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Trade show pitches surgical passages to India
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Exhibitors at a Toronto trade fair are hoping to add surgery to the list of reasons Canadians travel, but a medical ethicist questions the lack of oversight. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bullying is a public health issue: researcherEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adopt national strategies against it, says a Canadian professor who led a study of bullying in 40 countries. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
N.B. has let children suffer: youth advocateEmail this article to a colleague.
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New Brunswick has let many of its young people, particularly those in First Nations communities, suffer in "shocking" conditions, says the province's child and youth advocate. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
H1N1 intensifying in Canada but subsiding elsewhere: WHOEmail this article to a colleague.
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H1N1 appears to have peaked in parts of western Europe and the United States but transmission continues to intensity in Canada, the World Health Organization said Friday. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bullying a public health problem: researcherEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adapt national strategies to deal with it, says the Canadian professor who led a study of bullying rates in 40 countries. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Weight gain in pregnancy guides updatedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health Canada is formally replacing its guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy to match new U.S. recommendations. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More H1N1 vaccine, ventilators to comeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ontario supplied hospitals with 200 additional ventilators on Friday in anticipation of a surge in swine flu cases. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alberta passes bill to recoup health costs from criminals, big tobaccoEmail this article to a colleague.
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Alberta has passed legislation allowing the province to sue criminals and tobacco companies to recover health-care costs. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fewer Paps OK for women in 20sEmail this article to a colleague.
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Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new U.S. guidelines that conclude that is enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
4.8 million doses of H1N1 vaccine on wayEmail this article to a colleague.
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A total of 4.8 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be delivered to the provinces by Sunday, CBC News has learned. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Parents desperate for autism strategyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Long wait times in P.E.I. for the diagnosis of autism, up to two years, are leaving parents in a "state of panic," said a protester at the legislature Thursday. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ont. health units seek ways to shorten flu shot linesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Public health officials across Ontario have put on their creative thinking caps and come up with some very high tech, innovative ways to try to shorten lineups for the H1N1 vaccine. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Batch of H1N1 vaccine pulledEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health officials across Canada are being asked to hold back a batch of swine flu vaccine that appears to be causing higher rates of severe allergic reactions. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Provinces to get 4.8M doses of H1N1 vaccineEmail this article to a colleague.
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A total of 4.8 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be delivered to the provinces by Sunday, CBC News has learned. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Warnings issued about online drugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The RCMP is warning people not to buy prescription drugs like Viagra online because they could not only be fake, but dangerous to your health. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alberta mulls new health-care funding strategyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert says he's open to a new way of having Albertans pay for health care. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teen psychiatric patient tries suicide after releaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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A 16-year-old girl was in a St. John's hospital Thursday night in serious condition after trying to take her own life after she was released from a psychiatric facility despite opposition from her parents. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Movie theatre popcorn salt, fat get thumbs downEmail this article to a colleague.
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Eating a large bag of popcorn at some Canadian movie theatres is like eating almost a quarter of a kilogram of potato chips, a paper suggests. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospital seeks funds for angioplasty centreEmail this article to a colleague.
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The foundation at one of Windsor's hospitals has begun soliciting funds from regional governments to help pay for a new, $12.5-million angioplasty centre. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stroke victim had trouble getting back into hospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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A man who suffered a stroke just moments after being released from a Winnipeg hospital last month encountered more troubles when he tried to get back in again, CBC News has learned. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Children's hospital seeks bulletproof vestsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The children's hospital for the Maritimes is buying vests to protect security guards from gunshots and knifings. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canadian health-care spending to top $180BEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health-care spending in Canada is expected to reach $183.1 billion this year, up more than five per cent from last year, according to a report released on Thursday. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospitals now allow 2 delivery room companionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Expectant mothers in Montreal will be allowed to have two people with them in delivery rooms, after an H1N1 flu hospital policy was eased this week. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
IWK hospital seeks bulletproof vestsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The children's hospital for the Maritimes is buying vests to protect security guards from gunshots and knifings. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alberta easing paramedic witness rulesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Calgary police are applauding a provincial bill that would allow paramedics and other emergency personnel to disclose patient information. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Asthma common in kids with severe H1N1: studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Asthma appears to be a significant risk factor for severe cases of disease in children who get the pandemic flu virus, compared to seasonal flu, Canadian researchers say. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
H1N1 vaccine as safe as seasonal flu shot: WHOEmail this article to a colleague.
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The World Health Organization has ruled out swine flu vaccine as a reason for the death of 41 people who had received the flu shot. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
P.E.I. toddler battles cancer in TorontoEmail this article to a colleague.
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A two-year-old Summerside girl with tumours in her abdomen, ribcage, skull and leg bones is undergoing a stem cell transplant in Toronto in hopes of beating the cancer. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Child physiotherapy program expandedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Children older than six who require daily physiotherapy or occupational therapy will soon be able to get it at three P.E.I. schools. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pregnancy study 'reassuring' for women with MSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women with multiple sclerosis who are pregnant are at slightly higher risk for some pregnancy complications but are no more likely to have other problems compared with women in the general population, a new U.S. study suggests. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ontario offers H1N1 shots to all on ThursdayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ontario will offer H1N1 vaccinations to all residents as of Thursday, the province's health minister says. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Activists, UN call attention to reproductive healthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Activists challenged Stephen Harper to make women's reproductive health a priority issue at next year's G8 and G20 summits during a press conference Wednesday. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Latest findings released in review of Yorkton radiologistEmail this article to a colleague.
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An update of a review of a Yorkton, Sask., radiologist has found that about two per cent of roughly 40,000 examinations he performed had the potential to negatively affect the patient. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
McGill anti-abortion student club suspendedEmail this article to a colleague.
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An anti-abortion club has had its campus rights suspended by McGill University's student body council. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ontario opening up H1N1 shots to allEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ontario will offer H1N1 vaccinations to all residents as of Thursday, the province's health minister says. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heartburn drugs can interfere with PlavixEmail this article to a colleague.
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A popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials say. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tooth bleaching service prompts warningEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new tooth-whitening service in Winnipeg is prompting calls of buyer beware from the Manitoba Dental Association (MDA). (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Professional Santas want H1N1 shotsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A U.S.-based group representing people who portray Santa Claus during the Christmas season wants its members to be designated a priority group to receive the swine flu vaccine. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patient released from Winnipeg hospital suffers strokeEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Winnipeg man's ordeal after undergoing brain surgery is raising questions about discharge policies for patients who undergo major procedures at the city's largest hospital. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Birth defects from prescription drugs avoidableEmail this article to a colleague.
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Serious birth defects that strike possibly hundreds of babies each year in Quebec could be avoided, according to a new study. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Flu scare restricts companions in delivery roomsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the latest effort to keep swine flu out of hospitals, expectant mothers in Montreal are being told they must choose between having their baby's father and their birthing coach in the delivery room. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Florida snowbirds take risks with HIV: studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Canadians age 50 and over who winter in Florida are mostly sexually active, but dangerously few use condoms, despite the state's growing number of seniors with HIV. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
N.L. may ignore medical advice on H1N1 vaccineEmail this article to a colleague.
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Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister says he is considering making senior citizens the next candidates for the swine flu vaccine - even if it means overruling the advice of medical experts. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patient unwillingly discharged suffers strokeEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Winnipeg man's ordeal after undergoing brain surgery is raising questions about discharge policies for patients who undergo major procedures at the city's largest hospital. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New drug boosts women's sex driveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers are hailing a new drug called flibanserin as a possible remedy for sexual dysfunction in women. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lisa Ray awaits stem cell treatment in TorontoEmail this article to a colleague.
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Toronto actress Lisa Ray is preparing for a stem cell transplant to treat her rare cancer. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Separated twins in stable conditionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins were reported to be in serious but stable condition Tuesday evening following a marathon surgery to separate the toddlers, who were joined at their heads. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Elderly man dies after H1N1 shotEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Quebec man in his 80s died after being vaccinated against H1N1 flu, officials say. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Possible H1N1 vaccine-related death in QuebecEmail this article to a colleague.
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An 80-year-old man from Quebec died after being vaccinated against the H1N1 flu, officials said Tuesday. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Levels of 'bad' cholesterol down among AmericansEmail this article to a colleague.
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Though levels of "bad" cholesterol have fallen dramatically among Americans, a high percentage of people with high cholesterol are still failing to get treatment. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
