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• Cancer patients benefit from advance in diagnosis

  Posted: March 11th, 2010, 8:19am CST

  An international team of cancer researchers has found a way to predict which Hodgkin's lymphoma patients won't respond well to therapies, opening the door to using a less aggressive regimen on those more likely to be cured.

• Young cancer survivors seek support

  Posted: March 11th, 2010, 8:17am CST

  Young Canadians with cancer say they're falling through the cracks of a health care system designed for older patients.

• Health minister puts managers on notice

  Posted: March 11th, 2010, 6:54am CST

  Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister has warned health-care managers they could be fired if they fail to live up to new accountability standards.

• NHL GMs develop blindside hit rule

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 9:24pm CST

  NHL general managers have developed the framework for a new rule punishing hits to the head.

• Alberta to release medical mistakes report

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:56pm CST

  Alberta's health minister has directed the province's health agency to release a full report on medical errors at Calgary's children's hospital within 10 days.

• 2 listeriosis cases investigated in Ont.

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:07pm CST

  Health officials in Ontario are investigating two cases of listeriosis that appear to be linked to salami recalled from stores in Ontario and Quebec about three months ago.

• Kids need ATV safety lessons: surgeon

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:03pm CST

  Children who ride all-terrain vehicles are suffering amputations, spinal injuries and deaths, according to U.S. research, prompting calls for mandatory training.

• Mother of OD baby asked to try methadone

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:38pm CST

  A Calgary couple argued about how their baby daughter got a hold of methadone rather than focusing on her health after she ingested the drug, a former friend testified in court.

• TB rate 185 times higher for Inuit than others

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:09pm CST

  Tuberculosis remains a serious health problem in Canada's North, with the infection rate among Inuit 185 times greater than for others born in the country, a national analysis shows.

• NHL GMs develop blind-side hit rule

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:08pm CST

  NHL general managers have developed the framework for a new rule punishing hits to the head.

• Baby slings not risk-free, U.S. agency warns

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:45pm CST

  The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings after concern that infants being carried in them could suffocate if they curl into certain positions.

• Inuit TB rate 185 times higher

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:32pm CST

  Tuberculosis remains a serious health problem in Canada's North, with the infection rate among Inuit 185 times greater than for others born in the country, a national analysis shows.

• N.L. lab head quits after drug error fiasco

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:27pm CST

  Dr. Nash Denic has resigned as head of laboratory services at Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority after a drug-testing fiasco in which lab officials are accused of reacting to the problem too slowly.

• Doctor in mastectomy furor wants to operate

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:36am CST

  The Windsor, Ont., surgeon at the heart of a controversy over unnecessary mastectomies has asked to have her hospital privileges reinstated, but is still waiting for an answer from hospital officials.

• Superbug MRSA on rise in Canada

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:19am CST

  There has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases of Canadians becoming infected or colonized by the superbug MRSA since 1995, both in hospitals and within the community, a study has found.

• Eastern Health may discipline lab staff

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:30am CST

  The head of a St. John's-based health authority plagued by a new set of laboratory mistakes says staff may be disciplined for failing to document problems and alert managers

• B.C. to market health tourism

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 9:58pm CST

  B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he has a plan to market health-care services to rich, offshore patients similar to the way the province sells higher education to foreign students.

• Quebec criticized for hospital waits

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 9:49pm CST

  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.

• Avastin fight now moves to P.E.I.

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 8:49pm CST

  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.

• Alberta Children's Hospital errors revealed

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 7:55pm CST

  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.

• Flu shots for children protect adults: study

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 6:57pm CST

  Vaccinating children against seasonal flu helps protect others in their community, a new Canadian study suggests.

• Baby could have survived methadone OD: doctor

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 5:35pm CST

  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.

• N.L. health staff slow on drug errors

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 5:11pm CST

  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.

• School pop campaign in U.S. cuts calories

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 5:06pm CST

  Sales of sugary drinks have fallen in the U.S., the result of an effort to tackle obesity, the beverage industry says.

• Virus can attack prostate cancer

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:31pm CST

  Researchers in Alberta have successfully tested a new viral approach to treating prostate cancer in a small number of men.

• Windsor nurses allege doctor made sexual comments

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:13pm CST

  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.

• Tailored diet may slow DNA damage

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:13pm CST

  Mounting evidence on the effect of micronutrients on DNA damage calls for a re-evaluation of recommended dietary intake values, say researchers.

• Palin ridiculed for Canadian health care use

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 9:02pm CST

  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.

• Quebec to address heart surgery delays

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:21pm CST

  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.

• Boy's rare disease inspires support group

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:38pm CST

  A Calgary family whose son has a rare genetic disease is trying to bring together other Canadians suffering the same experiences.