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• Alcohol related health care visits spiked during pandemic in Ontario: study

  A new Ontario study suggests there was a spike in health-care visits related to alcohol during the pandemic.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2023
  
• Demand for ambulance services up in Ontario over last decade, study finds

  "We do find that the older age cohort is using up more and more ambulance services each year," said Ryan Strum, lead author of the McMaster University study.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2022
  
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• Study indicates 1 in 20 babies in Ontario exposed to opioids in utero

  One in 20 babies born in Ontario has been exposed to opioids during pregnancy, a new study indicates.

  Feb 17, 2021
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• Ontario study finds people on homeless spectrum hit hard by COVID-19

  The study found people on the homeless spectrum are five times more likely to die of COVID-19 than the average person.

  Health

  Jan 16, 2021
• Immigrants, refugees make up almost half of Ontario’s COVID-19 cases: report

  The report also found that testing rates were lower for immigrants and refugees when compared to Canadian-born and long-term residents.

  Health

  Sep 9, 2020
• Influenza vaccine effective for cancer patients, London study finds

  The study utilized data collected from 26,000 cancer patients across Ontario, compiled over a six-year period.

  Health

  Oct 18, 2019
• Concussion triples suicide risk, Canadian doctors warn

  While scientists warn that suicide risk is higher in military veterans and professional athletes grappling with concussion, new Canadian research suggests the risk extends to the general public, too.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2016
• Prescription to die for: Study finds ‘exceptional’ death rates among opioid patients

  Patients put on high doses of opioids are 24 times more likely to die because of them than people prescribed lower doses of the drugs, a new study finds.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2015
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• Why your car-dependent neighbourhood is increasing your risk of obesity

  If you’re driving into the office, to the grocery store after work and then over to the bank, your waistline may be reflecting your cushy mode of transportation.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2015
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• Young cancer survivors face more hospitalizations 2 decades after beating disease: Canadian study

  Young cancer survivors may have beaten their disease, but new Canadian research is warning that this group encounters more hospitalizations than their healthy peers, even two decades after they’re declared cancer-free.

  Health

  Jul 13, 2015