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Palin admits family used Canada's health care system in Yukon

Calgary - Over the weekend, Sarah Palin admitted her family used Canada's health care system in the Yukon Territory when she was growing up during the 1960s.

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Study: Number of physicians up in Canada

A new study released on Thursday shows that the number of physicians in Canada has increased by 8 per cent and the physician-to-patient ratio went up by 195 for every 100,000 Canadians.

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Water pollution: South Africa's ticking time bomb...

The South African health-care system is showing a steady collapse which is worrying health officials countrywide. Yet nobody seems able to turn the problem around - there are far too many patients and not enough medical staff to treat them.

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Federal-Provincial Rift on Health Care Widens

TORONTO (AP) — It's not reasonable for the provinces to demand that Ottawa fork over another $7 billion in new health care money at the same time as they're cutting taxes, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Stephane Dion said Monday. With the premi..

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Save care system, say campaigners

A letter signed by leading health bodies and charities urges politicians to transform England's "failing" social care system.

Patients' ratings 'to boost care'

A new NHS patient rating system - known as the "friends and family test" - is to be introduced to help improve nursing care in England.

VIDEO: Elderly 'let down by care system'

Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are "passed like a parcel" between services, a committee of MPs has said.

Spain cuts education and health care spending

Spain's conservative government targeted its austerity program on the education and health care systems Friday with €10 billion ($13 billion) in spending cuts and increased fees as part of a drive to reduce its deficit.

Saskatchewan's MS follow-up care defended by clinic

Saskatchewan's medical system does offer follow-up care for multiple sclerosis patients who have had so-called liberation therapy, says the head of of the Saskatoon MS Clinic.