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Communication, planning can help ease dating anxiety for people with food allergies

Communication, planning can help ease dating anxiety for people with food allergies

Navigating through the early stages of dating can produce its share of awkward and tension-filled moments, but Erika Ladouceur had an added reason to feel a bit anxious.

Report calls for national drug-tracking system to counter growing threat of fake medications

WASHINGTON - Fighting the problem of fake drugs will require creating a national drug-tracking system, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. The call for putting medications through a chain of custody like U.S.

Dr. Roach: Blood in stool may be inflammatory bowel disease

Dear Dr. Roach: For longer than a month now, I have had blood in my stool. Not just a little, and not just with stool. I am losing blood constantly. My doctor said he’s sure it’s a hemorrhoid, which he checked me for and then told me it wasn’t that.

Study questions need to remove kidney cancer in the elderly

In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney tumors were much less likely to die over the next five years if doctors monitored them instead of op

Arthritis pain drug should be pulled due to adverse heart effects: study

TORONTO - Researchers are calling for the removal of a widely used pain medication from worldwide markets due to a high risk of heart attack and other adverse cardiovascular events associated with the drug.

Alberta Health dinged taxpayers for private plane ride, real estate fee: auditor

EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general says taxpayers have been paying for health bureaucrats to take $1,200 short-hop flights, shelling out up to $300 at a time to shuttle patients around in taxis and covering one health employee's costs to buzz about
Majority of students feel anxious, worry about the future: survey

Majority of students feel anxious, worry about the future: survey

TORONTO - No one said adolescence would be easy, but a new report from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s largest school board is quantifying student stress in the modern classroom.
Good luck getting hospital cost info; study finds answers often elusive and costs vary widely

Good luck getting hospital cost info; study finds answers often elusive and costs vary widely

CHICAGO - Want to know how much a hip replacement will cost? Many hospitals won't be able to tell you, at least not right away — if at all.
Choice of birth, feeding method changes babies' gut bacteria, study finds

Choice of birth, feeding method changes babies' gut bacteria, study finds

TORONTO - A new study suggests the way babies are born and fed in early life affects the bacteria they carry around in their gut.

Twins can be delivered safely without C-sections, Canadian study finds

TORONTO - A new Canadian study has found the answer to a question that has long divided obstetricians caring for women carrying twins.