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Medbroadcast: 10-28-2004
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are getting a little taller and a lot fatter.
Adults are roughly an inch taller than they were in the early 1960s, on average, and nearly 25 pounds heavier, the government reported Wednesday.
TORONTO (CP) - Canadian children are being encouraged to eat smart, be more active and become more media savvy as part of a new program designed to teach kids to lead healthier lifestyles.
DUNCAN, B.C. (CP) - Freaked out, confused, terrified and hyperventilating were the words a daughter used Wednesday to describe her emotions after police called in June 2002 to say her mother was in jail on assisted suicide charges.
TORONTO (CP) - Finding a family doctor in Canada who accepts new patients is tough. But it's on the verge of getting a lot tougher, three top medical associations warned Wednesday as they released a troubling survey of the country's physicians.
TORONTO (CP) - Ontario will not run out of free flu shots for residents even though Americans are lining up at clinics here because of a shortage of vaccine in the United States, Health Minister George Smitherman said Wednesday.
WINNIPEG (CP) - A group representing Internet pharmacies has asked Canada's biggest generic drug maker, as well as others with an interest in seeing the industry thrive, for financial help.
TORONTO (CP) - The alarming prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C infection among inmates is a health issue that affects all Canadians and requires the country's prisons to immediately adopt needle exchange programs, advocacy groups said Wednesday.
TORONTO (CP) - Nursing faculty who want to get PhDs in their chosen profession won't have to pay tuition as part of a $10-million, four-year investment announced Wednesday by the Ontario government.
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