Health

BARBARA QUINN The Monterey County Herald It’s a condition of our modern lifestyle, researchers say. We spend long hours in front of computers and televisions. We work early in the morning and late at night. We get jet lag.

OTTAWA - The cost of medical marijuana in Canada is set to hit a new high as the government seeks to get out of the business. Regulations posted Friday by Health Canada propose medical marijuana should be treated more like any other medicine.

EDMONTON - An Alberta health executive who quit after it was revealed he had billed taxpayers for almost $370,000 for lavish meals, car repairs and a butler says — if anything — he didn't charge enough.

EDMONTON - In a day of emotional testimony at an inquiry into health-care queue-jumping, Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman said he has written prescriptions, given advice and diagnosed politicians who dropped by his legislature office.

TORONTO - Ontario's air ambulance service revealed the $240,000 salary of its newest executive Thursday after opposition critics slammed Ornge for refusing to disclose it for days.

OTTAWA - A little-known hearing disorder affecting two to three per cent of Canadian children is being misdiagnosed as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, health advocates say.

LONDON - Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying.

TORONTO - Women who survive breast cancer may be more likely than other women to go on to develop Type 2 diabetes, a new Canadian study suggests.

TORONTO - A new study reveals that the new SARS-like virus which has been causing infections in the Middle East behaves unusually in laboratory testing.

TORONTO - Women who smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day — or even less — have a significantly higher risk of sudden cardiac death than those who never smoked, researchers say.