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Anti-smoking ads may soon focus on 'third-hand smoke'

Health | 65 hits | 4:53 AM on Tuesday | posted by Eisensapper

'Third-hand smoke' is what researchers are calling the cigarette smell that lingers on smokers, in cars and on furniture -- a new term that may soon be incorporated into anti-smoking campaigns.

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Alberta health spending at least $1 billion over budget

Health | 40 hits | 1:18 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

EDMONTON -- Stroke victim Ian Young says medicare founder Tommy Douglas would be "horrified" to see what's happening to health care in Alberta as the province struggles to control spending.

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Frigid weather sparks fears for B.C. homeless

Health | 43 hits | 12:21 PM on Sunday | posted by RUEZ

Snow and freezing temperatures in many parts of southern British Columbia will make an already dangerous situation even worse for those living on the street, prompting efforts to help Vancouver's homeless make it through the chilly nigh

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Frozen body of B.C. woman found in driveway

Health | 47 hits | 12:03 PM on Sunday | posted by RUEZ

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British Columbia's frigid weather appears to have claimed another life. This time the victim is Etorina Bassani, an elderly Abbotsford, B.C. woman, whose frozen body was found in her driveway on Saturday.

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Doctors finding flu viruses tough to treat

Health | 36 hits | 12:17 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

Testing to date in Canada, the United States and Europe shows that nearly all H1N1 viruses are resistant to oseltamivir (sold as Tamiflu) and susceptible to the adamantane drugs, amantadine and rimantadine. The inverse is true for H3N2 viruses, which are

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Aussie teachers asked to avoid red ink

Health | 66 hits | 10:37 PM on Wednesday | posted by stokes

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Teachers using red pen to mark students' work could be harming their psyche as the colour is too aggressive, according to education strategies drafted by an Australian state government.

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Toy recall targets 42,000 toxic items

Health | 103 hits | 12:42 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

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Health Canada has recalled thousands more toys that a recent Toronto Star investigation found contain dangerous levels of lead.

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Intelligence is sexy, sperm study suggests

Health | 37 hits | 6:08 AM on Friday | posted by kitty

Idea of 'well-endowed' should include brain power, say researchers into reproductive health

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Warning of nut allergy 'hysteria'

Health | 57 hits | 5:38 AM on Wednesday | posted by snookums

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Measures to protect children with nut allergies are becoming increasingly absurd and hysterical, say experts. A peanut on the floor of a US school bus recently led to evacuation and decontamination for fear it might have affected the 10-year-old passenge

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Chemicals feminizing males, study suggests

Health | 63 hits | 5:14 AM on Tuesday | posted by kitty

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Chemicals commonly found in food wrapping, makeup and baby powders are having a gender-bending effect – feminizing male populations of wildlife and humans, a scientific report reveals.

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Toxic chemicals found in three-quarters of soft plastic toys in Canada

Health | 51 hits | 9:45 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack

Despite a decade-old voluntary ban in North America, Health Canada tests found three-quarters of soft plastic toys and items for young children for sale in Canada contained toxic chemical additives known to cause reproductive harm in children.

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency issues chocolate bar warning

Health | 72 hits | 7:18 AM on Monday | posted by kitty

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Shoppers Drug Mart are warning people with allergies to milk not to consume two varieties of chocolate bars.

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Money entices U.S. doctors to cross the border

Health | 107 hits | 5:47 PM on Sunday | posted by lily

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The potential to make more money, an abundance of patients and a great working environment are just some of the benefits American-trained doctors say lured them to practise medicine in the Windsor, Ont., area.

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Image of a horrid new ritual

Health | 229 hits | 8:42 AM on Saturday | posted by kitty

Disturbing new trend shows troubled teens pushing sharp items deep into their flesh

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The war to beat the flu bug

Health | 35 hits | 8:31 AM on Saturday | posted by kitty

Modern medicine has tools to fight this age-old malady. The question is, why don't they always work?

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Food banks supporting HIV/AIDS patients face funding crisis

Health | 27 hits | 7:56 AM on Friday | posted by TattoodGirl

A special food bank program for people living with AIDS or HIV could be axed if donations to the Abbotsford, B.C., organization don't increase.

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Canada risks being 'dumping ground' for dangerous toys

Health | 54 hits | 11:19 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Canada risks becoming a dumping ground for plastic toys that have been banned in the U.S. and Europe because they contain a toxic substance that can be dangerous to babies and young children, critics charge

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Skinny on sugar: Myths still dilute the sweet truth

Health | 57 hits | 10:48 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

When cutting calories from their diet, especially during the holiday season, conscientious eaters often start by eliminating sugar. But adding honey to tea or substituting "raw" sugar for white won't make a difference

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Too much lead in kids' jewelry line

Health | 36 hits | 9:49 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

TORONTO -- Health Canada says excessively high levels of lead have been found in a line of jewelry for children called Mood Chain.

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NHL, parents need to teach kids about concussions

Health | 126 hits | 2:48 PM on Saturday | posted by WDHIII

WINNIPEG -- Jason Smith was barely old enough to walk when he used the hose to make an ice rink in his family's Calgary-area yard.

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Swiss likely to approve prescription heroin

Health | 110 hits | 12:49 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack

GENEVA -- Dr. Daniele Zullino keeps glass bottles full of white powder in a safe in a locked room of his office.

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Girl Guides revamp cookie recipes

Health | 80 hits | 2:30 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

REGINA - A new recipe has been baked up for a much-loved Canadian treat - the Girl Guide cookie.

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What's really in your fast food?

Health | 239 hits | 9:23 AM on Monday | posted by bootlegga

You may want to reconsider getting that double cheeseburger with fries. A study released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences contains controversial claims about menu items served at McDonald's (nyse: MCD), Wendy's (nyse: WEN) and Bur

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Toronto leading the way in stem cell research

Health | 101 hits | 9:58 AM on Saturday | posted by kitty

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One year after researchers discovered a major alternative to embryonic stem cells, the remarkable bit of modern-day alchemy is still shaking the scientific world.

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Genetically engineered meal close to your table

Health | 52 hits | 9:39 AM on Saturday | posted by kitty

The pigs, pale pink and bristly, trot around the pen, stopping every so often to root in piles of bedding. They grunt and squeal and wag their short curlicue tails. All three like a hard scratch on the rump.

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Why aren't gruesome warnings enough?

Health | 54 hits | 8:18 AM on Saturday | posted by kitty

Anti-smoking campaign an example of the way even frightening images can trigger pleasure

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Water our favourite beverage according to StatsCan survey results

Health | 83 hits | 2:58 PM on Friday | posted by bootlegga

Canadians are fortunate indeed to have water, water everywhere, as a study by Statistics Canada finds that it's the beverage consumed by the highest percentage of people, and in the greatest quantities. Beverage consumption was among the questions ask

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Health officials make changes in ER after patient dies waiting 34 hours

Health | 77 hits | 9:43 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is making changes to ensure patients are properly monitored in city emergency rooms following the death of a man who sat 34 hours in a waiting room earlier this fall.

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MP3 fans told to turn it down

Health | 96 hits | 8:48 AM on Tuesday | posted by WDHIII

TORONTO -- Earbuds may be hip, but the MP3 generation of high-school students is listening to personal music players at dangerously high volume levels, a survey indicates.

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Deaths uncounted in China's tainted milk scandal

Health | 60 hits | 1:18 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

LITI VILLAGE, China -- Li Xiaokai died of kidney failure on the old wooden bed in the family farmhouse, just before dawn on a drizzly Sept. 10.

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B.C. pine beetle solution may cause toxic trees

Health | 78 hits | 8:57 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

What was hoped to halt the spread of the B.C. mountain pine beetle may actually be hazardous to human health.

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Record costs threaten Canada's picture of health

Health | 79 hits | 7:48 AM on Saturday | posted by stokes

Canada's health-care spending is expected to reach its highest level ever - $171.9-billion this year, or $5,170 per person - growing faster than the economy and outpacing inflation and population growth, new figures show.

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HPV vaccine can protect men too

Health | 121 hits | 8:51 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

MONTREAL - Soon girls may not be the only ones getting Gardasil injections. Merck Frosst is moving ahead with plans to extend the use of its controversial Gardasil vaccine to boys and young men.

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AIDS cured via bone marrow transplant

Health | 104 hits | 11:06 PM on Thursday | posted by lily