Health Canada and drug maker GlaxoSmithKline have issued a warning that an experimental drug abandoned because it caused cancers in animal studies is being marketed to athletes as a performance-enhancing drug.
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World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample.
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What should have been the happiest day of Amanda Simpson’s life quickly turned into a frightening one after the birth of her son led to the unexpected diagnosis of an aggressive form of cancer.
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The record-low teen birth rate in the U.S. stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.
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In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.
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Health Canada has issued a recall for a number of adult novelty products containing small, powerful magnets that can be swallowed or inhaled by children.
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Canada is lifting a nearly 30-year-old ban on gay men giving blood, though for the time being only those who are abstinent will be allowed to donate.
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The benefits of calcium supplements have been the subject of hot debate in recent years, with some studies suggesting that the pills long recommended to prevent osteoporosis might actually be dangerous to the heart. Now, a new study is pushing the pendulum once again in favour of the pills.
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The outbreak in China of a new strain of bird flu, called H7N9, appears to have been brought under control, thanks to restrictions at open-air bird markets, World Health Organization experts said Tuesday.
A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.
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