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Medbroadcast: 02-12-2005

Safe place for users cleaned up Vancouver slum, free drugs may make it safer
VANCOUVER (CP) - It's a daily grind for the thousands of junkies living in the city's eastside slum. Waking up dope sick, the body screaming for a fix. Stumbling to the street to turn a $10-dollar trick and shooting every penny directly into the bloodstream.

Abortion numbers hold steady over last decade, half for women in 20s: StatsCan
TORONTO (CP) - The number of Canadians having abortions has remained relatively steady over the past decade, with women in their 20s continuing to make up more than half of those seeking the procedure, the latest figures from Statistics Canada suggest.

Abortion rate in Canada falls slightly, more than half sought by women in 20s
TORONTO (CP) - The number of women seeking abortions across Canada appears to be continuing a downward trend, although in some provinces rates remain the same or are slightly on the rise, figures from Statistics Canada suggest.

California man sues hospital, surgeon for wrongly removing testicle
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A California man is suing a hospital and one of its surgeons, claiming one of his testicles was wrongly removed during surgery.

Doctors holding patients hostage in dispute with province, minister says
TORONTO (CP) - Ontario's anesthetists were holding patients hostage with their one-day job action to back demands for more money, Health Minister George Smitherman said Friday.

Doctors holding patients hostage in dispute with province, minister says
TORONTO (CP) - Ontario's anesthetists were holding patients hostage with their one-day job action to back demands for more money, Health Minister George Smitherman said Friday.

Drug-resistant HIV strain found in New York City man
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's first diagnosed case of highly drug-resistant HIV in a person never before treated for the virus is "a wake-up call" to anyone who has unprotected sex, the city's health commissioner said Friday.

Expert says genetic doping may follow steroids as next major sports scandal
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The 2008 Olympics are still a long way away but worries are already growing about whether it will become the first genetically enhanced competition in amateur sports. Dr.

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