An opioid crisis that has claimed thousands of lives across North America has become a drag on the average life expectancy in Canada, the government statistical agency said Thursday.
May 30, 2019
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a spike in the number of Australian children and adolescents presenting to hospital with mental health issues, according to a new study from UNSW Sydney researchers. The number of emergency ...
May 3, 2023
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. opioid epidemic cost the nation's economy $631 billion from 2015 through 2018, a new study says.
Oct 17, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Three major medical groups are urging Americans to wear face masks, wash their hands and practice social distancing as coronavirus cases continue to surge in the United States.
Jul 6, 2020
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The economic crisis of 2008-10, and the rise in unemployment that accompanied it, was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths—including many considered treatable—within the Organization for Economic ...
May 25, 2016
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A newly approved test can determine whether a person has a genetically driven risk of becoming addicted to opioids.
Dec 21, 2023
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A whole town celebrated in 2020 when, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened, offering state-of-the-art medicine that was previously unavailable in a poor, isolated part of Alabama. ...
May 17, 2022
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Boston's medical establishment is coming together to carry a message to area physicians and other health care workers: Climate change plays a role in many of the illnesses they see each day. A Feb. 13 symposium, "The Climate ...
Feb 11, 2020
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The COVID-19 crisis has both divided and galvanized Canadians on health care. While the last three years have presented new challenges to health-care systems across the country, the pandemic has also exacerbated existing ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids, she never lost faith that she would someday have a child.
Sep 4, 2023
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