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- 10/3/2021
Non-melanoma skin cancer rates up 30% in Ontario from 2003 to 2017
While most deaths occurred in adults older than age 65, the study found the annual incidence rate of new cases was highest in people younger than 35. - 9/30/2021
Recall on one lot of Mirvala 28 birth control: Health Canada
The pill's blister pack may contain a placebo in part of the blisterpack that should contain the active birth-control pill. - 9/30/2021
A year after the death of Joyce Echaquan: Quebec coroner urges government to recognize systemic racism
Coroner Gehane Kamel's report into the death of Echaquan, released Friday, finds that while the death was accidental, the racism and prejudice the Atikamekw woman was subjected to contributed to her death. - 9/30/2021
Coughing kids headed to Montreal ERs but not for COVID-19
A different respiratory virus is popping up among the city's young people. - 9/30/2021
Two new menopause guidelines on sexuality highlight new treatments
New guidelines from SOGC are the first of seven to be published over the next two months as part of the overall Menopause Guidelines. - 9/30/2021
'Tightly knit': Small but mighty band of N.L. healthcare workers heading off to help Alberta battle COVID-19
Premier Andrew Furey says he's happy Newfoundland and Labrador will be sending a small team of healthcare workers to Alberta, a province closely linked with his own. - 9/30/2021
Fighting cancer better with AI
Canadian, American, German and Belgian researchers have developed an artificial intelligence application that has been able to collect and then synthesize for analysis millions of medical data concerning cancer patients followed for a decade. - 9/30/2021
Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19
If cleared, the drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, a potentially major advance in efforts to fight the pandemic. - 9/30/2021
Spotlight 7: Massage therapist blessings
A patient who kept on wanting massage therapy for his chronic anxiety but wouldn’t consider meds or psychotherapy. That didn’t thrill Dr. Jassam—but then the patient’s requests went to something he had to say no to.