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Anti-marijuana ad's dubious claim a scary hit with parents
Health Canada's focus-group testing of anti-marijuana ads found parents reacted most strongly to claims that smoking too many joints can lower IQ in young people. The IQ effect has been challenged by medical researchers, but the department launched a TV a High-sodium restaurant meals persist, researchers find
Sodium levels in most foods served at chain restaurants in Canada have stayed the same over three years, say nutrition researchers who call for government-enforced action to reduce sodium. Florida spa that treated First Nations girls with cancer faces lawsuits from ex-staff
A Florida health spa, popular with many Canadians battling cancer, including two young First Nations girls, is being sued by former staff who allege the director is operating "a scam under Florida law" and practising medicine without a licence. ER doctor worried about chronic overcrowding at U of A hospitalHealth | 206671 hits | 6:18 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Emergency room doctors at Edmonton’s University of Alberta Hospital have called an urgent meeting with senior management after reporting the most severe patient backlog since 2010. Penticton doctor 'savagely assaulted' by psychiatric patient
A doctor at Penticton Regional Hospital was the victim of a "horrific attack" by a patient on Friday, according to RCMP and the B.C. Nurses' Union.The obesity pill that could replace exercise by turning 'bad' fat to 'good'
Harvard scientists have discovered two molecules that convert white 'bad' fat into brown 'good' fat cells in the body. They hope the discovery could be 'the first step towards a pill that can replace the treadmill.
Health | 206692 hits | 2:09 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Harvard scientists have discovered two molecules that convert white 'bad' fat into brown 'good' fat cells in the body. They hope the discovery could be 'the first step towards a pill that can replace the treadmill. Virus leaves 20-year-old Kamloops football player paralyzed in less than a week
Within six days, Evan Mutrie went from being a football player for the Kamloops Broncos to being on life support, paralyzed from the neck down after contracting a rare virus.
Mutrie, 20, has an obscure, paralytic form of Enterovirus D68 but scientific Rob Sheardown's dog Bella helps save man from heart attack
An adopted dog is being hailed as a hero after helping save a man from a heart attack in Windsor, Ont. CDC Warning: Flu Viruses Mutate and Evade Current Vaccine
Much of the influenza virus circulating in the United States has mutated and this year's vaccine doesn't provide good protection against it, federal health officials are warning. Scientists will be forced to knock on doors under health research grant changes
There’s a new controversy raging in Canada’s scientific community as word spreads about impending changes to the country’s major health science research organization. Lyme disease bill to be challenged by infectious disease experts in Senate
An organization representing Canada's infectious diseases specialists plans to raise objections to a private member's bill on Lyme disease at Senate committee hearing today.HIV evolving 'into milder form'
HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious as it spends more time infecting people, according to a major scientific study.
HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious as it spends more time infecting people, according to a major scientific study. Cancer cured by 'medicine man', First Nations man says
An Anishnawbe man from northwestern Ontario says traditional healing practices "got rid" of his leukemia, and he's concerned recent controversy over the treatment of two First Nations girls in southern Ontario will rob others of a cure. 
A hidden camera investigation by CBC Marketplace reveals that some homeopathic practitioners offer parents inaccurate advice about vaccine risks and unproven alternatives that are not approved by Health Canada as alternatives to vaccines. Montreal woman in elderly care centre not bathed in a tub in 9 months
Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette says some policies in elder care facilities may have to be changed after learning that an 85-year-old woman in Montreal has not been given a bath in nine months, and has only received a sponge bath once a week. Vaccines: Busting common myths
Myths about vaccines are powerful and prevalent. In some parts of Canada, more than 40 per cent of seven year olds do not have all their shots. Here are some of the most pervasive myths and what the science actually says.Plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 40 people since late August, WHO reports
A plague outbreak in Madagascar has infected 119 people, including 40 deaths, the World Health Organization said Friday in warning about the risk of spread in the densely populated capital.
A plague outbreak in Madagascar has infected 119 people, including 40 deaths, the World Health Organization said Friday in warning about the risk of spread in the densely populated capital.WATCH: Bandits in Guinea steal suspected Ebola blood samples
Bandits got more than they bargained for when they made off with blood samples that are believed to be infected with the deadly Ebola virus.
Bandits got more than they bargained for when they made off with blood samples that are believed to be infected with the deadly Ebola virus. How shovelling snow can 'shock' your heart
There's something gentle and peaceful about a snowfall — that is, until it comes to shovelling the stuff, at which point it can actually become deadly. Porn-induced erectile dysfunction, and other problems facing Gen-XXX
The generation that came of age in the past decade is “the world’s greatest social experiment” in terms of what unlimited access to pornography can do to the young brain Obesity costs globally hit $2 trillion, report suggests
A new report says that the global cost of obesity has risen to $2 trillion US annually — nearly as much as smoking or the combined impact of armed violence, war and terrorism. Self-harm behind 1 in 4 youth injury hospitalizations
Self-harm among youth in Canada is an increasing problem, according to a new report on intentional injuries such as cutting and poisoning. Science for sale: Diet-based DNA testing veers into marketing
Is diet-based DNA testing about science, marketing or both? Sugar is the same, nutritionally, even by any other name
Health-conscious consumers who think brown sugar is healthier than white sugar, that the large-grained demerara sugar is healthier then brown sugar, or that honey is better than any of them, think again — nutritionally, they're all basically the same, som Stephen Lewis wants his weight loss story to go viral
When Stephen Lewis went to the doctor in February and went to get weighed, he was off the scale.
The reading he got was, "Error." 'Doctor' treating First Nations girls says cancer patients can heal themselves
The director of a Florida health resort where two Ontario First Nations girls with leukemia have sought treatment is not a licensed doctor or naturopath in that state, CBC News has found. Ottawa intends to limit powers of Canada's chief doctor | CTV News
Members of Canada's public health community are expressing concern about intended changes to the authority of the country's chief public health officer, changes that strip the office holder of the responsibility of running the Public Health Agency of CanaChlorovirus ATCV-1 is a viral infection that makes nearly HALF of us more stupid
Nearly half of us could be infected with a virus which makes us more stupid, scientists have found. The startling discovery suggests that millions may be carrying a long-lasting infection which dulls the brain.
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Nearly half of us could be infected with a virus which makes us more stupid, scientists have found. The startling discovery suggests that millions may be carrying a long-lasting infection which dulls the brain.Westminster, Massachusetts, considers 1st tobacco ban in U.S.
A Massachusetts town has become an improbable battleground in America's tobacco wars. This week, the Board of Health will hear public comment on a proposed regulation that could make Westminster the first municipality in the U.S. to ban sales of all tobac
A Massachusetts town has become an improbable battleground in America's tobacco wars. This week, the Board of Health will hear public comment on a proposed regulation that could make Westminster the first municipality in the U.S. to ban sales of all tobacHuman clinical trials to begin on drug that reverses diabetes in animal models
A study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has shown that verapamil, a drug widely used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and migraine headaches, is able to completely reverse diabetes in animal models. The UAB team will now
A study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has shown that verapamil, a drug widely used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and migraine headaches, is able to completely reverse diabetes in animal models. The UAB team will now Ontario banning smoking on patios, playgrounds Jan. 1
The Ontario government is strengthening its anti-smoking laws in the new year to make it illegal to light up in children's playgrounds. Night shift effects on brain compared to chronic jet lag
People who work night shifts for a decade show poorer memory and other cognitive impairments compared with day workers, say researchers, who also found recovery is possible.Ebola: Canada suspending visas for residents of outbreak countries
Canada is following in Australia's footsteps and is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of the West African countries battling Ebola.
Health | 206737 hits | 12:55 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada is following in Australia's footsteps and is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of the West African countries battling Ebola.CDC admits droplets from a sneeze could spread Ebola
Ebola is a lot easier to catch than health officials have admitted — and can be contracted by contact with a doorknob contaminated by a sneeze from an infected person an hour or more before, experts told The Post Tuesday.
Health | 207843 hits | 12:35 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ebola is a lot easier to catch than health officials have admitted — and can be contracted by contact with a doorknob contaminated by a sneeze from an infected person an hour or more before, experts told The Post Tuesday.Ebola vaccine clinical trials in U.S. full of volunteers
Many of volunteers are stepping forward for one of 78 spots in two clinical trials of an experimental Ebola vaccine designed by scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
Health | 207742 hits | 9:39 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Many of volunteers are stepping forward for one of 78 spots in two clinical trials of an experimental Ebola vaccine designed by scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Sedentary living is the 'new smoking' and we're paying for it, study says
Spending the day sitting at your desk and the evening in front of the TV? You could be hurting your health and costing the economy a lot of money, according to a new study.Tuberculosis claims 'staggering number of lives,' WHO says
Multi drug-resistant tuberculosis remains at crisis levels, with about 480,000 new cases this year, and various forms of lung disease killed about 1.5 million people in 2013, World Health Organization says.
Multi drug-resistant tuberculosis remains at crisis levels, with about 480,000 new cases this year, and various forms of lung disease killed about 1.5 million people in 2013, World Health Organization says.Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant
A paralysed man becomes the first in the world to walk again following a pioneering therapy which involved transplanting cells from his nose into his severed spinal cord.
A paralysed man becomes the first in the world to walk again following a pioneering therapy which involved transplanting cells from his nose into his severed spinal cord. Ottawa teen is fighting superbugs with an assist from Indian home cookingHealth | 206793 hits | 1:03 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Like a lot of great discoveries, Varsha Jayasankar's foray into how to kill superbugs with an extract from Indian food started completely by chance. Health Canada warning: Stop using Miracle Mineral Solution immediatelyHealth | 206770 hits | 8:20 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Health Canada says anyone who bought a product called Miracle Mineral Solution should stop using it immediately. Routine Vaccination Turns Into Long Term Testing
A six year old girl in Ft. St. James will have to undergo months of testing following an incident at the Ft. St. James Health Unit. Enterovirus D68 linked to death of B.C. man with asthma
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that a man in his 20s who suffered from asthma has died after contracting Enterovirus D68. The TPP may endanger world health, newly leaked chapter shows
WikiLeaks on Thursday published an updated version of the negotiating texts of a controversial and highly secretive trade agreement between the United States and 11 other member nations.
Critics warn that the international agreement, dubbed the Trans-P'Who's the idiot with clipboard'' Who is Clipboard Guy'
As news helicopters swarmed over Dallas' Love Field this evening to watch the second U.S. nurse to contract Ebola board a private plane bound for Atlanta, one lone man stood out from the pack.
Health | 206898 hits | 12:35 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As news helicopters swarmed over Dallas' Love Field this evening to watch the second U.S. nurse to contract Ebola board a private plane bound for Atlanta, one lone man stood out from the pack. Quebec City obstetrician refused to deliver baby in hospital parking lot
A Quebec City hospital has launched an internal investigation to determine why an obstetrician did not help a woman deliver her baby in the hospital’s underground parking lot. Test results in suspected Ebola case in Toronto due in 24 hoursHealth | 206611 hits | 6:55 PM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Canada's influenza season could start early, hit hard this year, experts warn
As temperatures drop, the viruses that make people sick during what we call flu season start to circulate. Flu season isn't like hunting season. There is no fixed date for its start; it begins when people start getting sick.Ebola outbreak: Texas nurse tests positive
The deadly Ebola virus has been contracted by someone inside the United States for the first time.
Health | 206654 hits | 1:54 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The deadly Ebola virus has been contracted by someone inside the United States for the first time.Back to Canada News
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