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Sweet
forgetting: a pill to ease painful memories 
Abuse, rape, a bad accident -- imagine a drug
that wipes out the feelings such traumas leave
behind. Researchers in Montreal may have found
one. But should memory be manipulated? ANNE
McILROY reports
By ANNE MCILROY
-- For three years, Rita Magil relived the scene
in her nightmares and in daytime flashbacks.''I
could see two cement pillars that my car was
being propelled towards,'' she says. ''I
remember going towards them, being unable to
stop the car, powerless and totally out of
control, and watching my death coming.'' FULL
STORY 
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Panel
urges autonomy for CMA Journal editors
By UNNATI GANDHI
-- The Canadian Medical Association Journal
should have complete editorial autonomy and its
editor be protected from dismissal without just
cause, a panel of experts has recommended in its
final report on the beleaguered publication. FULL
STORY
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Boy
to get costly drug
Parents won't have to move to England to have
son's progressive disease treated
By LISA PRIEST
-- The Ontario government has decided to fund a
staggeringly expensive drug for Isaac McFadyen,
the toddler whose parents were planning to move
to England where the only treatment for his rare
and progressive disease is funded. FULL
STORY
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Saskatchewan
man contracts skin anthrax
Regina -- A Saskatchewan man from the Melfort
area has contracted a case of skin anthrax.
Cutaneous or skin anthrax is the least serious
form of the disease and is usually associated
with agricultural outbreaks. Saskatchewan Health
said yesterday that the man is being treated
with antibiotics as an outpatient and is
expected to make a full recovery. The area is
experiencing an outbreak of anthrax among
livestock caused by environmental conditions. CP FULL
STORY
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Computers
sought to cut waiting times at hospitals
Provinces heartened by report that urges
$2.4-billion for health-related technology
By GLORIA GALLOWAY
OTTAWA -- Provincial health ministers who were
disappointed to find no money for computer
systems in the recent federal budget say they
hope that a new report recommending that
billions be devoted to that purpose will spur
Ottawa to act. FULL
STORY
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Doctor
'appalled' by his own conduct
By SCOTT DEVEAU
-- A prominent Toronto psychiatrist admitted
yesterday that the obsession a female patient
developed for him fed his own need to be
idealized and may have been instrumental in
their subsequent sexual relationship. FULL
STORY
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Northern
patients to get Health Connection bus
Prince George -- A bus will soon be available to
take patients from isolated northern communities
to referred medical care in other cities.
Northern Health's Connection travel program will
begin July 17 with a service between Prince
George and Vancouver, with other cities soon to
follow. FULL
STORY
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