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West Nile virus infects B.C. woman
A Kelowna woman is the first confirmed case of human infection by the West Nile virus in B.C. this year. Ottawa Hospital deals with mould in patient roomsHealth | 81052 hits | 7:31 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Ottawa Hospital is speeding up plans to deal with mould growing in some of its rooms after a concerned patient contacted CTV Ottawa about the problem. CMAJ editor supports cautious approach to MS theoryHealth | 81099 hits | 7:20 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal is pleased that while the provincial health ministers are interested in studying a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis, they won't yet fund the treatments. Mould forces Moncton hospital to cancel surgeries
Half of the operating rooms at the Dr. Georges L. Dumont Regional Hospital in Moncton, N.B., are closing temporarily due to mould in the hallway leading to the operating rooms. E. coli in B.C. water supplies a growing threat
British Columbia could start to see more frequent cases of contaminated drinking water in smaller communities across the province, an expert warns. Liberal MPP calls for national bedbug battle planHealth | 81046 hits | 9:39 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The creepy comeback of bedbugs in Canada has an Ontario politician calling for a national health strategy to track the tiny bloodsuckers. Hand sanitizers linked to public intoxication
Police in Regina say they have been picking up people intoxicated from drinking hand sanitizing liquids which contain alcohol.Mind-reading machine step closer to reality
What women want is the age-old question. And Mel Gibson figured this one out when he was able to read minds in the 2000 Hollywood flick.
Now, however, reading minds is no longer a thing of the movies, thanks to an American neuroscientist.
What women want is the age-old question. And Mel Gibson figured this one out when he was able to read minds in the 2000 Hollywood flick.
Now, however, reading minds is no longer a thing of the movies, thanks to an American neuroscientist. Nearly three-quarters of Ontario adults are obese or overweight
Nearly three-quarters of adults in Ontario are overweight or obese and have a strong occurrence of high blood pressure, according to new research that adds to the evidence linking weight and heath.Sleeping pill users likely to die early
Popping a pill might seem a small price to pay for a peaceful night's sleep. But beware of the long-term cost - those who pop sleeping pills are a third more likely to die prematurely than those who don't, says latest research.
Popping a pill might seem a small price to pay for a peaceful night's sleep. But beware of the long-term cost - those who pop sleeping pills are a third more likely to die prematurely than those who don't, says latest research. Genetically modified salmon safe, FDA says
Documents released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say genetically modified salmon being reared on P.E.I. is safe, provoking some alarm on both sides of the border. Trichinella found in Nunavut walrus meat
Nunavut health officials are warning residents of Sanikiluaq that they may be at risk of contracting a potentially deadly parasite after trichinella worms were found in the meat of two walruses hunted this month. Generic drug shortage a danger: pharmacists
A chronic shortfall of generic drugs could compromise the health of patients, Quebec's Order of Pharmacists warns. Diabetes could cost Ontario $7 billion a year by 2020Health | 81037 hits | 3:49 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Diabetes could soon cost Ontario $7 billion a year if action isn't taken now to slow the number of new diagnoses, the Canadian Diabetes Association says in a new study. Removing Fallopian tubes could cut cancer deathsHealth | 81131 hits | 3:35 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Doctors in B.C. want to completely change the way that hysterectomies are performed, in hopes of preventing more women from dying from ovarian cancer. Family fights for research on rare genetic diseaseHealth | 81207 hits | 8:44 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
An Edmonton family is pushing for the government to fund more gene therapy and stem cell research, in the hopes it will bring a cure for the genetic disease affecting their young daughter. Vancouver park smoking ban takes effectHealth | 81293 hits | 11:16 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Smoking is now banned on all properties and in all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Vancouver Park Board. Feds not convinced MS treatment is safe, effectiveHealth | 81117 hits | 10:49 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Despite pressure from patients to fund studies into a controversial theory on multiple sclerosis, the federal health minister says there is not enough evidence to move ahead with any more studies.U.S. bedbug wave leads to misuse of pesticides
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators.
Health | 81818 hits | 5:17 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. Medical review says B.C. safe injection site worksHealth | 81772 hits | 7:04 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A review in Monday's Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests the federal government should give up its Supreme Court of Canada challenge around Vancouver's safe injection site. Smoking cannabis can relieve some pain, improve sleep: clinical trial
TORONTO - Smoking pot can make some of the pain go away, without the patient getting high. The finding comes from what researchers in Montreal believe to be the first outpatient clinical trial of smoked cannabis, involving 21 people with chronic neuropathMillions of Pakistani kids risk waterborne disease
Five-year-old Shahid Khan struggled to remain conscious in his hospital bed as severe diarrhea threatened to kill him. His father watched helplessly, stricken at the thought of losing his son — one of the only things the floods had not already taken.
Health | 81657 hits | 2:19 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Five-year-old Shahid Khan struggled to remain conscious in his hospital bed as severe diarrhea threatened to kill him. His father watched helplessly, stricken at the thought of losing his son — one of the only things the floods had not already taken.Friends with health benefits: social circles give back
Your mother has been urging you to play nice and make friends since playground days. Heck, you're even guilty of pushing your own children toward the sandbox with hopes that they'll thrive socially and make fast pals with the other little girls and boys.
Health | 81656 hits | 9:19 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Your mother has been urging you to play nice and make friends since playground days. Heck, you're even guilty of pushing your own children toward the sandbox with hopes that they'll thrive socially and make fast pals with the other little girls and boys. Calgary family sues Children's Hospital
A $1 million lawsuit has been filed against Alberta Children's Hospital by a Calgary family. Papers filed in court this week claim a young girl suffered serious brain damage, blindness and other injuries as a result of improper care. Ontario targets OxyContin abuse
Ontario plans to launch a new tracking system to curb the abuse of the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone and other prescription drugs. Sex enhancement pills contain steroidsHealth | 81208 hits | 7:14 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A sexual enhancement pill marketed for both men and women contains the steroid DHEA which can cause higher-than-normal levels of male and female hormones, according to Health Canada. Goya fruit pulp linked to typhoid outbreakHealth | 81194 hits | 7:12 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadians are being warned to avoid Goya frozen mamey pulp because it has been linked in the U.S. to a typhoid-causing form of salmonella.U.S. recall expands to more than half a billion eggs
More than a half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. The outbreak has already sickened more than 1,000 people and the toll of illnesses is expected to
Health | 81220 hits | 9:28 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
More than a half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. The outbreak has already sickened more than 1,000 people and the toll of illnesses is expected to NDM-1 'superbug' found in Brampton hospital
Ontario's first case of the so-called superbug NDM-1 has been identified at the William Osler Health Centre in Brampton Public warned as B.C. smoke rolls into Sask.
The Saskatchewan Health Ministry is warning the public about smoke from British Columbia forest fires. People in western and central areas of the province woke up Friday morning to haze in the sky and the smell of smoke.Smoking in movies still a problem, health groups say
A youth arm of the Canadian Lung Association is asking the movie industry to eliminate scenes of smoking in youth-rated films, after release of a study indicating that 130,000 teenagers may have taken up smoking because of exposure to it in Hollywood film
Health | 81194 hits | 3:31 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
A youth arm of the Canadian Lung Association is asking the movie industry to eliminate scenes of smoking in youth-rated films, after release of a study indicating that 130,000 teenagers may have taken up smoking because of exposure to it in Hollywood film Battle brewing over private health in Alberta
Wildrose Alliance calls for more private care while New Democrats are urging lessWar for least-healthy sandwich heats up
The war to create the least-healthy sandwich legally available in a restaurant is heating up, with Burger King launching the NY Pizza Burger in Times Square Thursday.
The war to create the least-healthy sandwich legally available in a restaurant is heating up, with Burger King launching the NY Pizza Burger in Times Square Thursday. Wi-Fi no threat to school children: Ontario's top doc
TORONTO — Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health says wireless Internet technology poses no threat to children in schools. The comments from Dr. Arlene King come as a group of parents in central Ontario are urging their school board to ban Wi-Fi in schDoctor freezes man's skull, saves his life
A UTAH man had a 90 to 95 percent chance of dying after shattering his skull in more than 10 places until a neurosurgeon removed both sides of his head and froze it.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/doctor-freezes-mans-skull-saves-his-life/
A UTAH man had a 90 to 95 percent chance of dying after shattering his skull in more than 10 places until a neurosurgeon removed both sides of his head and froze it.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/doctor-freezes-mans-skull-saves-his-life/ Turn it down: Teen hearing loss up 30 per cent
Hearing loss in teens has increased significantly, leading researchers to warn teens to turn down their toys Chalk River ready to resume isotope productionHealth | 81249 hits | 3:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The first batches of medical isotopes to come out of the Chalk River nuclear reactor in more than a year should start arriving at clinics within days. Study finds less lead in Canadians' blood, but chemicals in their urine
OTTAWA - It's found in some plastic bottles and in the linings of tin cans — and probably in your urine, too. Most Canadians have low levels of a chemical called bisphenol A in their urine, a new federal study has found. Doctors call for nationwide ban on mixed martial artsHealth | 81362 hits | 8:28 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
The head of the B.C. Medical Association is calling for a Canada-wide ban on mixed martial arts because of the potential for serious brain injury in the sport.Back to Canada News
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