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Dr. Jagbir Gill, a nephrologist at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, said South Asian Canadians have a 50%-to-77% lower likelihood of getting a kidney transplant.

The program co-ordinator at CAYR Community Connections in Ontario says the take-home tests are crucial to connecting with people as Canada’s HIV infections climb.

APO-Mometasone nasal spray is prescribed for allergy symptoms in children, for sinusitis in patients aged 12 and older, and for nasal polyps in adults.

The Brain Computer Interface program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto develops technology that allows dozens of physically disabled children to use their minds to move and play.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said drug overdoses killed an average of 23 people each day last year.

The risk varied among age groups.

Hands up if you make a point of checking out local pharmacies when you travel?

The study took information on how drugs were taken in about 71,000 of the more than 311,000 total U.S. overdose deaths over three years.