A Canadian study involving 8,815 adults from Ontario has found a possible link between bariatric surgery and increased risk of self-harm including suicide. Researchers from Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, including Junaid A….
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Study: Medical marijuana has a reasonable safety profile in chronic pain patients
A new study has found that medical marijuana, when used by chronic pain patients, has a reasonable safety profile and that it doesn’t result in increase in serious adverse events. Researchers found…
OPP: Distracted driving charges down by 38% year-on-year
According to Ontario Provincial Province, there has been an increase in the charges on OPP-patrolled roads by as much as 4 per cent over the same period last year, but a decline…
CDA recommends tax on sugar-sweetened beverages to fight type 2 diabetes
Citing studies that link increased sugar intake with obesity and type 2 diabetes, the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) has recommended imposition of tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to fight type 2 diabetes…
Lyme disease concern: Canadians likely to get false-positives from some US labs
Lyme disease is spreading its wings in Canada and with more and Canadians being affected, there are all the chances that few people may be looking to seek diagnosis from labs in…
Immigrants arrive healthy, but Canadian lifestyle takes a toll on their hearts
Canada is one of the most culturally diverse high-income countries in the world and the diversity of the country can be attributed to the number of immigrants that arrive in the country…
Over three quarters of Canadians support the right to physician assisted dying
As many as 77 per cent people in Canada support the right to physician assisted dying, a poll has shown. Dying With Dignity Canada said that the results of the poll have…
Chronic opioid therapy is risky, Canadian study suggests
Chronic opioid therapy is a risky one with a new study suggesting that such a therapy increases the risk of death from overdose with men at much higher risk than women. According…
Health care in Canada isn’t free! Typical Canadian family spends $12K annually
In a study that highlights the average health care spending of Canadian families, Fraser Institute has revealed that health care in the country isn’t free and a typical Canadian family spent $12K…
Authorities advise against eating raw, undercooked shellfish
Authorities in Alberta, Canada are advising people against eating raw or undercooked oysters, clams, mussels, scallops and cockles as raw shellfish increases risk of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. The advisory comes as the…
Canada one step closer to banning microbeads
The Canadian government is one step closer to banning microbeads n personal care products – a step the government says is in the direction of continuing to protect Canadian families and the…
Stroke survivors in Canada living with long-term disability set to increase by 80%
Though the number of Canadians surviving stroke is increasing, the number of people with long-term disability from stroke is increasing as well and according to a new study the number of people…
Health Canada mulls stripping off naloxone’s prescription-only status
Like people in many other regions in the world, Canadians too are getting addicted to opioids and with a spurt in the number of overdose related deaths, Health Canada is looking to…
Innovative project grants three wishes to those near death to bring them peace
In a first of its kind project dubbed Three Wishes Project, researchers at McMaster University, Canada grant three wishes to those near death in a bid to bring them peace as well…
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games visitors brought measles to B.C.
University of British Columbia researchers have attributed the 2010 measles outbreak in which 84 cases of measures were recorded to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. The study, published in the Journal of…