| Most Americans breathe polluted air: study Six in 10 Americans - about 175 million people - are living in places where air pollution often reaches dangerous levels, despite progress in reducing particle pollution, the American Lung Association said in a report released this week. cbc.ca |
Oral Appliance Therapy Show High Efficacy And Compliance For Sleep Apnea Patients According to new research that was presented on Saturday, June 5, at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, between 31 and 53 months after beginning oral appliance therapy, the sleep apnea treatment remained effective. Subjective daytime sleepiness, fatigue severity, and quality of life also remained improved... mnt.to |
HIV drug cocktail cuts new cases in B.C. Anti-retroviral therapy for HIV patients seems to have had a secondary benefit in addition to slowing the progression of symptoms: it has cut the annual number of HIV diagnoses, a new Canadian study finds. cbc.ca |
Ontario to track prescription drug abuse Ontario's governing Liberals are moving ahead with new restrictions on the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin and other prescription narcotics. cbc.ca |
Nunavut electronic health record concerns raised Nunavut does not have laws in place to protect patient information when electronic health records are introduced, according to the territory's information and privacy commissioner. cbc.ca |