China says hand, foot and mouth disease spreading among children
More than 11,900 children have been reported sick with hand, foot and mouth disease in China, and at least 26 of those cases have died, a state news agency said.
Ont. must require hospitals to start reporting C. difficile right away: union
The province is putting more lives at risk by not moving more quickly to require Ontario hospitals to report potentially dangerous infections like C. difficile in the wake of dozens of deaths at a facility in Burlington, Ont., labour critics said Friday.
Flu vaccine makers to set new doses record for next season
Flu vaccine manufacturers expect to make a record number of doses for next flu season despite concerns that demand may drop because this year's vaccine was largely ineffective.
UNICEF says Bangladesh to open vitamin A, de-worming campaign for children
Bangladesh will stage a massive campaign Saturday to provide millions of children with vitamin A and de-worming tablets.
25 years after HIV virus discovered, AIDS vaccine effort must go on: Bernstein
The despair that set in after the failure of the latest effort to develop an AIDS vaccine has given way to a renewed determination on the part of the scientific community, says the Canadian scientist leading an international effort to maximize global activity in the field.
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Choice of health treatment in advance of illness under proposed N.S. law
Nova Scotians will have the opportunity to determine the course of their personal care in advance of illness under proposed legislation introduced by the Conservative government.
Report: Child viral death toll up to 34 in China
The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by four to 34, while the number of reported infections jumped to nearly 25,000, state media reported Friday.
Drugs, teens and pot are a dangerous mix: White House report
Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report being released Friday.
More than half of U.S. diabetics have arthritis, study finds
More than half of U.S. adults with diabetes also have arthritis, raising a serious obstacle for diabetic patients urged to exercise, according to a government study.
Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures
Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims.
Medical know-how, access to drugs raises suicide risk for doctors
There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own.
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New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
Wait times for chemo in Ontario unchanged despite more spending: report
Wait times for chemotherapy in Ontario haven't improved even though the province has more than doubled its spending for the cancer treatment, according to a new report released Thursday.
Health experts wonder why Alberta only province not to offer HPV vaccine program
Health experts are mystified about why Alberta hasn't joined every other province in offering a publicly funded program to protect girls from a virus that causes cervical cancer.
Closing injection site means dead addicts: native addictions agency head
The head of a native addictions agency says drug users will needlessly die and overdose if the federal government shuts down Canada's only safe-injection site.
Group asks U.S. government to end use of birth-control patch
A consumer advocacy group petitioned the U.S. government Thursday to pull the birth-control patch off the market, calling it far riskier than the pill.
Nova Scotia issues warning to those making 9-1-1 calls via the Internet
Emergency officials in Nova Scotia are warning people using Internet-based telephone services that there is no guarantee that the 9-1-1 emergency service will work for them.
Hunger hormone works by making food look more appealing, study finds
A hormone produced in the gut spurs people to eat more by making food look more appealing, new research reveals.
N.B. health officials tell inquiry they weren't aware of pathologist problems
Officials with New Brunswick's Health Department have told an inquiry there were small signs of possible trouble at a Miramichi medical laboratory, but nothing that triggered alarms about incomplete tests and misdiagnoses.
U.S. agency says it might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking water
An EPA official said Tuesday there's a "distinct possibility" the agency won't take action to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has contaminated public water supplies around the country.
No constitutional right to shoot up at safe-injection site: federal lawyers
Lawyers representing the federal government say there's no constitutional right for drug users to shoot up, even if they're already addicted.
Children on reserves eight times more likely to land in foster care
Children on native reserves are eight times more likely to wind up in under-funded, poorly tracked foster care that appears to be failing them, says the auditor general.
National group hands out $8 million to 19 projects across Canada for BSE research
A national group has handed out $8 million to 19 different projects across Canada working on research into prion diseases such as mad cow.
Four years after AIDS drugs bill passed, first low-cost meds may head to Rwanda
Four years after it was passed unanimously by Parliament, a bill drafted to allow low-cost Canadian-made AIDS drugs to be exported to developing countries may be on the verge of finally producing results.
Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night - or more than nine - are more likely to be obese, according to a new U.S. government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies.
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