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Doctors, nurses call for reforms to prevent overcrowding in Canada's emergency rooms
Overcrowded emergency rooms are frustrating patients and staff in parts of the country as respiratory illness season exacerbates long waits for care.
Dec 21, 2023 10:03 AM
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A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is coming soon
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans plan to unveil a proposal soon to legalize medical marijuana in the state and could vote on it sometime in 2024, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said.
Dec 21, 2023 9:24 AM
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Cat-owner duo in Ohio shares amputee journey while helping others through animal therapy
TROY, Ohio (AP) — Each morning when she wakes up, Juanita Mengel removes the silicone liner of her prosthetic leg out from under a heated blanket so that the metal parts of the artificial limb don't feel as cold on her skin when she straps the pieces
Dec 21, 2023 8:42 AM
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Ukraine lawmakers vote to legalize medical marijuana and help ease stress from the war with Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament voted Tuesday to legalize medical marijuana, after the war with Russia left thousands of people with post-traumatic stress disorder that many believe could be eased by the drug.
Dec 21, 2023 6:44 AM
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Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age.
Dec 21, 2023 5:54 AM
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North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge said Wednesday he will decide soon whether to temporarily block a part of the state's revised abortion laws so doctors can perform the procedure to save a patient's life or health.
Dec 20, 2023 3:20 PM
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Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix
RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than half in family medicine.
Dec 20, 2023 2:39 PM
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Ohio prosecutor says he's duty bound to bring miscarriage case to a grand jury
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor says it is not within his power to drop a criminal charge against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home, regardless of the pressure being brought to bear by the national attention on her case.
Dec 20, 2023 1:50 PM
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Regina hospitals break fire code over crowded hallways, action needed: emails
REGINA — Two hospitals in Saskatchewan's capital recently broke the fire code due to patients in beds crowding hallways, says a city fire inspector.
Dec 20, 2023 1:06 PM
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Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings
PHOENIX (AP) — With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as “The Zone.
Dec 20, 2023 11:58 AM
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