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Is it a cold or the flu? How to tell the difference
So you've just woken up with a killer headache, you feel feverish and you can't stop sneezing and coughing. It's the flu. Or is it? Maybe it's a cold. How does anyone know the difference? Here's a guide to navigating symptoms. WHO gearing up response to puzzling new flu virus
The spread of an odd new flu virus that has been jumping from pigs to people in parts of the United States has the World Health Organization gearing up its response planning, a senior official of the agency says.Wrong twin fetus aborted in Australia
An Australian hospital is investigating after staff accidentally terminated a healthy fetus instead of its twin with heart defects a month before a full-term pregnancy.
An Australian hospital is investigating after staff accidentally terminated a healthy fetus instead of its twin with heart defects a month before a full-term pregnancy.The dogs that can detect cancer
Daisy the labrador wanders around a metal carousel in a small centre outside Milton Keynes, sniffing at the different scents that are attached to its 12 spokes - to detect cancer.
Daisy the labrador wanders around a metal carousel in a small centre outside Milton Keynes, sniffing at the different scents that are attached to its 12 spokes - to detect cancer. Researchers develop high-tech contact lens with sights on bionic eye
New advancements in nanotechnology have opened the door to possibly reading your email with the blink of an eye. Researchers in the United States and Finland have developed a contact lens with the ability to display a single pixel to the user, which if mu Hair dye ingredient linked to coma, death
Startling cases of suspected allergic reactions to hair dye springing up in the U.K. have raised serious concerns about the safety of the product, particularly the use of a known allergen used in hair dye sold in Canada. Health Canada reviewing use of Avastin for breast cancer
Health Canada is reviewing the use of Avastin to treat advanced breast cancer after its U.S. counterpart revoked its approval, arguing the drug’s... Debate rages over new bird flu research
New bird flu research that shows that the dangerous virus can mutate to become easily transmissible among ferrets — and perhaps humans — has embroiled the scientific community in a difficult debate. Study asks: Why do some go to work even when sick?
We've all seen them: work colleagues who refuse to stay home when they're sick, no matter how contagious. Why do they do it? A new study from Concordia University finds they are a number of reasons. 
Students at Earl Beatty Public School revolted against a schoolyard ball ban on Wednesday, storming the playground fence at lunch hour to state their case. Expert panel urges decriminalization of euthanasiaHealth | 206769 hits | 7:31 AM on Tuesday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
A long-awaited experts' report on how Canada and Canadian families handle the end of life calls on the federal government to decriminalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. 522 million people could have diabetes by 2030
The International Diabetes Federation predicts that one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to their latest statistics. Canadian children prescribed antipyschotics in record numbers
So many Canadian children are taking the drugs known as atypical antipsychotics that doctors are being asked to watch for major complications — including dramatic weight gain, tremors, and abnormal face and jaw movements. Eat like you would have 100 years ago, farmer says
We should aim to eat in the future how we ate a century ago, says a third-generation plain-speaking Virginia farmer and author of a new book 'Folks, This Ain't Normal.'20 and counting. How old is too old to have a baby?
Reality TV star Michelle Duggar announced this week she is pregnant with baby No. 20, prompting many to wonder whether she is putting her own life in danger by trying for just one more.
Reality TV star Michelle Duggar announced this week she is pregnant with baby No. 20, prompting many to wonder whether she is putting her own life in danger by trying for just one more.Doctor aghast as lollipops used to spread chickenpox
A specialist in infectious diseases in children says she is shocked by reports that some parents in the U.S. are trading chickenpox-contaminated lollipops in an effort to naturally immunize their children, rather than get the chickenpox vaccine.
A specialist in infectious diseases in children says she is shocked by reports that some parents in the U.S. are trading chickenpox-contaminated lollipops in an effort to naturally immunize their children, rather than get the chickenpox vaccine. Canadian's good deed saves his life on U.S. highway
A Winnipeg man suffering from a heart attack was resuscitated by the same motorist he helped with a flat tire minutes earlier Former Soldier Pascal Lacoste On Hunger Strike Offered Medical Aid By Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney
LEVIS, Que. - Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney met on Sunday with a hunger-striking vet who is protesting the way the federal government has handled his case.Pascal Lacoste blames his declining health on depleted-uranium poisoning he believes he co OxyContin maker sends phase-out notice
The company that makes OxyContin has informed Newfoundland and Labrador's medical regulator the controversial drug will be phased out and replaced with a safer drug called OxyNEO.Get up and move: Sitting linked to cancer
Yet another study is pointing to the dangers of spending most of our day sedentary, this time noting that sitting for long periods might increase our risk for cancer.
Health | 206789 hits | 8:39 AM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Yet another study is pointing to the dangers of spending most of our day sedentary, this time noting that sitting for long periods might increase our risk for cancer. Infectious salmon virus suspected in B.C. againHealth | 206622 hits | 8:38 AM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is aware of another suspected case of a highly infectious salmon virus in British Columbia, but it will take weeks to verify the findings.U.S. considers testing anthrax vaccine in kids
Concerned that terrorists might use anthrax in some future attack, the U.S. government is considering testing a vaccine on children to learn how well they respond to the shots.
Health | 207964 hits | 12:24 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Concerned that terrorists might use anthrax in some future attack, the U.S. government is considering testing a vaccine on children to learn how well they respond to the shots. Flu vaccine less effective than once thought: report
Doctors have long extolled the flu shot's importance, prompting many to wince through the needle every year. But a new analysis has cast doubt on the effectiveness of that annual ritual. Measles among vaccinated kids raises questions
An unusual observation from a large outbreak of measles in Quebec may raise some alarm among those who attend the the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America this weekend. Woman breaks leg at hospital, told to call ambulance
A review is underway at a Niagara Falls hospital after an elderly patient fell at the facility and was told to call an ambulance for help. Ottawa private clinic behind hepatitis, HIV scare
The College of Physicians and Surgeons says it is investigating a doctor who operates a private Ottawa clinic that might have exposed almost 7,000 patients to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. School bans 'I Love Boobies' cancer awareness bracelets
They may be in the name of breast cancer awareness, but students at a middle school in B.C.'s Interior are being told to leave their "I Love Boobies" bracelets at home. First Nations to run own health authority in B.C.
First Nations in British Columbia are taking over their own health system in a first-of-its-kind partnership between aboriginals, and the federal and provincial governments. Ottawa to limit caffeine levels in energy drinks Health | 206848 hits | 2:49 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
The federal government plans to limit the amount of caffeine allowed in energy drinks, but will not be demanding that the drinks be sold only in pharmacies to those over 18, as some had hoped. British Columbia to offer free quit-smoking remedies
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Vancouver - B.C. joins other Canadian provinces in an important shift towards preventative medicine to help people stop smoking by offering free patches, gum and drugs for 12 weeks. B.C. safe-injection site should stay open: top courtHealth | 208598 hits | 7:09 AM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by the federal government, which wanted to be given jurisdiction over the Insite facility in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Ottawa woman to give birth live on the Internet
An Ottawa-area woman is about to share the most personal of experiences with the world, by publicly broadcasting the birth of her child live to anyone who registers on her website and tunes in to watch. Health Canada mulling classifying energy drinks as drugsHealth | 208138 hits | 1:12 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Energy drinks, sold under such brand names as Red Bull, Rock Star and Monster Energy, could soon be sold only at pharmacies, if the recommendations of an expert panel are followed. But the group representing Canada's beverage makers says such a move would Parents warn of mystery illness misdiagnosed in kids
The parents of children diagnosed with a rare disease are warning parents and doctors to watch for its confusing symptoms, anxious to spread the word about the new and confusing illness.Baseball seeks ban on chewing tobacco and dip
A campaign backed by members of Congress and Commissioner Bud Selig is taking on something that's been a part of the game's culture for well over 150 years -- chewing tobacco on the field.
Health | 207745 hits | 9:48 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A campaign backed by members of Congress and Commissioner Bud Selig is taking on something that's been a part of the game's culture for well over 150 years -- chewing tobacco on the field. 6 people sick after eating at YVR Subway
Three people have been taken to hospital after an unknown illness struck a handful of diners at a Subway restaurant in Vancouver International Airport Friday afternoon. Baby deaths spark fears over antidepressants
Two B.C. families whose infants died inexplicably are sounding the alarm about mothers taking antidepressants while pregnant. Tricky new superbug making inroads in Canada
TORONTO — A Montreal hospital has been battling for the last year to extinguish an outbreak with a worrisome and highly drug-resistant bacteria. Caterer says no profit in serving healthy school meals
Students at an Ottawa-area high school are being forced to get their food elsewhere after the company that used to make meals in the cafeteria declined to do so this year, saying new healthy food guidelines have made the venture unprofitable. Vancouver police say resources drained by mentally ill
Vancouver police are still spending too much time and resources dealing with the city's mentally ill, according to a newly released report. List of recalled walnut products grows
A week-long recall of walnuts that might be contaminated with E. coli has been expanded again, as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues its investigation. McMaster study may have found the exercise gene
McMaster University researchers have discovered that a key gene may explain why some people are energetic and others find it hard to get moving. Are NHL enforcers' addictions, depression a result of on-ice brain trauma?
The deaths of NHL enforcers Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak during the past four months are raising questions whether there is some link that explains those tragic events Stroke hospitalizations of young people rise
Hospitalizations for stroke increased among children and young adults in the U.S. over 14 years, researchers have found Desperate drinkers downing hairspray in Prince George
Police in Prince George, B.C. say they've noticed a disturbing trend: desperate people resorting to stealing hairspray to get drunk. Walnuts recalled over E. coli fears
The public is being warned not to eat certain President's Choice and Reddi Snack raw walnuts, because they may contain E. coli.Back to Canada News
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