Health: ‘Helicopter parents’ may hinder kids’ emotional well-being (Report)
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Health: Ontario doctors to return to bargaining table after incoming government...
Ontario's doctors, who have been without a physician services agreement for four years, are expected to return to the bargaining table next month.The Ontario Medical Association says...
Health: There’s an adage in recovery that we can learn from...
I've spent the week contemplating the number 4,000. I have gone to sleep trying to to picture what 4,000 of something might look like: 4,000 grains of...
Health: Legalization comes with risks: Doctors reminding public that health effects...
On the heels of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement Wednesday that adults will be able to legally buy and consume recreational marijuana on Oct. 17, some doctors are reminding...
Health: 152 severe bedsores reported at Nova Scotia long-term care facilities...
The province revealed Thursday there are at least 152 cases of severe bedsores at Nova Scotia long-term care facilities, data gathered as police investigate the death of a woman whose...
Health: Ebola outbreak in Congo ‘largely contained,’ says WHO (Report)
The World Health Organization says there is "cautious optimism" that the Ebola outbreak in Congo may be winding down.In a report issued this week, the UN health agency and...
Health: Chemicals found in some U.S. water supplies more toxic than...
A family of industrial chemicals turning up in public water supplies around the U.S. is even more toxic than previously thought, threatening human health at concentrations seven to...
Health: Ontario’s Darlington nuclear reactor to produce isotope used for medical...
A subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation is partnering with U.S.-based BWX Technologies to help produce radioactive isotopes used to diagnose such conditions as cancer and heart disease.Ontario...
Health: Road safety advocates want next city council to ‘step up,’...
Daniella Levy-Pinto
has lost track of the number of times she's nearly been hit by cars turning right on red lights.As someone with complete vision loss, Levy-Pinto...
Health: Sask.’s pharmacy college considers ban on non-prescription codeine products (Report)
Saskatchewan's regulatory body for pharmacists is eyeing a ban on the sale of non-prescription codeine products in pharmacies. Codeine is a narcotic found in pills and cough syrup used to relieve...