MAID educator says it is impossible to provide its curriculum to committee that will prepare a crucial report on MAID for mental illness
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Cancer researchers present advances and emerging treatments
Researchers unveiled advances in pancreatic, prostate and breast cancer treatment at the ASCO annual meeting
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Dirt poor: The debate over herbicide resistant crops
Thirty years of genetically modified crops have reshaped Canadian farming — but at what cost to the nation’s soil?
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The care Canadians want, but feel they can’t count on
A new poll reveals a gap between what Canadians expect from palliative care and what they think they will get
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Sweden hits smoke-free goal of under five per cent daily smokers: report
Cigarette use has collapsed over two decades, but rising consumption of vapes and snus raises new public-health questions
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The long shadow of long COVID
Years after infection, thousands — possibly millions — of Canadians remain unable to return to the lives they once knew
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New data show where breast cancer rates are highest
Doctors say data about where breast cancer rates are highest should inform health-care investment decisions
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The health-care programs on the chopping block
A planned decrease in funding for provincial health care has advocates worried for the future of pharmacare, mental health
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WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak
There have been 136 deaths suspected to be linked to Ebola and about 543 suspected cases; it has killed more than 15,000 people in 50 years
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The common, treatable and often undetected cause of dementia
Most Canadians have a preventable risk factor for vascular damage to the brain, which often leads to dementia