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Promising new one-dose malaria drug discovered

Children rest under a mosquito net in Prey Mong Kol, Cambodia in a file photo. Malaria is contracted when people are bitten by mosquitoes infected with a parasite called Plasmodium.

Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

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Increasingly, chefs such as Calgary's Chris Niddrie of Copper Pot Creations are making the effort to cater to customers with food allergies and intolerances.

Eating out with food allergies

Chris Niddrie is a trained chef who is very, very careful when he eats out. It’s not that he’s picky, it’s that he has a serious food...

To change behaviour, you need to be surrounded by the message -- with neighbours, family and members in the community all reinforcing the same idea.

Groups of friends key to changing health behaviours

When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes ...

People line up at a food bank Alameda, California in 2009. More than 49 million people in the United States do not have regular access to nutritious meals, putting them at risk for a raft of physical, psychological and social problems, a report says.

More than 49 million Americans 'food insecure': Study

More than 49 million people in the United States do not have regular access to nutritious meals, putting them at risk for a raft of...

"Although smoking cessation is the most important step for current smokers, over half of lung cancer cases are diagnosed in former smokers, raising the importance of identifying those at highest risk and identifying effective preventive treatments," Dennis, whose findings were published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, said in a statement.

Diabetes drug may keep lung cancer at bay

The common diabetes drug metformin may hold promise as a way to keep smokers from developing lung cancer, U.S. researchers said on...

South African patients of the tuberculosis centre in Khayelitsha, on the south-western coast of South Africa, wait to see doctors on March 23, 2009 in a file photo. Doctors say current diagnostic testing for TB -- which involves microscopy in labs with trained experts and can take weeks -- has barely been improved in the last 125 years.

New test can diagnose tuberculosis in under 2 hours

A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly...

A pharmacist counts pills in a pharmacy in Toronto.

Generic drug shortage hits patients, doctors nationwide

Shortages of a variety of prescription medications across Canada have left doctors and pharmacists scrambling to find replacement ...

Allergan's popular anti-wrinkle treatment Botox in a file photo.

Botox maker to pay $600 million for off-label misuse

Allergan, the maker of the popular anti-wrinkle treatment Botox, said Wednesday it had agreed to pay 600 million dollars to settle...

"The patient is in danger of losing their life and health, needlessly travelling long distances away from home, friends and family, not having their condition improved, and potentially losing a large sum of money," said Chris Mason of University College London's (UCL) regenerative medicine bioprocessing unit.

Health experts warn of "stem cell tourism" dangers

Thousands of people are putting their health and life savings at risk to travel to private clinics around the world for unproven and...

Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq in a file photo. On Wednesday, Aglukkaq announced the federal government has decided to accept the recommendations of its premier health research organization that there be no pan-Canadian clinical trials of the controversial new therapy because of the overwhelming lack of scientific evidence on the procedure's safety.

Opposition calls decision to withhold funding for MS clinical trials 'devastating'

Opposition critics say the decision by the federal government not to fund Canada-wide clinical trials of a controversial multiple ...

Research on human volunteers and animals showed that acupuncture can suppress sensitivity to pain and it does so by activating the body's own painkillers, morphine-like substances in the brain or opioids called endomorphin and enkephalin.

Don't be on pins and needles waiting for acupuncture to work, says neuroscientist

Neuroscientist Ji-sheng Han, China's foremost acupuncture expert, never goes for needle therapy but not because he's a skeptic.

Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull, Chief of Staff with The Ottawa Hospital is the new Canadian Medical Association President. Turnbull, photographed at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus Friday August 20, 2010.

Overview

Old discussion, new direction

New CMA head says past discussions about private and public health care in Canada have been unproductive.

This handout photo shows the inside of one of the twin MAPLE reactors at Chalk River, which are designed to produce isotopes for medical diagnoses and treatment.

Primer

Isotope 101

Canadian production of medical isotopes is set to begin again after a lengthy delay. But what are the particles and how are they used?

More than 90% of Canadians aged six to 79 years old had detectable concentrations of bisphenol A (BPA) in their urine and nearly 90% had detectable concentrations of mercury in their blood

Primer

A common threat?

BPA is found in most food and beverage containers, but is it toxic? We take a look at the chemical compound and its potential risks.

Small marijuana plants, available for sale, are shown in a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, California June 30, 2010.

Crisis

Up in smoke

Pundit says move to legalize pot in U.S. would be 'devastating to the Canadian economy, halting the flow of billions of dollars from the U.S. into Canada.'

Doctors Ashley Davidson back left, Richard Read second back left, Matthew Ershine, Fady Mansour, Alexandre Henri-Bhargava far right, Zina Kellow front left, Pascal Lamarre middle, Chantal Cassis middle right, and Evelyne Caron front right, stand just outside the emergency room at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal in 2007. Starting in July, young doctors in the department of internal medicine at the McGill University teaching hospitals will no longer have to pull 24-hour shifts.

Crisis

Residency reconsidered

Medical program is under miscroscope as issues of burnout and patient safety raise questions about residents' work-life balance

A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg. "Although South Africa is considered a middle-income country in terms of its economy, it has health outcomes that are worse than those in many lower income countries," South African doctors said in The Lancet.

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Brotherhood combats AIDS

New campaign emphasizes that men need to contribute to the war against a virus that has infected 5.2 million people in South Africa

People swim in the Khimkinsky reservoir water area in Moscow, July 14, 2010. Dozens of Russians, many of them drunk, are drowning daily as they head to water to escape a heatwave, an emergencies ministry official said.

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Water caution

Spike in drownings underscores the importance of safety in and around the water.

Obesity is now a bigger overall threat to people’s health than smoking, according to results of the longest ongoing health study of adults in the United States.

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Obesity: A big, fat problem

Obesity is a bigger threat to our health than smoking. We show you why.

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