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Physical therapy is ‘the best-kept secret in health care’
If you think physical therapy is only about rehabilitation after surgery or recovering from an…
Will New Year’s Eve be loud or quiet? What are the top 2025 resolutions? AP-NORC poll has answers
NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re planning on ringing in the new year quietly at…
Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel
Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states,…
Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging
Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this…
Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging
Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this…
Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan.…
Israeli hospital says Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful surgery Sunday to…
Making any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick
LONDON (AP) — As the new year dawns, so too does the opportunity for change.…
Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
JARWENG, South Sudan (AP) — Noble Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging…
Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
JARWENG, South Sudan (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging…
Artist and activist Joe Average dies at 67, after life as vivid as his paintings
VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s Joe Average was an artist, advocate and activist whose bright, multicoloured images…
Ontario labour ministry investigating injury on Toronto set of ‘Beast Games’
TORONTO — Ontario’s labour ministry is investigating an industrial accident on the Toronto set of…
Vancouver Island police investigate car in ditch, find driver with gunshot wounds
VANCOUVER — Police on Vancouver Island say an early morning report of a car in…
Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski says she had breast cancer diagnosis earlier in 2024
Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski revealed Tuesday that she underwent two surgeries to treat breast…
Governor General urges Canadians to care for their mental, physical health
OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is urging Canadians to treat their mental health with…
It’s called the ‘Winter Arc.’ And for some, it’s replacing New Year’s resolutions
New York (AP) — A new year is the time to set new goals. Yet…
Psychedelic therapy begins in Colorado, causing tension between conservatives and veterans
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Colorado becomes the second state to legalize psychedelic therapy…
Psychedelic therapy begins in Colorado, causing tension between conservatives and veterans
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Colorado becomes the second state to legalize psychedelic therapy…
B.C. teen with avian flu deemed no longer infectious, taken off supplemental oxygen
VANCOUVER — A letter sent to the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine…
5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus…
5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus…
Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows ‘worrisome’ mutation of virus
Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia…
Bob Rae hopeful for UN development goals, despite ‘intractable issues’ worldwide
OTTAWA — Canada is trying to push the world’s nations to stick with the goals…
Biden’s final actions as president leave some transgender people feeling unsupported
President Joe Biden began his term in the White House with a broad promise to…