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Dementia risk double in PTSD veterans: study

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder may have a higher risk of dementia than those without the stress disorder, a U.S. study suggests.

JAMA editor to leave

Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor in chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is leaving the post next year to return to Johns Hopkins medical school.

Marijuana gateway risk overblown: study

Long-held fears that the use of marijuana will lead to harder drugs are overblown, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.

West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece

West Nile virus has killed 13 people in Greece, health authorities say.

Health minister rejects MS therapy trial

The Canadian government will not fund a clinical trial of the so-called liberation therapy for multiple sclerosis at this time, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says.

TB test could revolutionize care: WHO

A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has tuberculosis and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it, scientists have found.

E. coli leads to beef recall in Toronto

The Canadian Food Inspection agency is warning Toronto-area consumers about a recall of beef from the Kabul Farms retail store in North York.

Organic strawberries tops in taste, nutrition

The most comprehensive study of its kind into the quality of organic food and soil has concluded organically grown strawberries are more flavourful and nutritious.

Sleepy teens eat more fat: study

Teens who sleep less than eight hours on weeknights tend to eat more fatty foods than those who doze longer, researchers have found.

Leaving N.L. for pregnancy care an ordeal: patient

A woman who is one of 11 in the past month to have been sent out of Newfoundland and Labrador for medical care because the province's hospitals couldn't handle her high-risk pregnancy says her experience was horrible.

Quebec groups call for more sex ed

A coalition of Quebec women's groups and health professionals say they are witnessing an explosion of sexually transmitted diseases among young people, and the coalition says the provincial government's education reform is to blame.

Cough medicine limits weighed in U.S.

Health regulators in the U.S. are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year.

 
 

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