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Virus can attack prostate cancer

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:15:01 EST - Researchers in Alberta have successfully tested a new viral approach to treating prostate cancer in a small number of men.

Flu shots for children protect adults: study

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:57:36 EST - Vaccinating children against seasonal flu helps protect others in their community, a new Canadian study suggests.

Avastin fight now moves to P.E.I.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:49:26 EST - A cancer patient who successfully helped lobby the New Brunswick government to fund an expensive cancer drug is now shifting his focus to P.E.I. in an effort to have Avastin funded by that province.

N.L. health staff slow on drug errors

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:50 EST - A review of drug testing errors in Newfoundland and Labrador finds that Eastern Health Authority staff didn't react quickly enough when problems administering cyclosporine were first identified.

Baby could have survived methadone OD: doctor

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:35:19 EST - A baby girl's body began to shut down hours after swallowing a lethal dose of methadone in her Calgary home, a manslaughter trial has heard.

Tailored diet may slow DNA damage

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:13:38 EST - Mounting evidence on the effect of micronutrients on DNA damage calls for a re-evaluation of recommended dietary intake values, say researchers.

Alberta Children's Hospital errors revealed

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:55:27 EST - Failures to implement recommendations from previous incidents and poor communication led to unrelated errors - including two non-fatal drug overdoses - at the Alberta Children's Hospital, a review has concluded.

School pop campaign in U.S. cuts calories

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:06:41 EST - Sales of sugary drinks have fallen in the U.S., the result of an effort to tackle obesity, the beverage industry says.

Windsor nurses allege doctor made sexual comments

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:13:45 EST - Windsor police are investigating allegations that an off-duty emergency room doctor at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital was intoxicated and made sexual advances to two nurses.

Quebec criticized for hospital waits

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:49:49 EST - Concerns over delayed surgeries and overcrowded emergency rooms dominated question period at Quebec's national assembly Tuesday, following the recent deaths of two patients - one waiting for heart surgery and the other, who had spent four days waiting on a stretcher in the ER.

World without HIV babies 'possible by 2015'

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:39:15 EST - Mother-to-child transmission of HIV could be eliminated in five years if the current rate of health investments are at least maintained, officials said Monday.

Less weight gain by moderate-drinking women

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:43:26 EST - Women younger than 50 who drink light to moderate amounts of alcohol appeared to gain less weight during a 13-year study, according to a U.S. study that adds to the conflicting messages about the effects of alcohol on health.

Quebec to address heart surgery delays

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:21:02 EST - Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc is promising to reduce the waiting list for heart surgery in the province after a 65-year old patient died while on the waiting list for a relatively straightforward procedure.

Canada expands recall of flavour-enhanced foods

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:37:19 EST - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which is closely following a U.S. investigation and recall of foods containing hydrolyzed vegetable protein, has expanded its recall of products that contain the same flavour enhancer that may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

Palin ridiculed for Canadian health care use

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:02:14 EST - Sarah Palin's weekend admission that her family once travelled to Canada to receive treatment under the public health-care system she's so often demonized prompted skepticism and ridicule Monday among her critics in the U.S.