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In December 2004, I wrote in these pages about how I found myself "still breastfeeding" a 14-month-old, when previously I had viewed "extended breastfeeders" as a bit odd, needy and, frankly, freaky. When I first became a mother, I had envisaged myself as a mother with a clipboard, with me in charge, not the baby. I never expected to be the sort of mother I am now, breastfeeding a four-year-old on demand. I thought I knew myself, but motherhood introduced me to a self I never even knew was lurking.

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There are many reasons why children fail to learn to read. Some households have no books and reading is neither encouraged nor regarded as a pleasure. In others, where English is not the first language, children may struggle.

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Healthy recipes that can be enjoyed by diabetics or anyone seeking a healthy meal or treat.

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Chicago surgeons removed a massive 10-pound hairball from a teen suffering from a psychological condition in which she ate her hair.

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Cat food, house dust, human breast milk, televisions, and sperm whales all have one thing in common. They are laced with a group of flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs.

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Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into reports that the anti-smoking drug Chantix may trigger mood swings and thoughts of suicide in patients taking it.

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Children raised in poverty are more likely to get sick, and in adulthood die at a younger age, than those raised in more affluent surroundings, suggests a report released Thursday.

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A computer security breach involving sensitive health records of people across Newfoundland and Labrador has officials scrambling to investigate.

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The Canadian Mental Health Association is trying to start a training program for emergency responders in New Brunswick so they can better respond to calls involving mentally ill people.

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In a case that could set a precedent for end-of-life decisions, the Calgary Health Region is fighting a court order that went against doctors' diagnosis that a comatose patient could not be saved.

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Ontario-based Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd. are expanding an earlier recall of frozen beef burgers for possible E. coli contamination to include more products.

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HIDA's newly-released "Selling to Physician Office Labs" course is now available for sale to members and non-members. The latest in HIDA's ongoing ADVANCE® Masters curriculum, the course offers insights on the benefits of physician office lab (POL) testing for doctors and patients. The training module also includes tips to help identify a medical practice's testing potential. [click link for full article]

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After receiving reports of patients experiencing delirium, psychosis and hallucinations, US FDA staff recommend that flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza should carry warnings about possible side-effects. Tamiflu is made by Roche Holdings, Relenza is made by GSK (GlaxoSmithKline). Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is a pill, while Relenza (zanamivir) is inhaled. [click link for full article]

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The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) announced the renaming of its research grant program to be called the Richard Lindstrom EBAA Research Fund in honor of Richard L. Lindstrom, MD of Bloomington, Minnesota. Dr. Lindstrom has been instrumental in funding the EBAA research grant program since its inception in 1990, said Edward J. Holland, MD, chairman of the EBAA. [click link for full article]

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As emergency departments face ever-rising demands, hospitals are confronting greater problems obtaining emergency on-call coverage from specialist physicians, according to study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC). [click link for full article]

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The Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA) is asking that all publiclyfunded not-for-profit health services receive the 100% GST rebate that is now provided to municipalities. CHA is concerned that inequities in the GST rebate system for the health sector are resulting in a transfer of funds from much needed health services back to the federal government. [click link for full article]

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Dentists and researchers have come up with the formula for the perfect smile, from the size and width of each tooth to the curve, colour and shape of the teeth, and the overall width of the smile.

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Skin cancer is more common on the left side of the body, scientists have discovered. And sun bathing facing south may be to blame. New research shows that there are up to 19 per cent more skin melanomas on the left sides of people in Britain than on the right.

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All police officers should be trained in how to deal with vulnerable mentally ill people, a shocking new report from the mental health charity Mind will demand this week. The wide-ranging report on the mentally ill and the justice system, to be published on Thursday, reveals that many vulnerable people are discriminated against by the police and mistreated in police cells. Based on the testimonies of mentally ill people over the past two years, it says that many reported being strip-searched in police cells, being left naked, cold and hungry.

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New infections of HIV have fallen in the UK despite worsening sexual health among young people, official figures show. For the first time since the global epidemic began more than 25 years ago, newly diagnosed cases of HIV declined, from 7,900 in 2005 to an estimated 7,800 last year.

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Too large a slice of the extra billions pumped into the NHS ended up in the pockets of hospital consultants, MPs say in a highly critical report today.

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Although Britney Spears appears to be falling deeper into a pit of addiction and mental illness on a very public stage, one psychiatrist believes the one-time pop superstar can get better. First, however, her children must be given immediate stability.

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A Michigan woman and her dog who share the same rare disease were recently profiled on the cable television show Animal Planet.

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Is your sex life 'typical' or a little risqué? Our Sexpert weighs in

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The mother of a little boy with a rare form of cancer has made the agonizing decision to stop treatment so that her son’s final days can be filled with fun and laughter.

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Having a ring finger longer than an index finger nearly doubles the chance of developing osteoarthritis in the knees — and women are the most at risk — according to a new study.

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An influenza vaccine that would offer protection against all flu strains has shown promise in clinical trials, the two biotech firms that produce it said Friday.

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A U.S. government drug agency has issued a warning about ecstasy-laced methamphetamine entering the country from Canada.

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Canada could produce a lot more doctors at a lower cost, and students could save thousands in tuition, if most of its medical schools moved to a three-year program, the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests.

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Health Canada issued an advisory Friday warning consumers that Tot Tower blocks are being recalled because young children may choke on plastic laminate peeled from the toys.

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Police in Surrey, B.C., have begun to stake out fast food drive-thru windows in hopes of catching impaired drivers with the late-night munchies.

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A child with severe pneumonia can be treated with oral antibiotics as safely and effective at home as in hospital, says an article in The Lancet, this week's issue. The authors say that the World Health Organization's (WHO's) recommendations for severe pneumonia treatment should be modified.

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Librarians in Los Angeles and San Francisco have finished cataloguing hundreds of thousands of HIV/AIDS documents and have made the documents available to the public, the Los Angeles Times reports.The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives received a $195,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to catalogue the materials.

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San Francisco on Wednesday expanded eligibility in its Healthy San Francisco program to individuals residing in the city with incomes up to about $32,000 annually who do not qualify for other health programs, but "few seemed to be taking advantage of it," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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