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The health system is bad now. It's going to get a lot worse — and …

WEBIn 2019, 17.6 per cent of Canada’s population was aged 65 and over but this age group was responsible for 45.1 per cent of the country’s public health spending. For …

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Opinion: Her mother’s memoir reveals the extent of Greta …

WEBArticle content. By Brad Polumbo Washington Examiner. Greta Thunberg is a victim, in almost every way imaginable. She’s a victim of bullying, of mental health …

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Scientists use creativity, vigilance to brace for Disease X National …

WEB1.67 million unknown viruses. One example is Rift Valley Fever, a virus listed by WHO as one of eight known diseases posing the greatest public risk of a …

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The secret slang of hospitals: What doctors and nurses call …

WEBArticle content. TORONTO — For anyone who’s been a patient or a family member attending a loved one in hospital, the expectation — or at least the hope — is …

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What to know about measles — one of the most contagious …

WEBBefore vaccines and routine childhood immunizations were introduced, measles infected most people before the age of 20 and caused more than two million …

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Canadians waiting longer than ever for medical treatment, study …

WEBThe think-tank reports a median wait time of 27.4 weeks for Canadians to get treatment, longer than the 25.6 weeks reported in 2021 and significantly longer than 9.3 …

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Why was Jordan Peterson placed in a medically induced coma

WEBArticle content. In the wake of news that Jordan Peterson spent eight days in an induced coma in Russia to overcome a physical dependency on a benzodiazepine …

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Kate Middleton has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy

WEBLONDON — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy, she said Friday in a stunning announcement that follows weeks of …

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Canada's family doctor shortage: 10 million to soon lack primary …

WEBBy some estimates, 10 million Canadians will be without any source of primary care within three to four years, a “disaster” for a country with universal health …

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'Extreme caution': U.K. review of trans health care lessons

WEBWhether the report will have any bearing on gender-affirming care in Canada is debatable. The Alberta government announced in January that it would introduce strict …

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I worked at a safe injection site. What I witnessed was disturbing

WEBJason Altenberg, who became South Riverdale’s CEO in January of 2020, found a staff member from the supervised injection site unconscious in a washroom …

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She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a …

WEBPhoto by Ashley Brown / Handout. Amanda Twinam’s journey to understand her decades-long fatigue began with a breast cancer diagnosis at age 28. Twinam …

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The first chiropractor was a Canadian who claimed he received a …

WEBThe practice of chiropractics is playing a bigger role in health care, but few people know it started with a message from a ghost. Daniel David (DD) Palmer, who …

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Court to rule whether Ontario must cover penis-preserving …

WEBCrane said he couldn’t recall, “off the top of my head,” the cost of a penile preserving vaginoplasty. When Sarkonak, the Post’s columnist, called the Texas clinic, …

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Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to

WEBBodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper. “Climate change impacts …

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Noam Chomsky says the unvaccinated should just remove …

WEBPhoto by Jean Levac / Postmedia. MIT professor emeritus and political activist Noam Chomsky said he believes that while unvaccinated people have the right …

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'I’m alive': Jordan Peterson back in Canada after lengthy medical

WEBPeterson says he was suffering from 'severely impaired health,' after using benzodiazepines, often used in the treatment of anxiety, and then stopping their use

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Hamas death numbers can't be trusted

WEBThe motion’s sponsor, NDP MP Heather McPherson, for example, stated on the floor of the House that “more than 30,000 innocent civilians” had been killed since …

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Ontario resident wins public funding for unusual genital surgery

WEBThe Ontario resident, identified in court documents as K.S., has been locked in a legal battle with the Ontario Health Insurance Plan since 2022, when OHIP denied a …

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Recalled Japanese health supplements kill 5 and hospitalize 100

WEBPhoto by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images. Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as …

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