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Parents who tout corporal punishment as a way to discipline children may want to consider sparing the rod, a recent analysis has found. more...
Fecal transplants, which were first done in the late 1950s, are emerging as a highly successful therapy for many tough-to-cure C. difficile cases. Randomized controlled trials are underway in Europe and at Toronto's University Health Network to prove the point. more...
Television already has "The Biggest Loser." Dr. Mehmet Oz is looking for the biggest number of losers. more...
Georgia's top court on Monday struck down a state law designed to discourage assisted suicides after four members of a group that helped a cancer-stricken man die said the law also violated free speech rights. more...
Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat action aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. more...
Chile declared a public health alert Monday over a hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people and infected at least 10 others. more...
A family foundation is donating $30 million to McMaster University to accelerate innovations in health research, education and patient care. more...
Canada's highest court is set to hear arguments over whether it's a crime for people with HIV to keep their condition from their sexual partners if the risk of transmission is low. more...
A stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Seas" from New Orleans in one of three outbreaks of illness aboard U.S.-based cruise ships reported over the weekend. more...
Milford Bay Trout Farm Inc. is recalling its Smoked Trout Fillet because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. more...
After 60 years of rules against full facial hair, Disney recently decided to allow its male front line employees to greet vacationers at its theme parks with neatly-groomed beards. Josh Visser explores what this says about modern man at CTVNews.ca. more...
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Dr. Lorne Brandes
Your Health
