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WELL Health Technologies (TSE:WELL) Shares Up 1.7%

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Shares of WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSE:WELL – Get Rating) were up 1.7% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as C$5.55 and last traded at C$5.47. Approximately 1,512,460 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 37% from the average daily volume of 1,103,975 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$5.38.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WELL has been the topic of a number of research reports. Raymond James set a C$8.50 target price on shares of WELL Health Technologies and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April

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Nearly 99 per cent of Windsor-Essex voters against privatize health care, according to referendum

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Almost 99 per cent of voters in Windsor and Essex County are opposed to the privatization of public hospitals, according to the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) referendum results revealed Tuesday morning.

Since April, the citizen-led group has been asking Ontarians to vote in person or online answering if they want public hospital services to be privatized to for-profit hospitals and clinics.

“In this referendum, the people have spoken,” said Patrick Hannon, co-chair of the Windsor-Essex chapter of the OHC.

Hannon said 98.8 per cent of people in just Windsor opposed privatizing public hospital services, with a total of 5,286 votes

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Canada to become the first country in the world to require health warnings on individual cigarettes

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May 31, 2023 | Ottawa, ON | Health Canada

Today, on World No Tobacco Day, the Honorable Carolyn Bennett, Minister for Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced that Canada will soon require that health warnings be printed directly on individual cigarettes ─ becoming the first country in the world to take thisapproach.

The new Tobacco Products Appearance, Packaging and Labeling Regulations will be part of the Government of Canada’s continued efforts to help adults who smoke to quit, to protect youth and non-tobacco users from nicotine addiction, and to further reduce the appeal of tobacco. Labeling

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Walmart Health opening 3 Jacksonville clinics this week

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Accessible state-of-the-art healthcare is expanding in Jacksonville.

Walmart Health this week will open three new clinics in the city to provide medical, dental, optometry, hearing and behavioral health services as well as flu shots, other immunizations and wellness checks.

The openings — beginning Tuesday — will bring to five the number of Walmart Health Centers in the city and neighboring Clay County. All five areas adjacent to existing Walmart Supercenters.

The new health center openings are:

  • Tuesday: 11900 Atlantic Blvd., Unit 1

  • Wednesday: 10991 San Jose Boulevard, Unit 100

  • Thursday: 12100 Lem Turner Road, Unit 100

They will join current

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CPR’s true survival rate is lower than many people think: Shots

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First-aider practicing chest compressions on a CPR training dummy.

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First-aider practicing chest compressions on a CPR training dummy.

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“Nurse refuses to perform CPR,” read the caption on an ABC newscast in California. “911 dispatchers please ignore.” Several days earlier, an elderly woman at a senior living facility had gone into cardiac arrest. The dispatcher instructed an employee to perform CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. But theemployees refused.

“Is there anybody there that’s willing to help this lady and not let her die?” the dispatcher said. It made the local news, which elucidated a national outcry and prompted a police investigation. But the woman was already dead — her heart had stopped.

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Ontario has $4B more for health care than needed for current programs: FAO

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Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026.

The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario says the excess money could be used for new programs

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Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health

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Donald Trump Congratulates Kim Jong Un, Faces Backlash From Republicans

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Donald Trump shared his congratulations for Kim Jong Un on his social media platform, Truth Social, earlier this week, sparking a bipartisan backlash. In doing so, Trump shared a link to the news that the World Health Organization has admitted North Korea to its executive board.

“Congratulations to Kim Jung Un!” Trump wrote. The post was quickly met with backlash from several other voices in the Republican party. Georgia governor Brian Kemp later tweeted: “Taking our country back from Joe Biden does not start with congratulating North Korea’s murderous dictator.”

Read More: Trump Updates Kim Jong-un’s Health

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Grape Consumption Modulates Human Microbiome, Study Suggests

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In new research, scientists from Western New England University and elsewhere investigated the potential of grapes to modulate the human microbiome and thus influence health.

Dave et al. demonstrated that grape consumption does not perturb the eubiotic state of the microbiome with normal, healthy human subjects; grape consumption does change the taxonomic composition of the microbiome, enzyme levels, KEGG pathways, and the metabolome. Image credit: NoName_13.

Dave et al. demonstrated that grape consumption does not perturb the eubiotic state of the microbiome with normal, healthy human subjects; grape consumption does change the taxonomic composition of the microbiome, enzyme levels, KEGG pathways, and the metabolome. Image credit: NoName_13.

“The potential influence of the human microbiome, consisting of over 3 million genes and on the order of 1014 microorganisms, on health and well-being is profound,” said Western New England University’s Professor

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