![]() CBC.ca | B.C. health workers agree to new two-year contract The Province The province's health-care workers have voted 77 per cent in favour of a new two-year contract. The agreement covers more than 48000 unionized employees, gives more protection for wages and offers extended ... 48000 health workers ratify contract with B.C. Health workers endorse deal BC health care workers vote for new contract |
![]() TopNews United States | Canada OKs caffeine for non-cola soft drinks CANOE Canadians are consuming fewer carbonated soft drinks. It's one of the major reasons our overall daily caloric intake is going down. On average, kids drink more pop than adults, so moms and dads, take heart. ... Health Canada widens use of caffeine in carbonated drinks Caffeine in sodas OK: Health Canada Health Canada widens use of caffeine in drinks |
![]() CBC.ca | Study warns about seniors' prescriptions Globe and Mail PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTER — From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 10:58AM EDT Last updated on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 11:03AM EDT Take a peek into your grandma's medicine cabinet: It may well be bursting at the seams. ... Canadian seniors take 5 on average Seniors' prescription drug use on the rise: Study Seniors take 5 drugs or more: study |
![]() CBC.ca | Isotope shortage puts patients at risk CBC.ca A shortage of medical isotopes will put thousands of patients in Canada and US at risk. (Canadian Press) The health of thousands of Canadian and US patients could be put in jeopardy by a critical shortage of radioactive isotopes over the next few weeks ... Med tests to go ahead Global isotope shortage puts thousands at medical risk No local panic over looming isotope shortage |
![]() TopNews United States | Health care view one sided Windsor Star Chris Vander Doelen presents a very one-sided view of health care costs in his March 16 column. It is true that Canada spends a lot on health care. It is also true that health care inflation is a concern. ... Canada v. US? Neither is best Second opinion Neither Canada Nor US Is Best |
![]() National Post | Salmonella sparks more food recalls Toronto Sun By QMI Agency Consumers are urged to avoid La Cocina's Cheese Flavoured Tortilla Chips, or Grandma Emily's BBQ Lounge mix. Both products were made in Canada and distributed nationally. They contain dry powder and paste hydrolyzed vegetable protein ... Listeria and salmonella contamination force CFIA into widespread food recalls Canada's food inspection ramping up Questions raised about gap in food inspection standards |
![]() Wayne Independent | Cancer Society selling daffodils this weekend Canada.com Every three minutes cancer picks a fight with another Canadian. Too many of us have lost friends, family members and loved ones to cancer. To honour them the Canadian Cancer Society is kicking off its annual Spring Campaign with the sale of fresh ... Daffodil campaign underway Advice welcomed Daffodil Month Breakfast |
![]() National Post | Despite injunction, raw milk still flowing in Fraser Valley Global BC VANCOUVER — Raw milk drinkers are refusing to be put out to pasture after a Chilliwack, BC, dairy was banned from sharing unpasteurized milk. In Thursday's judgment, the BC Supreme Court backed the Fraser Health Authority's permanent injunction to stop ... BC court bans sale of raw milk BC's highest court grants injunction against raw milk Chilliwack dairy farm must stop producing raw milk, top court says |
![]() TopNews United States | For norovirus cleanup, bleach is best: study Ottawa Citizen A study conducted by researchers at Quebec City's Université Laval showed about 40 per cent of commercial disinfectants used to clean surfaces are ineffective in eliminating the viruses responsible for more than half of all food borne gastroenteritis ... Essential Reading only bleach can eliminate gastro viruses Bleach Based Disinfectants Wipes Off Norovirus |
![]() CBC.ca | $4M set for colon cancer screening CBC.ca Newfoundland and Labrador's government is promising to spend $240000 this year to set up a provincial colon cancer screening program. The first phase of the program, which will be administered by the province's largest health authority, Eastern Health, ... Colorectal Screening Program Announced for Province NL colorectal cancer screening targets those 50 to 74 Provincial colorectal cancer screening program announced |