CBC | Health News http://www.cbc.ca/health/?ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:04:52 EST Copyright: (C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/termsofuse.html#Rss http://www.cbc.ca/rss/ CBC.ca http://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif http://www.cbc.ca/health/?ref=rss More H1N1 vaccine, ventilators to come http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/h1n1-ontario-canada.html?ref=rss 2000335044 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:03 EST Ontario supplied hospitals with 200 additional ventilators on Friday in anticipation of a surge in swine flu cases. Trade show pitches surgical passages to India http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/medical-tourism-trade-show-toronto.html?ref=rss 2000335129 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:53 EST Exhibitors at a Toronto trade fair are hoping to add surgery to the list of reasons Canadians travel, but a medical ethicist questions the lack of oversight. Weight gain in pregnancy guides updated http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/pregnancy-weight-gain-guidelines-health-canada.html?ref=rss 2000335048 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:01:09 EST Health Canada is formally replacing its guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy to match new U.S. recommendations. Bullying is a public health issue: researcher http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/consumer-anti-bullying-study.html?ref=rss 2000335077 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:21 EST Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adopt national strategies against it, says a Canadian professor who led a study of bullying in 40 countries. H1N1 intensifying in Canada but subsiding elsewhere: WHO http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/h1n1-world.html?ref=rss 2000335093 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:17 EST H1N1 appears to have peaked in parts of western Europe and the United States but transmission continues to intensity in Canada, the World Health Organization said Friday. Alberta passes bill to recoup health costs from criminals, big tobacco http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/calgary-bill-48-tabacco-lawsuits.html?ref=rss 2000335036 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:21 EST Alberta has passed legislation allowing the province to sue criminals and tobacco companies to recover health-care costs. Parents desperate for autism strategy http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/pei-autism-strategy-584.html?ref=rss 2000334970 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:37:54 EST Long wait times in P.E.I. for the diagnosis of autism, up to two years, are leaving parents in a "state of panic," said a protester at the legislature Thursday. Fewer Paps OK for women in 20s http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/pap-tests-20s.html?ref=rss 2000335025 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:27 EST Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new U.S. guidelines that conclude that is enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. N.B. has let children suffer: youth advocate http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/nb-child-youth-advocate.html?ref=rss 2000335096 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:13 EST New Brunswick has let many of its young people, particularly those in First Nations communities, suffer in "shocking" conditions, says the province's child and youth advocate. Canadian health-care spending to top $180B http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/19/health-care-spending-canada.html?ref=rss 2000334819 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:42 EST Health-care spending in Canada is expected to reach $183.1 billion this year, up more than five per cent from last year, according to a report released on Thursday. Stroke victim had trouble getting back into hospital http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/19/mb-hospital-discharge-vann-winnipeg.html?ref=rss 2000334831 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:11 EST A man who suffered a stroke after being released from a Winnipeg hospital last month encountered more troubles when he tried to get back in again, CBC News has learned. Ont. health units seek ways to shorten flu shot lines http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/h1n1-ontario.html?ref=rss 2000334978 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:08 EST Public health officials across Ontario have put on their creative thinking caps and come up with some very high tech, innovative ways to try to shorten lineups for the H1N1 vaccine. Batch of H1N1 vaccine pulled http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/19/man-cp-flu-vaccine-hold.html?ref=rss 2000334938 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:08 EST Health officials across Canada are being asked to hold back a batch of swine flu vaccine that appears to be causing higher rates of severe allergic reactions. Movie theatre popcorn salt, fat get thumbs down http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/19/popcorn-movie-theatre-salt-fat.html?ref=rss 2000334885 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:35:05 EST Eating a large bag of popcorn at some Canadian movie theatres is like eating almost a quarter of a kilogram of potato chips, a paper suggests. Asthma common in kids with severe H1N1: study http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/19/h1n1-asthma.html?ref=rss 2000334788 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:46:49 EST Asthma seems to be a factor in how sick children get from the H1N1 flu, a review of Canadian pediatric cases suggests.