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Quebec more 'distraction' than help on health group: Saskatchewan premier

Quebec more 'distraction' than help on health group: Saskatchewan premier

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says it's not surprising that Quebec has pulled out of a national health-care committee set up by the provinces.

Tories say Ontario sends too many mentally ill youth to U.S. for treatment

TORONTO - Ontario should not have to spend millions of dollars each year to send children and teens to the United States for treatment of mental health issues, the Progressive Conservatives said Tuesday.

Boomers who want healthy old age must work harder, poll suggests

TORONTO - Baby boomers may have dreams of spending their twilight years basking in the glow of good health, but a new poll suggests they'll have to work much harder to make that vision a reality.
Study: new tuberculosis vaccine doesn't protect babies; still being tested in other groups

Study: new tuberculosis vaccine doesn't protect babies; still being tested in other groups

LONDON - The world's most advanced tuberculosis vaccine failed to protect babies against the infectious disease, according to a new study in South Africa.

Scarlet fever an unlikely cause of blindness in 'Little House' sister, experts' analysis says

CHICAGO - Any fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved "Little House" books knows how the author's sister Mary went blind: scarlet fever.

Bullying study shows it does get better for gay teens yet young men fare worse than lesbians

CHICAGO - It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers, according to the first long-term scientific evidence on how the problem changes over time.

Your Good Health: Heart condition usually found on EKG

Dear Dr. Roach: Can you tell me how WPW syndrome is detected? Sometimes my heart beats fast and wobbly. My whole chest sometimes goes up and down. I went to a cardiologist. My stress test was good. My echocardiogram was good.

Montreal hospital says foreign patient didn't get special treatment

MONTREAL - A Montreal hospital says it didn't compromise the care of average Quebecers when it admitted a Kuwaiti woman for emergency surgery and charged her country's government nearly $200,000.
91原创 hospital first in Canada to use bug-killing robot armed with UV light

91原创 hospital first in Canada to use bug-killing robot armed with UV light

VANCOUVER - When Trudi the robot is plugged in and armed, it sounds more like a space shuttle launch system than a germ-killing machine.
Mom who wrote of putting 7-year-old on diet feared further backlash with memoir

Mom who wrote of putting 7-year-old on diet feared further backlash with memoir

TORONTO - Dara-Lynn Weiss was initially thrilled by the chance to write an article for Vogue magazine about how she helped her seven-year-old daughter lose 16 pounds.