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Health What patients should know about doctor visit summaries by AIAs artificial intelligence continues to develop in seemingly all facets of life — including health care — experts say it’s important for patients to know that AI may be used in their care. Next time you see your family doctor,Continue Reading

Health Teens feeling burnt out from managing diabetes face higher complications, study suggestsGaps in regular diabetes care after age 10, when a lot of children begin managing the condition on their own, are tied to higher rates of serious complications, a Quebec research team has found. Juggling school, friends, workContinue Reading

Health Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as deaths rise to 12Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people. Rwanda received 700 doses of Sabin Institute vaccineContinue Reading

Health Scurvy is a disease that likely conjures up images of sickly sailors from hundreds of years ago, but doctors in Canada are being warned to look out for the condition now, as a result of growing food insecurity. Condition triggered by severe deficiency of vitamin C is linked toContinue Reading

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Tripods and cameras are scattered between the weights and benches in a Mississauga gym. It’s commonContinue Reading

Health As two new Health Canada approved vaccines start to arrive at pharmacies, public health officials are encouraging those who most need protection to get the updated vaccines to help protect against currently circulating variants that cause COVID-19.  Health officials urging those at higher risk of complications from COVID-19 toContinue Reading

Health Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus. WHO assesses risk of outbreak as ‘very high at the national level, high at the regional level’The Associated Press · Posted: Oct 01, 2024 11:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 1 An electron microscope photoContinue Reading

Health Rapid test availability varies province-by-province. Some experts are calling for more widespread testing. Some experts are calling for widespread testing as temperatures dip and cold and flu season ramps up Jennifer Yoon · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoContinue Reading

Health·Second Opinion World leaders called superbugs, which are resistant to antibiotics, “an urgent global health threat” this week. Here’s what patients and doctors say should change. Woman with superbug infection likens pain to campfire in leg Amina Zafar · CBC News · Posted: Sep 28, 2024 4:00 AM EDT |Continue Reading