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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 4:52pm CDT
A gardener contracted a rare case of legionnaire's disease through a cut in his hand while handling compost, British doctors report.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 4:22pm CDT
The B.C. government is using a new piece of legislation that allows it to recover medical expenses to sue the pilot and others involved in a fiery balloon crash that killed two people and injured several others.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:34pm CDT
A case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in a food handler at a McDonald's restaurant in Lethbridge, Alta.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:57pm CDT
People looking to adopt new health practices are more likely to be influenced by close connections, including people they know well, than by social networks such as Facebook, research shows.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:55pm CDT
Baby carrot farmers are launching a campaign that pitches the little, orange, crunchy snacks as daring, fun and naughty - just like junk food.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:35pm CDT
Giving sugar to infants to ease their pain after a blood test may change their facial expressions but not necessarily the pain signals in the brain or spinal cord, a new British study suggests.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:33pm CDT
It's been more than a year, but kidney transplants will again be done in Saskatchewan, the provincial government says.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:04pm CDT
A group of chimpanzees in New Mexico, some of them in their 50s, may be taken out of retirement to be used as research subjects.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 9:29am CDT
People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new
study suggests.