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market stressed
The economy isn't just killing our wallets: It's causing aches, pains, loss of sleep and stomach problems, too
By WENCY LEUNG
-- Your stomach drops every time the TSX plunges. You lie awake at night, worrying about how you'll afford to retire. Your head throbs at the thought of paying for your children's college tuition. And your muscles have been aching since rumours of job cuts began circulating at work. FULL STORY 
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'Scientific misconduct' pervasive in drug industry: study
By PAUL TAYLOR
-- Earlier this year, a landmark study found that the effectiveness of the top-selling antidepressant drugs had been exaggerated by the selective publication of favourable test results. In other words, good news about the drugs was made public but bad news wasn't. As a result, doctors and patients are left with a distorted picture of how well these drugs actually work. FULL STORY
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Alberta first to offer medical information online
Electronic records to cut down on patient waiting times, improve care and reduce errors
By KATHERINE O'NEILL
EDMONTON -- Albertans will soon have their personal health information at their fingertips around the clock.The province is set to become the first jurisdiction in Canada to allow residents to access the often sensitive and private information online. FULL STORY
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Nature may ease ADHD symptoms
By TRALEE PEARCE
-- Most adults know the restorative benefits of taking a walk among the trees. But new research suggests that a nature stroll can also improve the attention span of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. FULL STORY
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Selective listening
-- The RCMP has no business commissioning politically-motivated research, as it appears to have done on Insite, the Vancouver clinic in which heroin addicts are legally permitted to inject their drugs in the presence of nurses. When the first two reviews it commissioned did not satisfy its possibly legitimate desire to understand the effects, good or bad, of the clinic, it went to Colin Mangham, research director of the Drug Prevention Network of Canada. Even a quick perusal of the network's website - beginning with the pejoratively-named section, Harm Reduction Ideology - would have convinced anyone with an interest in impartial research to look elsewhere. FULL STORY
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E. coli and permanent kidney damage
By COLIN PERKEL
TORONTO -- People who fall seriously ill from E. coli poisoning are at sharply higher risk for permanent kidney disease, a landmark seven-year study of victims of Canada's tainted-water tragedy has concluded. FULL STORY
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Ottawa recalls pacifiers that contain lead
-- About 10,000 baby pacifiers have been recalled because of high levels of lead, Health Canada said yesterday.The My Baby brand pacifiers have been sold, singly and in pairs, at Everything For a Dollar Stores across the country since April of 2007. Health Canada testing showed lead levels higher than allowed in the pacifiers that are orange, prompting the company to recall all colours as a precaution. FULL STORY
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