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Stretching is great for your health. Here's how to do more of it
25 March 2024Stretching is great for your health. Here's how to do more of it

As a former competitive gymnast, Christie Misketis is no stranger to the importance of stretching.

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This Telus offshoot only covers certain drugs for its employees if they come from its own pharmacy
19 March 2024This Telus offshoot only covers certain drugs for its employees if they come from its own pharmacy

Employees of the health services offshoot of Telus Communications are only reimbursed for certain drug prescriptions if they fill them through the company's own virtual pharmacy, CBC News has learned.

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Wear Red Day 2024: Women still underdiagnosed and undertreated with heart disease, stroke
13 February 2024Wear Red Day 2024: Women still underdiagnosed and undertreated with heart disease, stroke

Matters of the heart are not so straightforward, especially for women.

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Wegovy will be available for Canadians in spring 2024, company says
7 February 2024Wegovy will be available for Canadians in spring 2024, company says

Canadians will be able to get their hands on Wegovy, a weight-loss drug from Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk, in spring 2024, the company said Monday.

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Western Canada melts as weather swings from extreme cold to record highs, rain
31 January 2024Western Canada melts as weather swings from extreme cold to record highs, rain

Some Western Canadians are swapping their parkas for T-shirts and raincoats after swinging from record high temperatures to record lows and back again this winter.

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Red Deer hospital resorts to makeshift treatment spaces, sees 'high patient volumes,' says AHS
9 January 2024Red Deer hospital resorts to makeshift treatment spaces, sees 'high patient volumes,' says AHS

Jaelene Tweedle says she knew the Red Deer Hospital's emergency room had been under stress for a while, but she wasn't prepared for what she saw when she had to visit the facility last month.

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Ontario surgeon back from medical mission says his 'heart and soul' remain with children in Gaza
9 January 2024Ontario surgeon back from medical mission says his 'heart and soul' remain with children in Gaza

A Canadian trauma surgeon says that for every child he saved in the hospital in southern Gaza, another would die of their injuries.

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More adults are taking medication for ADHD. Physicians say trend is a double-edged sword
3 October 2023More adults are taking medication for ADHD. Physicians say trend is a double-edged sword

For decades, David Martin struggled with time management and procrastination, but he wasn't sure why. In university, he noticed his grades were better during shorter semester-long courses rather than year-long classes. And by his 40s, he even let his household bills pile up for months — not because he couldn't afford them, but because he simply didn't pay them on time.

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Ukraine's medics wage their own war as offensive push brings more wounded their way
22 September 2023Ukraine's medics wage their own war as offensive push brings more wounded their way

Over the past year and a half of war in Ukraine, most of the glory has gone to Ukraine's soldiers resisting the Russian invasion in the trenches. But just behind them is another collection of recruits who are no less crucial: the medics performing life-saving surgery just kilometres from the front lines.

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