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Health Canada should delay approval of generic OxyContin, health ministers say The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:09 PM PDT HALIFAX - Provincial health ministers are calling on Ottawa to delay the approval of a generic form of OxyContin. Soccer players often recover fully from ACL surgery Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:51 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most soccer players are able to return to the field after surgery to repair torn knee ligaments, a new study suggests. But out of 100 athletes who had reconstructive surgery on their anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, researchers found female and older players were less likely than younger men and boys to get back in the game. And by seven years out, 12 of the ... Two West Nile-linked deaths reported in Ontario; worst outbreak in a decade The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:24 PM PDT TORONTO - Public health officials in Ontario are confirming two people have died after contracting the West Nile virus in what they called the worst the outbreak in a decade. NDP looks to Canadians to help build party's 2015 health care platform The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are hitting the road to talk about medicare, accusing the Harper government of short-changing the system. Americans urged to get vaccinated as flu season nears Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials urged more Americans on Thursday to get vaccinated against influenza for the upcoming flu season, adding there was plenty of vaccine on hand. So far more than 85 million doses of the vaccine had been distributed as of September 14 and a total of about 135 million doses will be available, the non-profit National Foundation for Infectious Diseases said ... Diagnosis of rare brain disorder may take months Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors often initially misdiagnose people with Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, a rare brain disorder caused by misfolded, infectious prion proteins, according to new research. Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, or CJD, is marked by rapid brain wasting and dementia and typically kills patients within a year after symptoms appear. According to the National Institutes of Health ... Feeling stressed out tied to heart disease risk Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who report feeling high levels of stress in their daily lives are more likely to develop heart disease than those who don't experience as much stress, according to a new review of earlier studies. While the finding isn't surprising, the review gives a clearer picture of the relevant research to date. "Everybody knows that stress is bad for your heart... but the ... Did Robin Roberts Make You Become a Bone Marrow Donor? Takepart.com via Yahoo! News Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT Actress Gwyneth Paltrow speaks out about cancer, race car driver Danica Patrick is the “ambassador” for COPD, and Robin Roberts is the current face of bone marrow donation. Do these celebrities truly have a positive impact on public health, or does their involvement do more harm than good?

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