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Eye doctor's claims to aboriginal health-care program raised red flags: report

OTTAWA - A Saskatchewan optometrist's billings to the federal health program for aboriginals raised red flags with Health Canada, a newly released document shows.

No test for ovarian cancer

Dear Dr. Roach: Regarding blood tests for ovarian cancer, there is a new test called OVA-1. I believe this new blood test is for ovarian cancer in its early stages. P.J.G.
Health care for homeless challenging to deliver, but includes compassion: doctors

Health care for homeless challenging to deliver, but includes compassion: doctors

TORONTO - It's about 9:30 on an icy-cold January morning, and Dr. Stephen Hwang is greeting his first patient of the day at Seaton House, a 434-bed shelter for homeless men on a quiet street in downtown Toronto.

HEALTHBEAT: Small experiments testing if pacemaker-like brain implants might slow Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON - It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone's brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease. And it's not easy.
Close kin to the new coronavirus found in bats from European: study

Close kin to the new coronavirus found in bats from European: study

TORONTO - Viruses closely related to the new coronavirus that emerged last year in the Middle East have been discovered in specimens from a number of species of bats found widely throughout Europe and beyond, a new study shows.
HEALTHBEAT: Small experiments testing if pacemaker-like brain implants might slow Alzheimer's

HEALTHBEAT: Small experiments testing if pacemaker-like brain implants might slow Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON - It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone's brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease. And it's not easy.
Birds and bees easy as 1-2-3

Birds and bees easy as 1-2-3

Those parents who have been delaying The Talk should make it a New Year’s resolution to begin discussing sexual issues with their children — and the earlier the better.
Birds and bees easy as 1-2-3

Birds and bees easy as 1-2-3

Those parents who have been delaying The Talk should make it a New Year’s resolution to begin discussing sexual issues with their children — and the earlier the better.

No expense too small for Mazza to bill to Ornge, documents show 75 cent charge

TORONTO - A sky-high salary didn't stop former Ornge CEO Chris Mazza from billing taxpayers thousands of dollars in expenses, from luxurious trips to 75 cents for parking, newly released documents show. Mazza also received $1.

Cholera outbreak in Cuba not keeping 91Ô­´´ travellers at home

TORONTO - Authorities in Cuba are acknowledging a spate of new cholera cases in the capital, but the outbreak doesn't seem to be keeping 91Ô­´´s away.