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Hours of effort, seconds on stage: A look at the rise of competitive fitness
The growing sport of fitness competitions sees participants focus on nutrition and weight-training as a way to change their bodies. It’s months of work for a few minutes on stage. More read comments
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Asthma diagnosis 'trivialized,' fuels overdiagnosis, doctors say
More than 30 per cent of Canadians diagnosed with asthma don't in fact have it, a specialist says, on the heels of a British commentary that questions how inhalers have become "almost a fashion accessory." More read comments video
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'I was shocked': Why health advocates want calorie counts on your menu and in your face
Starting in 2017, Ontario chain restaurants must post calorie counts on menus. Some health advocates are pushing for all of Canada to adopt the regulation and to add even more information — like sodium content. More read comments
- Hepatitis C cure for under $300 US fuels excitement read comments
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- Manitoban infected with Zika hurt 'from head to toe' after trip abroad read comments video
- First Nations health emergencies creating 'collective post-traumatic stress disorder' video
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First Nations deathsOne father's quest for answers: 'My son did not die in vain'
Thunder Bay inquest looking into deaths of seven students between 2000 and 2011
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CANCERFree cancer tumour gene screening raises eyebrows
Private company offers to test 1,500 tumours free of charge
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CBC IN BRAZILEntomologists gather to stop Zika mosquito
'It's necessary to build a hemisphere-wide coalition'
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Plasma industryPaid plasma in Canada: 10 things to know about the business of blood
Issue was raised in the House of Commons this week after a facility recently opened in Saskatoon
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BlogGrown-ups need vaccines too
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RefugeesSyrian parents welcome newborn in Toronto, hope for 'dignity and freedom' for their 11 kids
'I hope my children will have what we couldn't have,' Ali Hammoud says
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Parkinson'sParkinson's patients do battle with their disease, 1 punch at a time
Rock Steady Boxing program helps improve symptoms of degenerative disease through exercise
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HeartburnProton pump inhibitors for heartburn point to overmedication
About 40% of patients don't have an evidence-based reason to be taking the drugs long term
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Eating habits
Food labels should include exercise needed to burn off calories, U.K. researchers suggest
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INTERACTIVE
Was removing one-third of this man's brain right thing to do?
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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Babies take better safe than sorry stance with angry adults
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Buy travel health insurance, end up with less coverage: A couple's hard lesson
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Go Public
Boy told he'd have to go blind before health system would pay for sight-saving surgery
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End of life ethics
When it comes to physician-assisted death, could religious hospitals ethically refuse?
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Sleep deprivation
Marathon 24- to 26-hour doctor shifts may be unsafe for patients: experts
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Feature
What happens if federal health transfers get age-adjusted
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Zika virus
6 things to know about the growing outbreak
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Motherisk scandal highlights risk of deferring to experts without questioning credentials
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CBC Marketplace:
Testing of protein powders and vitamin C supplement errors
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Video
Urgent care centres an overlooked option for patients
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Analysis
How pharmaceutical company Alexion set the price of the world's most expensive drug
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