| Beauty treatments paid by insurance fraud Toronto-area beauty spas are offering esthetic treatments that are paid for through health insurance fraud, a CBC News investigation has found. cbc.ca |
Alberta offers alternative to open heart surgery Doctors at the University of Alberta have for the first time performed a heart procedure aimed at helping patients for whom open heart surgery is too risky. cbc.ca |
Safeway targets OxyContin thefts A major Canadian retailer hopes a change in procedure will prevent thefts of a prescription painkiller that's become a favourite with abusers and traffickers. cbc.ca |
Teens a growing proportion of Toronto homicides While homicide rates in Toronto appear to be declining, the proportion of teenage victims has risen steadily since 2005. cbc.ca |
Own touch eases acute pain: study People tend to clutch a painful area of their body after an injury because it may offer a sense of relief, British scientists have found. cbc.ca |