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An Insite supply kit. A study has found that Insite has the potential to save $14-million in health-care dollars.

Safe injection may save system $14-million

Vancouver's Insite could also prevent more than 1,000 HIV infections over a 10-year period


Skip the doctor's office, go right to the drugstore

More provinces look to grant pharmacists greater power to prescribe drugs


Doctors successful in transplant of windpipe with stem cells

‘They have created a functional, biological structure that can't be rejected'


A toke a day keeps memory loss at bay

Small doses of marijuana improve the function of aging brains, scientists find


Canadians carrying less lead

Contamination by heavy metal drops sharply in 30 years, Statscan reports

Will a few weeks off from exercise hurt me?

Keep up your workout intensity or you'll pay for it later


Fall babies may be more likely to develop asthma

Paul Taylor

Study shows that kids born in early fall have a 30 per cent higher chance of developing asthma


Heart disease

When it comes to statins, don't believe the hype

Andre Picard

Do statins really make heart attack risk 'plummet'?


Supplements

Ginkgo may be waste of money, memory

Leslie Beck

The popular supplement does not prevent or delay the onset of dementia, nor is it effective against Alzheimer's disease, says study


Seriously?

Your cold at its most contagious

First, make sure you have a cold rather than the flu

 

Diversions 

More health stories 

Is it really asthma?

New research shows almost one-third of adult Canadians diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the condition

Vitamins C, E fail to prevent cancer: study

Men who took supplements were no more or less likely to develop cancer than men given a placebo, U.S. researchers said Sunday

Food labelling: Caffeine content, now in black and white

PepsiCo plan to add caffeine count to beverage labels applauded

Surgeons must do more to reduce infection: study

Experts say Alberta findings are probably reflective of surgical practice in other parts of the country as well

Record costs threaten Canada's picture of health

Medicare spending is at historic high, set to outpace inflation and leave whole system vulnerable

Red flag raised on vitamin A in cod liver oil

Large amounts of the supplement may lead to excessive exposure of vitamin A, which can cause bone toxicity

Smile surgeons bring expression back

Toronto doctors have developed technique to help patients who suffer from facial paralysis

Heart needs adequate sleep

Too little shuteye may raise risk of strokes, heart attacks, study suggests

Cancer society turns sights on farm pesticides

Agency holding conference with leading scientists on hotly contested issue of restricting agricultural bug and weed killers

Simple blood test may detect heart disease

Cholesterol-lowering statin drug found to lower the risk in certain patients


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