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Medbroadcast: 11-29-2004
OTTAWA (CP) - Just under a million people aged 15 or older have suffered from panic disorder, recurrent, unexpected panic attacks, at some point during their lives, says a Statistics Canada study.
TORONTO (CP) - Patients suffering from a devastating and fatal condition known as Fabry disease are vowing to fight on after a drug review panel advised governments across the country not to cover the extraordinarily high cost of the only drugs available to treat them.
NEW YORK (AP) - It's the season of holiday travel, hectic year-end business trips and cheap fares to Europe - all of which can mean long flights and potential health problems.
TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government must implement its planned health-care reforms, even if that means "taking action" with doctors who have already rejected a contract offer from the province, the former chairman of a royal commission on health said Sunday.
OTTAWA (CP) - Drug shortages are approaching epidemic levels in Canada, according to the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
TORONTO (CP) - A SARS vaccine designed by Canadian scientists triggered severe liver inflammation when tested in ferrets - an unexpected problem that should give pause to others working to develop a vaccine against the disease.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - After almost a year of trying to bring Asia's bird flu under control, World Health Organization experts are now warning the disease is the most likely candidate to cause the world's next pandemic, with the possibility of as many as seven million deaths.
HALIFAX (CP) - Giving family doctors more support by spreading out the burden of primary care is crucial to reforming Canada's health-care system, says the head of a council evaluating nationwide efforts to improve medicare.
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