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Canadians need to break their addiction to salt, and food manufacturers need to help, concludes a new report from a federally-appointed task force on sodium. more...
Health Minister Deb Matthews is expanding a government program that gives Ontario emergency rooms extra cash to reduce wait times. more...
Ottawa paramedics are worried new training requirements imposed by Ontario's Ministry of Health will increase the time it takes to treat some patients. more...
Saskatchewan is ready to fund clinical trials of a new procedure that could offer hope to people with multiple sclerosis, but Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says his province won't yet follow suit. more...
With the August holiday weekend coming up in several provinces, officials are warning drivers to take extra caution during some of the busiest days on Canada's roads. more...
Two new studies conclude that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is not nearly as important as chest compressions when it comes to bystanders saving the life of someone in cardiac arrest. more...
Telling parents to keep their lice-infected children home from school is a waste of time and ineffective at stopping spread, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new guideline on head lice. more...
Having great friends, a strong marriage and happy children may be just as important to living a long life as something like quitting smoking, a new study finds. more...
In Washington, there's a citywide effort to promote female condoms in the hope they can help stop the spread of HIV. more...
The family of a 12-year-old autistic boy who was stabbed to death by his mentally ill neighbour says the child was let down by British Columbia's mental health system and his killing was "completely avoidable." more...
Thu Jul 29 22:08:10 EDT 2010
Beauty Faceoff
Lifetime with Pauline Chan
