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- Hair shows chronic stress link to heart attacks
Chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks, according to an Israeli-Canadian study of stress hormone levels in hair. - Asthma 'spike' looms as school year nears
With the new school year around the corner, parents of asthmatic children are bracing for the "September spike." - Sugar won't quell infants' pain: study
Giving sugar to infants to ease their pain after a blood test may change their facial expressions but not necessarily the pain signals in the brain or spinal cord, a new British study suggests. - Legionnaire's hid in compost: MDs
A gardener contracted a rare case of legionnaire's disease through a cut in his hand while handling compost, British doctors report. - Bone drugs may raise throat cancer risk: study
People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests. - McDonald's customers warned of hep A case
A case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in a food handler at a McDonald's restaurant in Lethbridge, Alta. - Close ties drive online health searches: study
People looking to adopt new health practices are more likely to be influenced by close connections, including people they know well, than by social networks such as Facebook, research shows. - B.C. sues balloon-crash pilot for medical costs
The B.C. government is using a new piece of legislation that allows it to recover medical expenses to sue the pilot and others involved in a fiery balloon crash that killed two people and injured several others. - Kidney transplants to resume in Sask.
After more than a year, kidney transplants will again be done in Saskatchewan, the provincial government says.