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CBC News - Health

This 19-year-old attempted suicide. Hospital staff sent him to a homeless shelter - A Nova Scotia family is speaking out after their 19-year-old son was taken to hospital following multiple suicide attempts. After being assessed, he was sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter. The teen and his parents say it felt like hospital staff were more concerned about clearing a bed than helping him. Celina Aalders - News - Canada - Nova Scotia - | April 23

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Amid year-long state of emergency, Neskantaga First Nation calls for health-care intervention -- Sarah Law -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Thunder Bay

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Bodies of knowledge: U of A medical school thanks 'remarkable' donors and their families -- Wallis Snowdon -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton

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Go Public - Shoppers Drug Mart gave her the wrong medication. Months later, she landed in the ER - Rosa Marchitelli - News - Go Public - | April 22

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AI slop videos aimed at babies are 'garbage,' says pediatrician - Jessica Wong - News - Canada - | April 22

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Inquest jury deliberating how Heather Winterstein died in Ontario hospital after collapsing on 2nd ER visit -- Paul Forsyth -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Hamilton -- April 21

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Calgary researchers call for national database tracking physician sexual assault, misconduct -- Jennifer Lee -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Calgary -- April 21

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Knives, box cutters, even a hacksaw. What weapon detectors uncovered at the Halifax Infirmary -- Richard Woodbury -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Nova Scotia -- April 21

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Quebec specialist doctors reach tentative deal with province after contract dispute -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Montreal -- |

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First Nation seeks federal funding to support first on-reserve birthing lodge in Sask. -- Aishah Ashraf -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Saskatchewan -- April 20

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U.K. lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for anyone born after 2008 - News - Health - | April 23

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Documents show Horizon staff raised alarm about ambulance bay unit long before public backlash -- Savannah Awde -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- New Brunswick -- April 20

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Treatment delays contributed to death of Heather Winterstein, inquest jury finds -- Paul Forsyth -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Hamilton

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First Person -- I was a Hutterite teen in crisis, so I called a kids' help line. If you're in crisis, you should too -- Kaylee Maendel -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Manitoba

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Atlantic Voice - More babies are born exposed to substances in N.L. as system struggles to keep up, says pediatrician - Caroline Hillier - News - Canada - Nfld. & Labrador - | April 19 - |

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Teen's death prompts push to ban energy drink sales to Quebec youth under 16 -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Montreal -- |

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Video - Doctors say patients are seeking false health information online: CMA survey | Hanomansing Tonight - April 22

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Health Canada warned against buying peptides online. CBC News easily bought some -- Amina Zafar

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Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS -- Catharine Tunney

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New B.C. program to 'track and trace' origins of illicit drug supply -- -

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Video of woman collapsing in ER waiting room played at Ontario inquest into her sepsis death -- -

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After testicular cancer surgery, Forge FC's Kyle Bekker wants men to 'listen to their body' -- Sports -- - -- Soccer -- - -- CPL -- |

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QEH installs AI scanner after 2-week pilot project finds more than 30 different weapons -- Thinh Nguyen -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- PEI -- |

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Alberta doctors urge province to offer free RSV shot to all newborns to cut health risks, hospital visits -- Jennifer Lee -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Calgary -- |

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Province seeks new home for Saskatoon drug testing machine -- Phil Tank -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Saskatoon -- April 16

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