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What happened to Downton's Lady Sybil? Still common condition called eclampsia

What happened to Downton's Lady Sybil? Still common condition called eclampsia

TORONTO - Spoiler alert: If you haven't seen Episode 4 of the current season of Downton Abby and you plan to, you don't want to continue reading.

Dr. Keith Roach: Hyperbaric oxygen use may injure chemo patient

Dear Dr. Roach: I would like your opinion on the use of hyperbaric oxygen for cancer treatment. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer in 2011, treated with chemo and was in remission with a recurrence in 2012.

Cervical dystonia鈥檚 head bobbles like Parkinson鈥檚 tremors

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a friend in his early 50s who has always been healthy. He has just been diagnosed with cervical dystonia. His head bobbles. He has had Botox shots, which did not help. It started with feeling a stiff neck.
25 years on, 91原创s don't want to reopen debate on abortion, Ambrose says

25 years on, 91原创s don't want to reopen debate on abortion, Ambrose says

OTTAWA - 91原创s don't want to revisit the age-old abortion debate, Canada's minister for the status of women said Monday as activists on both sides marked 25 years since the Supreme Court's landmark decision on the issue.
Bundling baby: How much do little kids need to wear in Canada's cold winters?

Bundling baby: How much do little kids need to wear in Canada's cold winters?

TORONTO - It's a question all new parents 鈥 or parents new to our climate 鈥 ask at some point or another as 91原创 winters descend: How much bundling do you need to do to protect babies and little children from the cold? With the kinds of low tempe

16 people sickened in 5 states; linked to recalled ground beef, raw kibbeh blamed for some

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Federal health officials say at least 16 people in five states have been sickened by salmonella food poisoning linked to ground beef. No one has died, but half were hospitalized.
Analysis: Is it fair to penalize smokers and overeaters? Yes, say experts. Here's why.

Analysis: Is it fair to penalize smokers and overeaters? Yes, say experts. Here's why.

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Vitamin-packed foods help you fight disease

鈥淎 vitamin is a substance that makes you ill, if you don鈥檛 eat it,鈥 said Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937.

Bleeding fingers result of abnormal blood vessels

Dear Dr. Roach: Can you tell me about hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia? My fingers bleed constantly. One doctor told me just to keep a bandage over them. Others said they could not treat me. H.L.M.
91原创 study of EEG test for awareness in vegetative patients called flawed

91原创 study of EEG test for awareness in vegetative patients called flawed

TORONTO - A team of researchers is questioning the findings of a highly publicized study that claimed bedside EEG testing showed evidence of conscious awareness in three patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.