Health Canada is banning the powerful street drug W-18, which it says can be 100 times more potent than fentanyl. The synthetic opioid is being added to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and classed as a restricted drug under federal regulations. That means production, possession, importation or exportation and trafficking of the drug […]
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Back Pain – Walking With Good Posture May Help Back Pain
Is walking a good self-treatment for low back pain? People with low back pain are usually given the recommendation to remain physically active, and that advice is part of clinical practice guidelines. A few research studies have contributed to the evidence that walking is good for people with low back pain. For Low […]
Poor people more likely to have shorter lifespans – Health Quality Ontario warns
TORONTO — Health Quality Ontario issued a report Wednesday showing that the poorer people are, the more likely they are to have shorter lifespans and to suffer from multiple chronic conditions. The report found men living in the poorest neighbourhoods die, on average, more than four years earlier than the men in rich areas, […]
Attacking type 2 diabetes with meds
Vicki Williams has had a decades long relationship with type 2 diabetes. About a year and half ago the relationship took a turn for the worse. Her blood sugar levels spiked to 477, more than double the level of a typical diabetes diagnosis, and she had to be hospitalized. It was the wake-up call she […]
Cardiac arrests and highrises a deadly combination, Toronto study shows
Cardiac arrests happen most often at home. Researchers knew that. What they didn’t know, until now, is this: If your home is a highrise, the higher your floor, the lower your chance of survival. A new study published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal examined five years of health data from the City of […]
