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Health Alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations spiked during the pandemic. Could policy have made a difference?A new study suggests alcohol-related deaths increased by about 24 per cent in the first two years of the pandemic, while hospitalizations went up 14 per cent. New study suggests alcohol-related deaths went up around 24Continue Reading

Health Canadian scientists say the uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s pause on federal health spending there could stall research on new drugs, vaccines and treatments for cancer, dementia and more — including at labs in this country. NIH has postponed key meetings that decide which scientific research to fund Prof. SteffanieContinue Reading

Health New study suggesting people with ADHD have shorter lifespans should be ‘call to arms,’ lead author saysPeople with ADHD are living shorter lives than they should, say the authors of a new British study, who stress that much of the known link between the disorder and premature death relatesContinue 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. Those working at the World Health Organization had been expecting the worst — butContinue Reading

Health ‘Prehab’ before surgery speeds up patient recovery, review suggestsExercise, nutritional changes and psychological support could have huge benefits for people before they have planned surgeries, reducing complications and hospital stays, according to a large, new systematic review. Prehab — exercise, nutritional changes, psychological support — could reduce complications, hospitalContinue Reading

Health Trump administration asks U.S. health agencies to pause reports, online postsThe Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public, through at least the end of the month. In his 1st term, Trump’s political appointees tried to gain control over CDC journal TheContinue Reading

For the past five weeks, Toronto night nurse Keren Elumir has been handing out clean underwear and electrolyte packets at a safe consumption and overdose prevention site in Moss Park. She’s been seeing more and more people with the telltale signs of a Shigella infection, also known as shigellosis: diarrhea,Continue Reading

Health Germany, experts urge Trump to reconsider withdrawing U.S. from World Health OrganizationGermany said Tuesday it will try to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from pulling out from the World Health Organization as many global health experts fear the move could substantially weaken global health security. Trump’s decision ‘increases theContinue Reading

Health Ozempic could also help fight dementia but raise other health risks, study saysOzempic was first approved to treat diabetes in Canada seven years ago. Now the largest study of its kind suggests it and other medications like it have a host of other potential health benefits beyond obesity, but couldContinue Reading