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  Health minister rejects MS therapy trial CBC - Wed Sep 1, 7:45 PM

  The Canadian government will not fund a clinical trial of the so-called liberation therapy for multiple sclerosis at this time, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says.

• Work with us:Stelmach to oilsands critic The Canadian Press - Wed Sep 1, 7:34 PM

  EDMONTON - Government scientists should sit down with a prominent oilsands critic to figure out why his conclusions about the source of toxins in the Athabasca River are so different than theirs, said Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach.

• Leaving N.L. for pregnancy care an ordeal: patient CBC - Wed Sep 1, 3:14 PM

  A woman who is one of 11 in the past month to have been sent out of Newfoundland and Labrador for medical care because the province's hospitals couldn't handle her high-risk pregnancy says her experience was horrible.

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  Quebec groups call for more sex ed CBC - Wed Sep 1, 2:54 PM

  A coalition of Quebec women's groups and health professionals say they are witnessing an explosion of sexually transmitted diseases among young people, and the coalition says the provincial government's education reform is to blame.

• Sleepy teens eat more fat: study CBC - Wed Sep 1, 2:24 PM

  Teens who sleep less than eight hours on weeknights tend to eat more fatty foods than those who doze longer, researchers have found.

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