Superbug outbreak reports at Canadian hospitals not shared

A potentially deadly class of superbug has some Canadian hospitals stepping up screening, as infectious disease experts call for a reliable national warning system to report outbreaks. At Fraser Health in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, hospitals have...

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Sports drinks unnecessary, counterproductive for most people

If you're grabbing a sports drink to replenish your electrolytes after exercise, you could actually be working against your workout. A CBC Marketplace investigation found that the vast majority of Canadians don't exercise hard enough to need the colourful...

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'I'm dying:' Woman seeks $60K online for eating disorder care

Canadians with eating disorders can face such long wait times for publicly funded treatment spots that many patients depend on personal assets and private funding to get access to facilities. Many end up with deep debt after emerging from...

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Vodka to blame for high death risk in Russian men

Russian men who down large amounts of vodka — and too many do — have an "extraordinarily" high risk of an early death, a new study says. Researchers tracked about 151,000 adult men in the Russian cities of Barnaul, Byisk and Tomsk from 1999 to 2010....

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Peanut allergy in children reduced in experiment

Some children with peanut allergies who were given small doses of peanut product were able to build up their tolerance and improve their quality of life after participating in a carefully controlled experiment.   British researchers followed 96...

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Concussions plague Quebec's young football players

For more than 30,000 young Quebecers, football is both a passion and a major risk for serious head injuries. But neither Football Quebec nor the Quebec Student Sport Federation (better known in the province by the acronym RSEQ) have any idea just how...

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Nearly half of obese 8th graders were overweight in preschool

Those efforts to fight obesity in schools? Think younger. A new U.S. study finds that much of a child's "weight fate" is set by age 5, and that nearly half of kids who became obese by the eighth grade were already overweight when they started kindergarten....

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Michael Schumacher, former F1 champ, being brought out of coma

Michael Schumacher's doctors have started the process of bringing the former Formula One champion out of the coma he has been in since a skiing accident a month ago, his manager said Thursday. The 45-year-old Schumacher suffered serious head injuries...

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Amnesiac Henry Molaison's brain undergoes digital post-mortem

A detailed post-mortem look at the brain of a famous amnesiac is revealing new clues to his memory. Henry G. Molaison, known in the medical literature as H.M., had parts of the hippocampus in his brain removed in 1953 at the age of 27, following increasingly...

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What works and doesn't to prevent and treat the common cold

People sick with a runny nose, sore throat and cough from the common cold will try myriad remedies, but only a few have proved to get results, a Canadian doctor says.  Colds are common, affecting adults about two to three times a year and children...

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Ontario to spend $20M to help treat mental, physical illness

The province says it is joining forces with several partners to help people get treatment for mental and physical illness. Health Minister Deb Matthews announced Tuesday the newly created Medical Psychiatry Alliance which will offer support across the...

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4 Canadian Olympians share their favourite snacks

With an array of sports performance products on the market designed to help you refuel, recharge and recover, it can be hard to know what advice to swallow. To help sort out the science behind products that promise to make you a better athlete, CBC...

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What works and doesn't to prevent and treat the common cold

People sick with a runny nose, sore throat and cough from the common cold will try myriad remedies, but only a few have proved to get results, a Canadian doctor says.  Colds are so common, affecting adults about two to three times a year and children...

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Alkaline diet's scientific basis 'taken out of context'

The alkaline diet touted by Hollywood celebrities for weight loss and to avoid diseases such as cancer and osteoporosis promotes eating more vegetables, but the premise behind it is junk science, some experts say. Proponents of the alkaline diet claim...

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Flu volunteers sniffle for scientists

Forget being sneezed on: U.S. government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses. It may sound bizarre, but the rare type of research is a step in the quest for better flu vaccines....

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Black Death mysteries unlocked by McMaster scientists

Two devastating plagues that decimated much of Europe hundreds of years ago were actually caused by distinct strains of the same pathogen, new research suggests — and scientists say it's not impossible for a new strain of the plague to emerge in...

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L'Isle-Verte fire prompts calls to end 'patchwork' safety rules

As rescue crews continue to comb through the frozen rubble at a seniors' home in eastern Quebec after deadly fire, many people are reflecting on fire safety of seniors' homes across the country. The Canadian Association of Retired Persons, an organization...

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Flu volunteers sniffle for scientists

Forget being sneezed on: U.S. government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses. It may sound bizarre, but the rare type of research is a step in the quest for better flu vaccines....

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Vitamin D supplements' benefits panned in review of studies

Taking vitamin D supplements to prevent cancer, heart disease, fractures and premature death provide few if any benefits, a new review of studies says. Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, has been supplemented in foods like milk for decades to prevent...

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Alkaline diet's scientific basis 'taken out of context'

The alkaline diet touted by Hollywood celebrities for weight loss and to avoid diseases such as cancer and osteoporosis promotes eating more vegetables, but the premise behind it is junk science, some experts say. Proponents of the alkaline diet claim...

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Vitamin D supplements' benefits panned in review of studies

Taking vitamin D supplements to prevent cancer, heart disease, fractures and premature death provide few if any benefits, a new review of studies says. Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, has been supplemented in foods like milk for decades to prevent...

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Health-care tool shows quality of care comparisons

Canadians can now get a snapshot of how the quality of health care in each province compares with other countries. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) launched a new interactive tool on Thursday that displays how provincial results...

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Hospital parking tax break proposed for patients, visitors

But 2013 budget's end to tax exemption for lots run by charities, public institutions will go ahead The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 24, 2014 11:57 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 24, 2014 11:57 AM ET External Links (Note: CBC does not...

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L'Isle-Verte fire prompts calls to end 'patchwork' safety rules

As rescue crews continue to comb through the frozen rubble at a seniors' home in eastern Quebec after deadly fire, many people are reflecting on fire safety of seniors' homes across the country. The Canadian Association of Retired Persons, an organization...

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Health-care tool shows quality of care comparisons

Canadians can now get a snapshot of how the quality of health care in each province compares with other countries. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) launched a new interactive tool on Thursday that displays how provincial results...

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Hospital parking tax break proposed for patients, visitors

But 2013 budget's end to tax exemption for lots run by charities, public institutions will go ahead The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 24, 2014 11:57 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 24, 2014 11:57 AM ET External Links (Note: CBC does not...

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Vitamin D supplements' benefits panned in review of studies

Taking vitamin D supplements to prevent cancer, heart disease, fractures and premature death provide few if any benefits, a new review of studies says. Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, has been supplemented in foods like milk for decades to prevent...

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