Health
Canada to make contraception for women free
Canada will cover the full cost of contraception for women, the government said Saturday as it highlighted the first part of a major health care reform.
Mar 31, 2024
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Inflammatory disorders
Bypassing oral immunotherapy buildup safe in children with food allergy
An initial phase of multifood sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) that bypasses oral immunotherapy (OIT) buildup is safe and effective, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: ...
Mar 24, 2024
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Health
Report: Canada should ban all unhealthy food marketing that may be seen by children
Canada should ban the marketing of unhealthy foods wherever children may be exposed, whether on TV, social media, or billboards. This is one of the main conclusions of a Canada-wide study involving more than fifty food and ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Simple hysterectomy not inferior for pelvic recurrence in cervical cancer
For patients with low-risk cervical cancer, simple hysterectomy is not inferior to radical hysterectomy with respect to the incidence of pelvic recurrence at three years, according to a study published in the Feb. 29 issue ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Cardiology
Health care leaders call for reinstatement of Canadian hypertension control program
A passionate plea for the re-establishment of Canada's health coalition focused on hypertension prevention and control has been published as an editorial in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. "We need a national hypertension ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Health
Quitting smoking at any age brings big health benefits, fast: Study
People who quit smoking see major gains in life expectancy after just a few years, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers at Unity Health Toronto.
Feb 10, 2024
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Health
Four people have died, as of Dec. 15, from salmonella-tainted cantaloupe in the United States
In an outbreak of Salmonella illness tied to cantaloupes that began last month, 302 people in 42 states have now fallen ill. As of Dec. 15, four people had died and 129 had been hospitalized, according to the U.S. Food and ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Addiction
2011 to 2022 saw little change in smoking prevalence for older adults
Between 2011 and 2022, there were significant decreases in smoking prevalence among younger adults, but not older adults, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in JAMA Health Forum.
Dec 4, 2023
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Medical economics
Primary care lessons for Canada from OECD countries
To improve primary care, Canada can learn from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries with high rates of patients attached to primary care clinicians, write authors in an analysis in the Canadian ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Health
Measuring indoor air quality in remote First Nations communities in Ontario, Canada
A team of researchers with a wide variety of backgrounds and affiliated with a number of institutions in Canada, including officials with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, has conducted an assessment of indoor air quality for people ...
