Last updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 | 6:50 AM ET
- NFL will address concussion concerns
- National Football League teams will soon work with independent neurologists on concussion issues. The NFL says commissioner Roger Goodell will implement the policy as soon as details can be worked out. more »
- H1N1 costs P.E.I. $5M
- Delivering the vaccine and other preparations for swine flu have cost P.E.I. about $5 million so far, says Health Minister Doug Currie. more »
- Trade show pitches surgical passages to India
- 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. more »
- Weight gain in pregnancy guides updated
- Health Canada is formally replacing its guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy to match new U.S. recommendations. more »
- Bullying is a public health issue: researcher
- 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. more »
- H1N1 intensifying in Canada but subsiding elsewhere: WHO
- 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. more »
- Alberta passes bill to recoup health costs from criminals, big tobacco
- Alberta has passed legislation allowing the province to sue criminals and tobacco companies to recover health-care costs. more »
- Parents desperate for autism strategy
- 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. more »
- Fewer Paps OK for women in 20s
- 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. more »
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- Chinese restaurant awards
- By Andree Lau, CBCNews.ca I was a very spoiled teen growing up in Vancouver, especially the few years preceding 1997. That's the period when uncertainty... Continue reading this post
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- by Kevin Yarr, CBCNews.ca A surprising controversy erupted last week when it was suggested that Prince Edward Island should subsidize the price of chocolate milk... Continue reading this post
