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CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Across Canada, there’s a growing number of political leaders proposing to force people into treatment for drug addiction, despite inconclusive evidence about its effectiveness.

Experts say women looking to improve their sex lives can learn more about their bodies and explore the things that turn them on, while also communicating with their partners about their needs and desires. 

Greg Price's death at 31 following complications of testicular cancer surgery shows how people can be harmed when their own health data doesn't follow them as they move between clinics, the author of a new Canadian report says.

Despite other provinces moving toward an opt-out policy for organ donation, Quebec has repeatedly been told it isn’t ready to take that step. But experts say the policy alone isn't a silver bullet for more donations; it takes systemic changes and an overhaul of outdated processes.

Movember started two decades ago with men growing mustaches to raise money for prostate cancer. Since then, it has expanded to include testicular cancer and mental health. And its campaigns are limited only by a participant's ambition and imagination.

A recently launched mental health app, The Burns Way, allows Canadian military veterans dealing with mental-health struggles to speak anonymously with another veteran for support.

Moderna said on Friday Canada's health regulator has approved its vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus in adults 60 years and older, making it the country's first authorized mRNA-based shot for the condition.

Following a groundbreaking court decision about out-of-province care and an about-face from Nova Scotia's premier, two women are still processing how their lives — and potentially thousands of others — could soon change for the better.

On day one of Donald Trump's presidency, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he'll be advising Trump to take fluoride out of public water. The former presidential hopeful — and prominent proponent of debunked public health claims — has described fluoride as "industrial waste."

An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for nine countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organizations say. 

One in four parents say they cut back on their own food consumption to ensure their children had enough to eat in the past year, according to the Salvation Army.

Dr. Elaine Ma, who was celebrated for organizing drive-thru vaccination clinics that helped thousands get their shots at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now being ordered to pay back more than $600,000 in fees for those same services.

Canada's largest network of dental practices has obtained an injunction forcing a former "partner" to cease involvement with a planned franchise business, described in court documents as "something like a McDonald's" of dentistry.

As construction plans get underway for a new health and maternity centre in La Crete, Alta., community members are voicing excitement about the project they say has been sorely needed.

The Alberta government is permanently cutting off the flow of publicly funded vaccines to community medical clinics, save a select few, sparking yet another wave of concern from health-care providers.

A new coalition of Canadian health-care workers is hoping to "revolutionize" frostbite care in Canada, in part by promoting a groundbreaking treatment protocol developed years ago by some Yukoners. 

A coroner's inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman in RCMP holding cells in Prince George, B.C., has recommended that officers staff a detention guard 24/7 to see if prisoners are in medical distress.

The province outlawed the sale of all vaping liquid flavours other than tobacco in 2023 to curb their appeal for young people. But some say the move has had little effect on consumption.

Fort Erie, Ont., resident Mike Nayler never thought he'd see his "four-legged daughter" Minnie again after having to surrender her to a shelter two years ago while he was enduring terminal cancer. Last week, Nayler and the mastiff mix reunited — with a tackle and many licks to his face.