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- 10/3/2021
Non-melanoma skin cancer rates up 30% in Ontario from 2003 to 2017
While most deaths occurred in adults older than age 65, the study found the annual incidence rate of new cases was highest in people younger than 35. - 9/30/2021
'Not prepared to commit fraud': How doctors are communicating with patients who demand vax exemptions
From general pestering to offers of payment, doctors are looking for effective ways to tell patients they don't have a valid reason to be exempt from vaccination. - 9/30/2021
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen in health news this week
An examination of health-related stories and claims that made the rounds this week, despite being entirely false. - 9/30/2021
Recall on one lot of Mirvala 28 birth control: Health Canada
The pill's blister pack may contain a placebo in part of the blisterpack that should contain the active birth-control pill. - 9/30/2021
A year after the death of Joyce Echaquan: Quebec coroner urges government to recognize systemic racism
Coroner Gehane Kamel's report into the death of Echaquan, released Friday, finds that while the death was accidental, the racism and prejudice the Atikamekw woman was subjected to contributed to her death. - 9/30/2021
Coughing kids headed to Montreal ERs but not for COVID-19
A different respiratory virus is popping up among the city's young people. - 9/30/2021
'Tightly knit': Small but mighty band of N.L. healthcare workers heading off to help Alberta battle COVID-19
Premier Andrew Furey says he's happy Newfoundland and Labrador will be sending a small team of healthcare workers to Alberta, a province closely linked with his own. - 9/30/2021
Two new menopause guidelines on sexuality highlight new treatments
New guidelines from SOGC are the first of seven to be published over the next two months as part of the overall Menopause Guidelines. - 9/30/2021
Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19
If cleared, the drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, a potentially major advance in efforts to fight the pandemic.