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- OxyContin worries misplaced: pain experts
Ontario's new strategy to restrict inappropriate use of opioid painkillers like OxyContin could discourage doctors from prescribing them when needed, pain experts say. - Hair shows chronic stress link to heart attacks
Chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks, according to an Israeli-Canadian study of stress hormone levels in hair. - 600 B.C. patients' data in stolen laptop
Personal information about more than 600 patients of the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia is contained in a laptop stolen from Burnaby General Hospital. - Pampers Dry Max diapers not linked to rash
No link has been found between Pampers diapers with Dry Max liners and diaper rash, Canadian and U.S. officials say. - JAMA editor to leave
Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor in chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is leaving the post next year to return to Johns Hopkins medical school. - Kitchen survey shows health risks
A study from California's Los Angeles County found only 61 per cent of home kitchens would get an A or B if put through the rigours of a restaurant inspection. - Dementia risk double in PTSD veterans: study
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder may have a higher risk of dementia than those without the stress disorder, a U.S. study suggests. - West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece
West Nile virus has killed 13 people in Greece, health authorities say. - Marijuana gateway risk overblown: study
Long-held fears that the use of marijuana will lead to harder drugs are overblown, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.