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School-based early detection for mental illness does work
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 8, 2014 Source: Mental illness best detected early in schools, doctors say Reference: Mental Health Interventions in Schools
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Uterine transplants seem to contravene the do-not-harm tenet of medicine
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 7, 2014 Source: World first: baby born after womb transplantation Reference: Livebirth after uterus transplantation, Mats Brännström, et al., The Lancet, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61728-1, published online 3 October 2014, abstract.
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Marijuana prescribing guidelines: The cart before the horse
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 30, 2014 Source: Canadian doctors given guidelines on prescribing marijuana
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2 x (insert added sugar drink here)/day x 365 days = 70 lbs of sugar/year* *the average added sugar intake of a North American
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 10, 2014 Source: The Heart and Stroke Foundation Urges Canadians to Cut Back on Added Sugar, for Their Hearts’ Sake
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The importance of reinstating phys ed at school
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 9, 2014
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Should families witness resuscitation attempts on their hospitalized loved ones?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 7, 2014 Source: Calgary hospital to allow families to ‘face death with a loved one’ and witness resuscitation attempts
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Medical marijuana producers using Big Pharma playbook to woo doctors to prescribe it
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July , 2014 Source: Marijuana producers attempt to woo doctors
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New guidelines encourage dentists who prescribe opioids to prescribe only small amounts
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 11, 2014 Source: Stop routinely prescribing opioids, dentists urged