Health
Over one million affected by boil-water advisory in Montreal
MONTREAL - Over one million Montrealers were affected by a boil-water advisory Wednesday after an apparent malfunction at Canada's second-biggest filtration plant....
A medical first: Doctors save Ohio boy by 'laser-printing' an airway tube so he can breathe
In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day....
American Cancer Society, born at a time when cancer was a lesser threat, marks 100 years
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week....
Drug users in Abbotsford, B.C., sue over bylaw that bans clean needle exchange
VANCOUVER - Three injection drug users filed a lawsuit Tuesday over an Abbotsford, B.C., bylaw that has banned harm-reduction services such as clean needle exchanges for the past eight years, arguing the prohibition violates their charter...
Portland, Ore., mayor concedes that residents have rejected water fluoridation
PORTLAND, Ore. - The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water....
New Brunswick discouraging new family doctors from practising: medical residents
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is discouraging family physicians from practising in the province despite a growing need for care, a number of doctors in the Maritimes say....
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