Your Health
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Plan B no longer needs druggist consultation
By Linda Nguyen OTTAWA -- The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B will now be sold on the front shelves of Canadian pharmacies without any medical consultation after a landmark decision came down Thursday to make the drug more accessible. <Continued> -
Gallstone operation not always safe bet
The Doctor Game / W. Gifford-Jones MD. In 1991, Dr. Joacques Perissat at the University of Bordeau, in France, announced to the World Congress of Surgeons he had removed a gallbladder (cholecystectomy), using optical instruments inserted through a few small incisions. Now, 90 per cent of gallbladder operations are done by fiber optics. What are the advantages and what is its most devastating complication? And why is the crematorium the cure for some gallstones? <Continued> -
Diet and exercise help fight cancer
By Melanie Patten HALIFAX -- When Archie McCulloch was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 1997, digestive problems forced the Fall River, N.S., man to make some dietary changes. <Continued>
