"Swine flu parties" are gatherings during which people have close contact with a person who has novel H1N1 flu in order to become infected with the virus. The intent of these parties is for a person to become infected with what for many people has been a mild disease, in the hope of having natural immunity novel H1N1 flu virus that might circulate later and cause more severe disease.
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Health authority: Olympics will not affect 'serious' surgeries
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Although concerns have been raised about postponed surgeries during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, a British Columbia health authority representative says the delays will not affect emergency patients, nor should the schedule of "serious" surgeries be affected.
Read more »Alberta pigs believed to be infected with swine flu
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Pigs at an Alberta farm caught the same swine flu strain that has sickened hundreds of humans around the world, federal officials said Saturday.
Read more »Researcher treated with vaccine healthy 21 days after Ebola accident
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A German researcher who received an experimental Canadian vaccine after being exposed to the deadly Ebola virus has passed the disease's 21-day incubation period without showing any sign of falling ill.
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Where dreams become heart attacks.Submit your deliciously gross food here.
Read more »How to Fight Gang Killings
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Take the profit out of their murderous business. Make drugs legal.
"The War on drugs fails, and is doomed to perpetual failure, because it is directed not against the root causes of drug addiction and of the international black market in drugs, but only against some drug producers, traffickers and users... "
Urban Hen Movement
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Why Urban Hens?
Growing our own food is one of the best ways that people can make an impact by become more sustainable. Vegetable gardens are a great start to producing food in your backyard but by raising egg-laying hens people can introduce a home grown protein source into their diet. It creates not only food security but food sovereignty on an individual, community and global level.
Raw milk safe and nutritious when locally produced, say its advocates
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Recent debate over whether raw milk is healthy or hazardous has been a lot like comparing apples and oranges, say advocates who argue how safe it is all depends on the size of the herd.
They say small, well-managed dairy farms are different from large-scale producers, and that the law as it stands doesn't fit the issue.
60-year-old Calgary mother welcomes twins
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Woman goes to India and pays for an in vitro fertilization. The cutoff age in Canada for IVF is between 45 and 50 years old. Hayer's case — especially her age — has raised many ethical questions about how far to push the frontiers of medical science, even from the Calgary specialist who helped her.
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