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Quebec MDs to get euthanasia guide to prepare for legalized assisted death

TORONTO — The college that regulates Quebec doctors will soon provide practitioners with detailed guidelines — including what drugs to …

Whether to split up twins, triplets in school can pit parents against educators

TORONTO — With the new school year starting, most parents are thinking about the basics — buying supplies, preparing to …

Doctors group looking at intensive course to train willing MDs in assisted death

Doctors who are willing to assist in a patient’s death once the act becomes legal early next year will need …

Continuing education on opioid prescribing should be mandatory, doctors told

Canadian physicians should be subject to mandatory continuing medical education in the appropriate prescribing of opioids – medications whose use …

WHO appoints Canadian MD to help guide women’s cancer care in developing nations

TORONTO – A Canadian oncologist has been appointed by the World Health Organization to help create guidelines and programs to …

Study: Rising diabetes, obesity rates putting ethnic groups’ heart health at risk

TORONTO — Steadily rising rates of obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure over the last decade have dramatically increased the …

Some cerebral palsy cases caused by genetic anomalies, not just brain injury: study

TORONTO – Cerebral palsy, the most common cause of physical disability in children, has long been thought to result from …

Oxycodone prescribing down, but deaths from opioids overall on rise: experts

TORONTO – Measures to reduce prescribing of oxycodone have cut the number of fatal overdoses in Ontario, but other opioids …

Number of Canadian babies getting HIV from moms now almost zero, conference told

TORONTO – Canada has virtually eliminated the incidence of mothers passing HIV to their infants at birth, primarily because of …

Immunization rates for Canadian toddlers ‘sub optimal,’ say experts

TORONTO – A high percentage of two-year-old kids have been vaccinated against a variety of childhood diseases, according to a …

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