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U.S. regulators approve 1st melanoma drug in yearsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma.
Peanut allergy stirs controversy at Florida schoolSome public school parents in Edgewater, Florida, want a first-grade girl with life-threatening peanut allergies removed from the classroom and home-schooled, rather than deal with special rules to protect her health, a school official said.
Sex can kill you, U.S. study showsSudden bursts of moderate to intense physical activity�such as jogging or having sex�significantly increase the risk of having a heart attack, especially in people who do not get regular exercise, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.
Still no public inquiry, Zwozdesky saysAfter a fifth doctor came forward on Friday with allegations of being muzzled, Alberta Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky said there is still no evidence of intimidation of doctors in the current health system, and that he isn't going to launch a public inqui
Tokyo tap water tainted with traces of radioactive iodineA radiation leak at a Japanese reactor has tainted spinach and milk at nearby farms and spread radioactive iodine in drinking water as far away as Tokyo, placing fresh pressure on emergency teams scrambling to restore cooling systems and bring dangerously
Major breakthrough in Malaria fightScientists with the National Research Council in Saskatoon have helped create genetically engineered yeast that will be used to make an effective anti-malaria drug artemisinin.
B.C. Health: no radiation riskBritish Columbia's Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall says there is no expected health risk from radiation at the Japanese nuclear power plant.
Despite the growing severity of the nuclear incident in Japan, the radioactivity released into the atmosphere from a nuclear power plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami should not be a concern in British Columbia.
Iodine therapy unecessary: B.C. officialsThe B.C. provincial government is recommending pharmacies not dispense or stockpile potassium iodine for sale in connection to the nuclear reactor situation in Japan.
Higher than normal radiation detected in TokyoThe central government warned Tuesday that radiation levels near a quake-stricken nuclear plant are now harmful to human health, following two explosions and a fire earlier in the day.
B.C. public stockpiles iodide over radiation fearsBritish Columbians spooked by their westerly proximity to ongoing explosions at Japan's quake-damaged nuclear plants are making a run on pharmacies, hoping to boost immunity to any potential radiation drift.
Radiation levels within legal limits: nuclear operatorRadiation levels at a nuclear reactor containment building are within the legal limits following an explosion that sent a massive column of smoke into the air and injured six workers, according to the operator of the plant.
Down syndrome families worry about new prenatal testsSue Robins remembers well the excitement before the birth of her third child. The Edmonton mother -- who describes herself as "a bit of a granola" -- chose natural childbirth and no prenatal genetic testing. There wouldn't be any point, she reasoned: it w
U.S. FDA approves first new lupus drug in 56 yearsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first new drug to treat lupus in over 50 years, a milestone that medical experts say could prompt development of other drugs that are even more effective in treating the debilitating immune s
Sleep-deprived advised to turn off the technologyNorth Americans aren't getting the sleep they need and, according to the results of a new survey, the growing habit of using computers, laptops, televisions and other electronic devices in the hour before bedtime isn't helping matters.
Japan halts vaccines after deaths of 4 childrenJapan has temporarily stopped using vaccines from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis SA of France while it investigates the deaths of four children who were inoculated, the health ministry said Monday.
Help on the way for ailing GP boyAlberta's health minister vows the government will cover medication costs needed to help a nine-year-old boy who suffers from extremely painful skin infections.
Six year wait for kidney in BCResidents of B.C. suffering from kidney failure wait up to an average of almost six years for a transplant - the longest wait time in the country, and a full two years more than the national average.
According to statistics from the Canadian Organ Repl
Joys of parenting exaggerated to justify costs: studyParents who say their kids bring them untold happiness may be idealizing parenthood to feel better about the costs of parenthood and the fact that they could've been a whole lot richer if they had just stayed child-free.
Mad cow case confirmed in AlbertaA case of mad cow disease has been found in a dairy cow in Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed to CBC News on Friday.
Tim Hortons-turned-ER a sign system works: HansenB.C. Health Minister Colin Hansen says the system worked just the way it's supposed to when emergency patients at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster ended up in a Tim Horton's next door to the ER.
Judge orders baby off life-supportThis Monday, on Family Day in Ontario, Joseph Maraachli, who's in a vegetative state from a neurodegenerative disease, will die after his breathing tube is removed from his tiny body
Steve Jobs Reportedly Receiving Treatment at Cancer ClinicAccording to RadarOnline.com, Jobs, 55, has been attending the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California, the same cancer clinic where screen star Patrick Swayze sought radical chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer before his death in September, 2009.
Move it or lose it: probing 'sidewalk rage'While road rage is a social ill that has been well-documented over the past two decades, a related phenomenon known as "sidewalk rage" is only now coming into the public spotlight.
Canadians on east, west coasts in poorer health: studyCanadians in low-income areas on the east and west coasts are up to three times more likely to suffer from chronic illnesses and mental health problems than less affluent people in other regions, a new study suggests.
Poor health more likely on the coast: studyLiving in a low-income neighbourhood on either the Atlantic or Pacific coast of Canada makes you more likely to suffer poor health compared to those in less affluent neighbourhoods in other parts of the country, say researchers at Toronto's St. Michael's
Should teenage boys get the HPV vaccine?A new study, paid for by the company that manufactures a vaccine against human papillomavirus, is renewing debate about whether boys should receive the cancer-fighting vaccine in school.
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