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Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day

| Public Health Agency of Canada | statements

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting Canadians today. It occurs when the body is unable to sufficiently produce or properly use insulin, which the body needs to convert sugar to an energy source. There are three different types of diabetes - Type 1, Type 2, and gestational.


Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day, November 14, 2013

| Health Canada | statements

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting Canadians today. It occurs when the body is unable to sufficiently produce or properly use insulin, which the body needs to convert sugar to an energy source. There are three different types of diabetes - Type 1, Type 2, and gestational.


Letter to the Editor in response to: "Risky acne drug Diane-35 underscores Health Canada's limitations" by Diana Zlomislic, November 9, 2013

| Health Canada | statements

The Star misleads its readers by alluding that Canada is alone in allowing market access for Diane-35. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) came to the same conclusion that Health Canada did on Diane-35: the drug's benefits continue to outweigh the risks when used as authorized for the temporary treatment of severe acne in women who are unresponsive to other available treatments.


Statement from Minister Paradis: World Pneumonia Day

| Global Affairs Canada | statements

Pneumonia kills more children under the age of five than any other illness. Approximately 2 million children die of the disease each year-99 percent of them in developing countries. Without antibiotics to provide quick, effective treatment, this lung infection can lead to death within one or two days.


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2017-05-26