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Hair shows chronic stress link to heart attacks

11 hours 48 min ago
Chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks, according to an Israeli-Canadian study of stress hormone levels in hair.

OxyContin worries misplaced: pain experts

2 September 2010 - 6:12pm
Ontario's new strategy to restrict inappropriate use of opioid painkillers like OxyContin could discourage doctors from prescribing them when needed, pain experts say.

600 B.C. patients' data in stolen laptop

2 September 2010 - 4:27pm
Personal information about more than 600 patients of the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia is contained in a laptop stolen from Burnaby General Hospital.

Pampers Dry Max diapers not linked to rash

2 September 2010 - 2:58pm
No link has been found between Pampers diapers with Dry Max liners and diaper rash, Canadian and U.S. officials say.

Kitchen survey shows health risks

2 September 2010 - 2:53pm
A study from California's Los Angeles County found only 61 per cent of home kitchens would get an A or B if put through the rigours of a restaurant inspection.

Marijuana gateway risk overblown: study

2 September 2010 - 1:21pm
Long-held fears that the use of marijuana will lead to harder drugs are overblown, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.

West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece

2 September 2010 - 12:49pm
West Nile virus has killed 13 people in Greece, health authorities say.

JAMA editor to leave

2 September 2010 - 12:44pm
Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor in chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is leaving the post next year to return to Johns Hopkins medical school.

E. coli leads to beef recall in Toronto

2 September 2010 - 12:08pm
The Canadian Food Inspection agency is warning Toronto-area consumers about a recall of beef from the Kabul Farms retail store in North York.

Leaving N.L. for pregnancy care an ordeal: patient

2 September 2010 - 11:36am
A woman who is one of 11 in the past month to have been sent out of Newfoundland and Labrador for medical care because the province's hospitals couldn't handle her high-risk pregnancy says her experience was horrible.

Dementia risk double in PTSD veterans: study

2 September 2010 - 12:16am
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder may have a higher risk of dementia than those without the stress disorder, a U.S. study suggests.

Health minister rejects MS therapy trial

1 September 2010 - 10:45pm
The Canadian government will not fund a clinical trial of the so-called liberation therapy for multiple sclerosis at this time, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says.

TB test could revolutionize care: WHO

1 September 2010 - 4:41pm
A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has tuberculosis and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it, scientists have found.

Mental activity may slow, then speed up dementia

1 September 2010 - 4:36pm
Mental activity such as crossword puzzles, reading or listening to the radio may slow the decline of cognitive skills initially, but speed up dementia later in old age, according to new research.

Quebec groups call for more sex ed

1 September 2010 - 2:54pm
A coalition of Quebec women's groups and health professionals say they are witnessing an explosion of sexually transmitted diseases among young people, and the coalition says the provincial government's education reform is to blame.

Sleepy teens eat more fat: study

1 September 2010 - 2:24pm
Teens who sleep less than eight hours on weeknights tend to eat more fatty foods than those who doze longer, researchers have found.

Organic strawberries tops in taste, nutrition

1 September 2010 - 1:45pm
The most comprehensive study of its kind into the quality of organic food and soil has concluded organically grown strawberries are more flavourful and nutritious.

Money for MS trials still on: Sask.

1 September 2010 - 1:14pm
Despite new concerns about so-called liberation therapy for multiple sclerosis, the Saskatchewan government still plans to pay for clinical trials if it gets a proposal from researchers, Health Minister Don McMorris says.

MS therapy trial has N.L. minister's support

1 September 2010 - 11:46am
Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister wants to fund trials for a treatment for multiple sclerosis patients, despite a rejection by experts.

Bella slow cookers recalled over fire hazard

1 September 2010 - 11:25am
Bella Kitchen five-quart programmable slow cookers have been recalled because the control panel can overheat and melt, posing a fire hazard.