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Last updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 10:13 PM ET
NFL will address concussion concerns
National Football League teams will soon work with independent neurologists on concussion issues. The NFL says commissioner Roger Goodell will implement the policy as soon as details can be worked out. more »
Trade show pitches surgical passages to India Video
Exhibitors at a Toronto trade fair are hoping to add surgery to the list of reasons Canadians travel, but a medical ethicist questions the lack of oversight. more »
Weight gain in pregnancy guides updated
Health Canada is formally replacing its guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy to match new U.S. recommendations. more »
Bullying is a public health issue: researcher
Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adopt national strategies against it, says a Canadian professor who led a study of bullying in 40 countries. more »
H1N1 intensifying in Canada but subsiding elsewhere: WHO
H1N1 appears to have peaked in parts of western Europe and the United States but transmission continues to intensity in Canada, the World Health Organization said Friday. more »
Alberta passes bill to recoup health costs from criminals, big tobacco
Alberta has passed legislation allowing the province to sue criminals and tobacco companies to recover health-care costs. more »
Parents desperate for autism strategy Audio
Long wait times in P.E.I. for the diagnosis of autism, up to two years, are leaving parents in a "state of panic," said a protester at the legislature Thursday. more »
Fewer Paps OK for women in 20s
Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new U.S. guidelines that conclude that is enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. more »
N.B. has let children suffer: youth advocate
New Brunswick has let many of its young people, particularly those in First Nations communities, suffer in "shocking" conditions, says the province's child and youth advocate. more »
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