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Hospital outbreaks in Ontario of dangerous new superbug raise worrisome spectre

This is a slide showing Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria growing on a culture plate. K. pneumoniae containing the dangerous NDM-1 gene were behind recent hospital outbreaks reported by two hospitals in the Toronto region. NDM-1 renders multiple types of bacteria resistant to most antibiotic, making infections caused by them almost impossible to treat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-US Centers for Disease Control

Outbreaks in two Toronto-area hospitals of a dangerous new form of superbug has infection control experts contemplating a worrisome future.

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Six stubborn winter health myths (and one fact)

Can cold air give you a cold? And other winter health tales debunked.

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Prenatal gene testing spots far more fetal defects, study finds; results could spur wider use

A new study sets the stage for wider use of gene testing in early pregnancy. Scanning the genes of a fetus reveals far more about potential health risks than current prenatal testing does, say researchers who compared both methods in thousands of pregnancies nationwide.

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Taking tamoxifen for 10 years instead of 5 cuts breast cancer relapses and deaths, study finds

Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead of five years as doctors recommend now, a major study finds.

Vt. woman disfigured by husband in lye attack wouldn't trade experience, she writes in book

Thermography machines aren't approved for breast cancer screening: Health Canada

Men's Health

German opposition lawmakers propose circumcision ban for boys under 14

Left-wing lawmakers in Germany are threatening to oppose government efforts to keep male infant circumcision legal.

Multivitamins may slightly lower cancer risk in men but not their odds of heart disease: study

Multivitamins modestly lowered the risk of cancer in middle-aged and older men, study finds

Seniors

Pattern of broken bones, brain injuries flags possible elder abuse: study

Older people who have a wrist or hip fracture often get such injuries after taking a fall. But researchers say there's a distinct pattern of broken bones and bruises that suggests something more sinister — elder abuse.

New gene triples risk for Alzheimer's disease; may give clues into causes

Even healthy baby boomers won't escape heart problems, but they can put them off several years

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Prenatal gene testing spots far more fetal defects, study finds; results could spur wider use

A new study sets the stage for wider use of gene testing in early pregnancy. Scanning the genes of a fetus reveals far more about potential health risks...

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Rule changes barring aggressive checks cut hockey injuries like concussion: study

Experts say more awareness, better enforcement may be helping to reduce child sex abuse

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Florida officials consider using genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce dengue fever risk

KEY WEST, Fla. - Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release...

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British fertility expert Zeta West has advised Kate Winslet, Stella McCartney and Prince William’s mother Diana on pregnancy issues.

The fairy godmother of fertility

LONDON — The walls of Zita West’s central London offices are papered with the smiling faces she has helped to create. Babies here, babies ...

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Taking tamoxifen for 10 years instead of 5 cuts breast cancer relapses and deaths, study finds

Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years...

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Get in shape for those alpine ski runs

I never knew how important it was to get in shape for downhill skiing (or as it's correctly known, alpine skiing) until I skied Mont Tremblant. My wife...

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Exercises for a dynamic December

December is a crazy time of year in the fitness industry. This is when many people who have worked hard at their fitness and weight-loss goals all year...

12 tips for avoiding holiday weight gain

Make this the year you avoiding putting on any unwanted pounds during through the holidays with these tips and tricks from the experts.

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In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, a newly mechanized pharmaceutical machine that helps pharmacists dispense medicines is operated, at the US sponsored Themba Lethu, HIV/AIDS Clinic, at the Helen Joseph hospital, in Johannesburg. In the early 90s when South Africa’s Themba Lethu clinic could only treat HIV/AIDS patients for opportunistic diseases, many would come in on wheelchairs and keep coming to the health center until they died. Two decades later the clinic is the biggest ARV (ant

South African clinic shows how country is making progress in fight against HIV and AIDS

In the early '90s when South Africa's Themba Lethu clinic could only treat HIV/AIDS patients for opportunistic diseases, many would come in on wheelchairs...

The Catholic school board will allow the HPV vaccine to be given in schools to girls in Grade 5, with the written permission of parents.

Video: HPV vaccination debuts soon in Catholic schools

Work is underway to start offering HPV vaccinations in Calgary's Catholic schools before Christmas. Last night, the separate board reversed a 2008 decision...

In this Nov. 20, 2012 photo, 28-year-old HIV patient Wang Pinghe shows bottles of medicine pills he has been taking during an interview in Beijing, China. Wang has a tumor in his liver and he wants it surgically removed before it becomes life-threatening, but it will be hard to find a hospital that will do the operation because he has AIDS. In China, hospitals routinely reject people with HIV for surgery out of fear of exposure to the virus or harm to their reputations (AP Photo/Gillian Wong)

In China, people with AIDS fight stigma at hospitals that refuse to treat them

Wang Pinghe wants the tumour in his liver removed before it becomes life-threatening. But the 28-year-old Chinese villager knows it will be hard to find...