Last updated: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 | 1:17 PM ET
- Teen smoking ban focus of Ont. private bill
- An Ontario Tory MPP will put forward a bill in Queens Park in Toronto that will make it illegal for anyone under the age of 19 to smoke cigarettes. more »
- Elderly patient forced to nursing home: Eastern Health
- Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority says it had no choice but to move an elderly patient against her will from a St. John's hospital to a nursing home. more »
- E-health drug data saves $436M: study
- Canada is seeing e-health gains in the area of medication, with an estimated $436 million in cost savings this year from using electronic medical records, a report says. more »
- Consider phasing out codeine: CMAJ
- More study needs to be done on the dangers of codeine, according to an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. more »
- Keeping foreign health workers focus of pilot
- A new pilot project for Atlantic Canada is aimed at getting and keeping foreign health-care workers by integrating them into the community. more »
- CPR better with only chest compressions: study
- Bystanders who need to perform CPR on someone suffering from cardiac arrest are likely more effective if they just deliver chest compressions, says a new study. more »
- Listeria found in B.C. salmon product
- Traces of the bacteria Listeria have been detected in samples of smoked salmon bought at a Vancouver retailer, a CBC News investigation has found. more »
- End of needle exchange program worries residents
- It's been a year since a needle exchange program, operated through Edmonton's downtown Eastwood Health Centre, was quietly shut down. more »
- Hockey helmet suit dismissed in B.C.
- A Victoria, B.C., family whose son suffered permanent brain damage when he slammed into the boards during a game has lost its lawsuit against Canada's largest manufacturer of hockey helmets. more »
Medicine
Nutrition
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- Hurley and Lauder keep up cancer conversation with audience used to hearing it
- Ignatieff pledges $1b to help care for sick or elderly family members
- Hungary declares state of emergency to deal with sludge flood
- Heart disease: Gene test aims to spare chronic chest pain patients angiograms
- NDP in B.C. calls for prostate screening program to detect cancer earlier
- Minister vows crackdown on hospitals using lobbyists, but won't divulge details
- More aggressive care for sepsis urged as scientists find new clue to what fuels it
- No laps for hot laptops; medical reports link them to "toasted skin syndrome," possible harm
- Correction: Mammograms story
- Flood payments fast-tracked to residents with damaged furnaces, water heaters
Living
Food Bytes »
- Pink chicken goo
- It looks like soft ice cream or plastic foam. But the above photo showing a thick stream of bubble-gum pink goo spiralling out of a machine is... Continue reading this post
- Scratching the itch for a taste of turkey
- Expectation and tradition can play a big part of special occasion eating -- one might expect a slice of cake (or perhaps a cupcake or equivalent)... Continue reading this post
- Poisoning the system
- The gigantic egg recall in the United States raises interesting questions about both public policy and personal choice.... Continue reading this post
