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Medbroadcast: 10-03-2004
OTTAWA (CP) - The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning Canadians in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario who have purchased a dwarf/pigmy or regular hamster in the past three months of a potential health concern.
(AP) - Dr. Robert Ersek, a 66-year-old plastic surgeon, invited reporters to his Texas operating room recently and, in front of their cameras, proceeded to liposuction himself.
REGINA (CP) - Health organizations have asked for a voice when the Supreme Court of Canada rules on Saskatchewan's controversial attempts to limit cigarette advertising.
KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's president kicked off a mammoth effort to immunize 80 million children against polio in 23 African countries, described by international health experts as "the single-largest public health campaign" in history to wipe out the disease.
TORONTO (CP) - Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman denied Saturday that the province is trying to bribe doctors into cutting prescription drug costs to the poor and elderly, saying the proposal is meant to curb the over-prescription of medication to seniors.
LONDON (AP) - In another blow to the belief that antioxidant supplements improve health, an authoritative analysis has concluded there is no evidence the vitamins ward off common digestive cancers.
MONTREAL (CP) - Strippers in Canada's two largest cities face aggressive clients, unsafe stages and clubs that don't meet fire codes, says a study released on Thursday.
TORONTO (CP) - The arthritis medication at the centre of one of the biggest drug recalls in history was associated with dozens of heart problems and strokes - at least four of them fatal - during the study that led to its demise.
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