ABC News: Health
India's economic boom has led to an explosion of lifestyle diseases like diabetes and cases are rising among children and adolescents
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Air pollution results in 7,700 premature deaths in Canada each year, report says
CBC | Health News
Air pollution cost Canadian families an estimated $36 billion in 2015 due to premature death and illness, a new research report says.
BBC News - Health
Mental health concerns raised in survey of 12,000 workers from across the UK.
The first study to look at twins in the region says urgent improvements are needed.
Winnie Li decided to have her eggs frozen after rape ruined her 30s.
Screens 'not a toy:' Canadian pediatricians promote limits for kids 5 and under
CBC | Health News
Parents and caregivers of children aged five and younger should not only minimize screen time at home but use it mindfully themselves, the Canadian Paediatric Society says.
A New Association has Launched with the Goal of Supporting...
Health
The new non-profit organization, The Women in Fitness Association (WIFA), was created with the vision of establishing a platform to prepare and develop more women to be in leadership roles in the...
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MCG and CCHP will discuss the innovative software solution, Cite for Collaborative Care, and show how it has improved Utilization Management
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Baby Born with Life-Threatening Giant Tongue!
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What happens when breast cancer comes back?
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Recurrence "reinforces that breast cancer is potentially a systemic or whole body disease from the get-go," UCLA expert says
The drug is already approved in the U.S., and may be a promising option for some women with hard-to-treat breast cancer
"You are creating a new model of an intimate relationship in the therapy office," one counselor explains, "then take that kind of experience out into the world and repeat it"
The comments by Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst come as the GOP-controlled Senate moves forward on its plan to dismantle the health care law
Dr. Tara Narula joins "CBS This Morning" to describe the four medications listed in the police report for Tiger Woods' arrest.
The FDA expanded the approved uses for an immunotherapy drug that has successfully treated certain lung cancers and melanoma. The treatment that triggers the body's own defense system to fight cancer was used by former President Jimmy Carter, who reported a few months later he was cancer-free. Dr. David Agus joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the cancer treatment.
NYT > Health
Anger over rising drug costs has set off a civil war in the pharmaceutical industry, and the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits manager claims it is owed millions.
The lawsuit, one of several that is being closely watched, accused drug makers of marketing that misled doctors and patients about the danger of addiction and overdose.
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Ohio attorney general sues 5 drug companies related to opioid crisis
FOX News
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said on Wednesday that his office sued five drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers, helping fuel a drug addiction epidemic.
Seven canines in Florida have been diagnosed with potentially deadly dog flu, a highly contagious virus that infected nearly 1,000 dogs in Chicago in 2015.
A British breast surgeon who carried out unnecessary operations on 10 patients for personal gain was sentenced to 15 years in prison, a court heard on Wednesday.
CBC | Health News
The McGill University Health Centre's Dr. Mark Tewfik is breaking ground by using a new medical technology — augmented reality — for sinus operations.
A letter to the editor in a prestigious medical journal was part of a push to convince physicians to prescribe opioids more freely by downplaying addiction risks, Canadian researchers say.
Doctors and patient groups are urging the medical community to pay more attention to recognizing and preventing sepsis, a life-threatening condition with a high mortality rate.
Ohio Attorney General announces five drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers, helping fuel a drug addiction epidemic.