Health Topstories
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Video Let them fidget: Children with ADHD seem to learn better when they're moving
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may fidget, tap and swivel around in a chair much more than normally developing children because it helps them to learn complex material, psychologists have found. More video
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Manslaughter charges against alleged fentanyl dealers mount across Canada
Some police forces and prosecutors argue that dealers should be held partly responsible for overdose deaths if they knowingly sold the potent opioid fentanyl to customers. More
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'Smart bandage' developed in B.C. changes colour at first signs of infection
A UVic bioengineer believes a new "smart bandage" could transform wound care and help reduce deadly infections. More audio
Featured Health
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Sleep
Women and heart disease: Female hormones protect against heart damage from body clock disruptions
For 1st time, scientists see how estrogen protects the female heart during sleep-wake cycle
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Obesity
'Working with one arm tied behind our back': Hospitals are ill-equipped to treat obese patients, experts say
470-pound patient told not to use hospital bathroom because he 'would break their toilet'
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Prosthetic devices
How a state-of-the-art prosthetic leg helped this amputee win a silver medal at the Invictus Games
Doctors told Étienne Aubé only 5% of people with his type of trauma are able to walk again
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Blog
How extreme weather events affect your health
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Second Opinion
Are you jealous, or simply envious?
Check the top 50 most misunderstood terms in psychology
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Analysis
'I'm sorry to hear that': Why training Siri to be a therapist won't be easy
Privacy and understanding the nuances of language are just 2 of the concerns experts raise
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Fentanyl crisis
Life or death lessons: Schools are taking on the fentanyl crisis but drug curriculum a patchwork
B.C. 'far leads the country' in school programs
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Eating healthy
Fats, carbs — everything in moderation, study says
Low-fat diets have led to dangerously high carbohydrate consumption, researchers say
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The plague is spreading rapidly in Madagascar, which already had highest number of cases worldwide
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CBC Investigates
A defibrillator was nearby when his heart stopped — not even 911 knew where it was
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BEVERAGES
Sports drinks and energy drinks unhealthy for kids and teens, Canadian pediatricians say
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CBC Investigates
Do-not-resuscitate requests rarely tracked in Canada
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LONGFORM
50 years on, mercury has deadly consequences for Grassy Narrows
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Seniors
Feeling at home: Staff trainers help LGBT seniors overcome fears in long-term care
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Loneliness
Why loneliness can be as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day
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CHILDBIRTH
Safety and oversight questions emerge over placenta capsules
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CANCER
Cancer lingo: How one person's thoughtful metaphor can be another's cliché
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Cystic fibrosis
'Keep them well': New cystic fibrosis medications move closer to a cure
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BIOFILMS
Scientists find new way to attack tough lung infections
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THE POWER OF DANCE
Dancing towards the light: Nunavut youth use music to keep suicide at bay
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Superbug
'The enemy of my enemy is my friend:' Couple turns to viruses to beat back superbug
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1,300 Canadians have died with medical assistance since legalization — here's one man's story
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CBC Investigates
Private health or public risk? How Alberta helped a foundation offer citizens 'experimental' care
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