Health Topstories
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Analysis Scientists mobilize for a fight over powerful gene-editing technology
A volatile scientific debate is quietly simmering, with echoes of the controversy over genetically modified organisms. The Gates Foundation and the U.S. military are among the groups funding gene drives, a powerful new genetic technology. More
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Organ donation after death on the rise in Canada, helping to ease some waiting lists, study finds
The rate of organ donation after death in Canada has risen by 42 per cent over the last decade, but the number of people donating kidneys or parts of their liver while alive has decreased. More
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Substance use among Ontario students down but concerns up over fentanyl use: report
Ontario adolescents are drinking, smoking and using cannabis and other recreational drugs at the lowest rates since the late 1970s, suggests a survey of Grade 7 to 12 students by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. More
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Parkinson's patient forced to battle bureaucracy around assisted death
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HEALTH COVERAGE
Location, location, location: How your health-care coverage is linked to where you live in Canada
Despite universal health-care, some patients are being denied coverage for medical devices and more
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SECOND OPINION
Canadian researchers say you can improve memory with this one weird trick
And Canadian medical experts weigh in on that 'do not resuscitate' tattoo
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CHILDREN IN WAR
Nearly 1 in 4 civilians killed in Syria is a child, Lancet study says
More than 17,000 children killed by weapons, as air bombs kill 5 times more civilians than combatants
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THALIDOMIDE
Thalidomide disaster: background to the compensation debate
Group calling for more funds says Canadian government was negligent
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SECOND OPINION
Should doctors heed 'do not resuscitate' tattoos?
Is a do-it-yourself gene editing kit on your holiday wishlist?
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DRUG COSTS
Brand name drug sales soar in Canada, while R&D; sags
Patented drug industry insists it's spending more on R&D; than official government figures
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VACCINATION
Parents can help minimize children's pain from vaccinations, study says
Repeatedly telling a child 'it's OK' actually causes more distress, researcher says
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People with facial differences see their stories reflected in Wonder
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HIV in Canada: Why haven’t we beaten HIV/AIDS?
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GROWING SKIN
Boy with rare disease gets most of skin replaced through gene therapy
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OPIOID CRISIS
2,000% rise in street drug samples testing positive for fentanyl
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FOOD
'Gluten free' label to be removed from Cheerios in Canada
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IN-UTERO SURGERY
Surgeons repair spina bifida in fetus for 1st time in Canada, hospitals say
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Carbon
Bad news: Eating local, organic won't shrink your carbon footprint
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HEP C CURE
Hepatitis C could be eliminated in Canada, but drug prices, screening barriers stand in the way
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Innovation
Q & A | Teens search for way to improve magnetic resonance images
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LONG READ
How Elizabeth Wettlaufer became one of Canada's worst serial killers
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CBC Investigates
Wire-bristle BBQ brush incident reports more than double
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Living in a greener neighbourhood could lower risk of early death: study
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second opinion
Many new cancer drugs don't save lives
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The plague is spreading rapidly in Madagascar, which already had highest number of cases worldwide
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