodychecking experience were at significantly higher risk of concussion than their peers with less bodychecking experience, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
Jun 20, 2022
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Pediatrics
Empowering pediatric pain medicine
Canada stands at the verge of a new standard of pediatric pain management, thanks to the dedicated leadership of Samina Ali. Over the last few years, she has been making headlines for leading several research projects revealing ...
Jun 1, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Suicide rates fell in Canada during pandemic despite rise in unemployment
The results of research into suicide rates in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic show that rates fell despite a simultaneous increase in unemployment. The researchers say the measures put in place by the Canadian government ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Other
How do Canadians feel about new law that assumes consent for deceased organ donation?
One strategy to address the scarcity of organs for transplantation is called deemed consent legislation, where adults are automatically presumed to consent to organ donation upon their death unless they register an opt-out ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Medications
Canadian pharmacy fined $34 million for illegal imports
An online pharmacy that bills itself as Canada's largest was fined $34 million Friday for importing counterfeit cancer drugs and other unapproved pharmaceuticals into the United States, a sentence that one advocacy group ...
Apr 13, 2018
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Medications
Health Canada considers restricting painkiller tramadol
Health Canada said Wednesday it is considering regulating the popular pain killer tramadol as an opioid, after seeing a spike in prescriptions over the past several years.
Nov 22, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Americans, Canadians are warned not to eat romaine lettuce (Update)
Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.
Nov 20, 2018
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Health
Canada's legal cannabis drives prices up 17%, govt stats say
The average price of cannabis in Canada went up 17.4 percent after its legalization, according to data released by the government statistical agency.
Jan 10, 2019
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