November 2010 - Posts

• New Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act Introduced

  More Nova Scotians who want to be organ and tissue donors will have their wishes honoured and Nova Scotians on waiting lists for those donation may get transplants sooner, with a bill introduced today, Nov. 30. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 01:20 PM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Health

• Prostate checks best for low-risk cases

  Male seniors with low-risk prostate cancer show higher quality of life with regular check-ups rather than getting surgery or radiation, a computer modeling study suggests. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 01:12 PM by CBC | Health News

• Harper Government Encourages Canadians to Test their Homes for Radon

  The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and Mr. Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse, today announced the first year results of the Government of Canada's Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes. The results... Posted Nov 30 2010, 11:35 AM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety

• Girls often lack calcium: report

  Most Canadian and U.S. girls could use more calcium, but that's not necessarily true for other age groups, a new report says. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 11:33 AM by CBC | Health News

• Record $10M cigarette bust made in B.C.

  RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency made the largest cigarette bust in B.C. history when cheaply made cigarettes from China, with an estimated value of $10 million, were seized earlier this month. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 10:40 AM by CBC | Health News

• Funding delay slows e-health records project

  The agency set up to digitize Canada's health-care system will fall just short of its target to see half of Canadians with electronic health records by the end of 2010, after the government delayed giving $500 million to the agency by one year. Read... Posted Nov 30 2010, 08:15 AM by CBC | Health News

• Harper Government Takes Action to Protect Children from Lead Exposure

  The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister for La Francophonie, today announced new regulations and amendments... Posted Nov 30 2010, 08:00 AM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety

• Nunavut mental health resources lacking

  Inuit leaders and mental health workers are calling on the Nunavut government to improve and expand mental health services. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 07:40 AM by CBC | Health News

• Cancer, heart disease lead causes of death

  Cancer and heart disease caused more than half of Canada's 235,217 deaths in 2007, Statistics Canada reports. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 04:53 AM by CBC | Health News

• Ont. to give new powers to chief medical officer

  The Ontario government is poised to grant sweeping new powers to the province's chief medical officer of health in the wake of last year's H1N1 pandemic. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 02:31 AM by CBC | Health News

• N.L. pathologist wins new trial: N.B. appeal court

  The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in the case of a Hampton woman's lawsuit against a Newfoundland and Labrador pathologist. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 12:47 AM by CBC | Health News

• No HPV vaccine for P.E.I. boys

  Health officials on P.E.I. are coming under criticism for not offering human papilloma virus vaccinations to boys. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2010, 12:44 AM by CBC | Health News

• Vitamin D levels OK for most: report

  Most Canadians and Americans are receiving enough vitamin D and calcium, according to a recent review of government recommendations. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 07:22 PM by CBC | Health News

• Toilet-cleaning karma pays off for yoga buffs

  A growing number of yoga students in Calgary are paying for classes with their sweat through the phenomenon of karma cleaning. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 01:01 PM by CBC | Health News

• N.L. children's care being hurt: MD

  A pediatric emergency doctor in St. John's says loss of medical specialists will "cripple" the province's only children's hospital. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 11:34 AM by CBC | Health News

• Look beyond tax hikes to fund medicare: study

  It's time to think beyond the proverbial let's-raise-income-taxes box and consider a combination of other strategies for filling health-care coffers, a group of Ontario doctors and academics say. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 11:26 AM by CBC | Health News

• 1 in 40 gay men in Vancouver study unaware of HIV status

  About 2.5 per cent of men frequenting gay bars in Vancouver are HIV positive but unaware of that fact, a new survey suggests. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 10:42 AM by CBC | Health News

• Nurses from India hired in eastern Nfld.

  Eastern Newfoundland has hired 17 nurses from India to address a chronic shortage, even after a large percentage of graduates have agreed to stay in the province. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 07:19 AM by CBC | Health News

• Children's eating disorders jump in U.S.

  Eating disorders are sending more U.S. children to hospital and pediatricians should be on the lookout for patients suspected of having a problem, according to a new report. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 07:05 AM by CBC | Health News

• Blind woman wins case against federal government

  A blind Toronto woman who sued the federal government because she is unable to apply online for a government job has won her case. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 07:02 AM by CBC | Health News

• 'Good' bacteria may help some kids: MDs

  There's some evidence that probiotics, or "good" bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesses in children, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 05:17 AM by CBC | Health News

• Ottawa to set new lead limits

  The federal government is poised to set new limits on the amount of lead allowed in consumer products, CBC News has learned. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 04:33 AM by CBC | Health News

• New blood thinner raises safety flag

  A new blood thinner is easier to use to prevent blood clotting and strokes but a pharmacist cautions it may pose serious heart risks for some patients. Read More... Posted Nov 29 2010, 01:27 AM by CBC | Health News

• Stars switch off social media for AIDS cause

  A host of celebrities including Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake will temporarily sign off their social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in support of an AIDS charity. Read More... Posted Nov 28 2010, 05:25 AM by CBC | Health News

• More sandwiches recalled over Listeria

  The Canadian Food Inspection agency is warning consumers that some sandwiches prepared at an operation in Alberton, P.E.I., may not be safe. Read More... Posted Nov 27 2010, 12:19 PM by CBC | Health News

• N.S. expands home-caregiver program

  The provincial government is expanding its caregiver benefit program, which pays family and friends to take care of people with impairments in their homes. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 01:09 PM by CBC | Health News

• Obama gets 12 stitches in basketball mishap

  U.S. President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his lip after being injured in a pickup basketball game, the White House says. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 11:04 AM by CBC | Health News

• Ambulance Operations Receive Top Honours

  Nova Scotians receive exceptional emergency care from paramedics, nurses and others working as part of the province's ambulance system, according to a national accreditation agency. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 10:24 AM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Health

• Province Provides Additional Support to Seniors and Caregivers

  Seniors are getting more support to remain in their own homes and communities as part of government's plan to provide better health care. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 09:37 AM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Health

• Beware breast milk from unknown sources

  There are health risks to giving babies human breast milk obtained online or directly from individuals, Health Canada says. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 09:10 AM by CBC | Health News

• ER wait times focus of expert symposium

  Health-care experts from across Canada and from Britain are meeting in Halifax to learn about strategies to reduce wait times, as concerns about long waits in emergency departments continue to make headlines. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 08:31 AM by CBC | Health News

• Outdoor holiday lights pose fall risk: CSA

  This is the weekend tens of thousands of Canadians climb ladders, hang from rooftops, and untangle strings of lights, which have been stuffed away for the past year. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 07:00 AM by CBC | Health News

• IV drug policy fails HIV patients: Red Cross

  Spread of AIDS could be slowed if injection drug users were treated as patients not criminals, International Federation of the Red Cross says. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 05:33 AM by CBC | Health News

• Frozen cinnamon rolls contain undeclared milk

  Cinnamon rolls, buns and loaves sold as part of school fundraising drives in the Prairie provinces contain undeclared milk products, and could pose a serious danger to people with milk allergies. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 05:21 AM by CBC | Health News

• HPV vaccine studied for N.B. boys

  New Brunswick is studying the possibility of expanding its HPV vaccine program to young boys, according to a health department official. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2010, 01:00 AM by CBC | Health News

• 2nd-hand smoke kills 600,000 a year: study

  More than 600,000 deaths per year worldwide are caused by second-hand smoke, a new study finds. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 01:41 PM by CBC | Health News

• Avian flu found on Man. farm not deadly H5N1

  A strain of avian flu discovered at a Manitoba turkey farm is not the potentially deadly H5N1, officials said Thursday. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 01:12 PM by CBC | Health News

• Haiti cholera hits home for Ottawa couple

  Volunteers are again rallying to the aid of an orphanage in Haiti run by an Ottawa couple after the cholera epidemic sweeping the country killed one of the children under their care. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 01:00 PM by CBC | Health News

• No BPA allowed in baby bottles: EU

  Bisphenol A, a compound found in some hard plastics, will be banned from baby bottles, a European Union body says. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 12:39 PM by CBC | Health News

• Vitamin D tests not covered for most Ontarians

  Ontario is delisting vitamin D testing for most of the population as of Dec. 1, meaning most people will have to pay to determine their levels. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 11:59 AM by CBC | Health News

• Kids' exercise boosted by team ethic

  A better understanding of the camaraderie that athletes often share with their teammates could be used to encourage physical activity in young people, a Canadian researcher says. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 11:11 AM by CBC | Health News

• Taser had no effect, fatality inquiry told

  The Edmonton police officer who deployed a Taser on Trevor Grimolfson moments before he died told a fatality inquiry Thursday that the stun gun appeared to have no effect. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 10:58 AM by CBC | Health News

• New isotope reactor must be considered: committee

  The federal government should investigate whether a new reactor for the creation of medical isotopes would be worthwhile, a parliamentary committee says. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 08:43 AM by CBC | Health News

• Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital calls for help

  Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ont., says it needs more help implementing provincial recommendations that came after two women revealed that their cancer-free breasts had been removed. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 06:34 AM by CBC | Health News

• Healthy options sought at fast-food outlets

  A new survey shows a growing number of Canadians are avoiding what they perceive as unhealthy foods at fast-food restaurants. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 06:24 AM by CBC | Health News

• Pope's condom stance welcome: WHO

  The World Health Organization welcomes a statement by Pope Benedict XVI that condoms can help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 06:01 AM by CBC | Health News

• Peanut allergy warning for Quaker bars

  People with peanut allergies are being warned to be wary of Quaker brand Chewy Granola Bars. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2010, 04:32 AM by CBC | Health News

• Alberta health board replaces controversial CEO

  Alberta Health Services has replaced its president and CEO, Stephen Duckett, five days after he refused to talk to reporters about a meeting on the province's ER crisis because he was too busy eating a cookie. Read More... Posted Nov 24 2010, 05:46 PM by CBC | Health News

• Blood pressure 'worrisome' in 8% of kids: study

  Up to eight per cent of Canadian children have elevated blood pressure that could be cause for concern, researchers say. Read More... Posted Nov 24 2010, 02:32 PM by CBC | Health News

• Que. breast cancer patients sue over misdiagnosis

  Two Quebec women receiving treatment for advanced breast cancer are suing their radiologists for misreading their mammograms. Read More... Posted Nov 24 2010, 01:56 PM by CBC | Health News