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Last Updated: February 10 2012, 5:24 PM
Health group sounds alarm on Drummond report
TORONTO - A public health advocacy group is accusing the Ontario government of manufacturing a crisis to justify billions of dollars in health-care cuts expected in the highly anticipated Drummond report.
Last Updated: February 10 2012, 4:17 PM
MS patient wants care after liberation therapy
REGINA - Faced with the prospect of being bedridden or in a wheelchair, Michelle Walsh went abroad for a controversial treatment she hoped would alleviate her multiple sclerosis symptoms.
Last Updated: February 10 2012, 1:15 PM
Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees
CHICAGO - Nearly one in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than four million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.
Last Updated: February 10 2012, 9:42 AM
Warning issued in Edmonton about 'love drug'
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton are warning that tainted ecstasy may have arrived in the Alberta capital.
Last Updated: February 10 2012, 4:00 AM
Health group sounds alarm on Drummond report
TORONTO - A public health advocacy group is sounding the alarm that billions of dollars in health-care cuts are coming after the highly anticipated Drummond report.
Last Updated: February 9 2012, 7:19 PM
Province says it's not to blame for ER death
WINNIPEG - The province of Manitoba says it's not responsible for the death of a homeless man who languished 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency room and is asking a judge to dismiss allegations made by his relatives.
Last Updated: February 9 2012, 7:01 PM
For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible
LONDON - Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to the fetus.
Last Updated: February 9 2012, 6:33 PM
Marijuana users twice as likely to cause car crash
LONDON - People who use marijuana before driving are nearly twice as likely to cause a car crash as those not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to a Canadian analysis of previous studies.
Dr. Samer Fakhri is shown in a handout photo. Researchers hope stem cells from cord blood could be the key to reversing a type of moderate to profound hearing loss in babies that`s been caused by injury to the inner ear, and they`ve been given approval to begin testing their theory in a small study. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Children`s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Last Updated: February 9 2012, 6:30 PM
Study testing stem cells for hearing loss
TORONTO - Researchers have been given the go-ahead to test stem cells from cord blood with the ultimate goal of reversing hearing loss in infants and toddlers whose inner ears have been damaged.