Last updated: Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 7:36 PM ET
- Coroner orders review of drowning deaths
- Ontario's acting chief coroner has ordered a review of all drowning deaths in the province since May following the death of a 2½-year-old-boy in a backyard swimming pool in the Ottawa region. more »
- N.L. medical labs lack expertise: report
- A review of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest medical labs has found dysfunctional relationships among staff and a lack of expertise in complex areas of medical testing. more »
- Ontario tackles ER wait times with $45M more
- The Ontario government is expanding its effort to reduce emergency-room wait times across the province. more »
- Stem cells grow replacement joints in rabbits
- Rabbits were able to regrow a leg joint using their own stem cells, say scientists exploring the cells' potential to replace artificial joints in human patients. more »
- BPA found in cash register and ATM receipts
- The controversial chemical bisphenol A has been found in 40 per cent of receipts collected by the U.S. organization Environmental Working Group. more »
- Alberta ponders paying for new MS treatment
- Alberta Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky is putting together a committee to look at whether to pay for studies of a controversial experimental treatment for people with multiple sclerosis. more »
- Hands-only CPR saves lives: studies
- More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions, especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research. more »
- B.C. ends sex tests as researcher charged
- The B.C. government has cancelled a program that tested the sexual responses of young sex offenders by attaching sensors to their genitals, after it learned one of the researchers has been charged with a sexual offence. more »
- EI denied to mother caring for sick son
- A Moncton, N.B., single mother who is off work as she helps her two-year-old son recover from brain surgery is fighting the federal government's decision to deny her employment insurance benefits. more »
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- Researchers say skewed sex ratio of fish in Alberta rivers raises red flags
- Ignatieff's proposed ban on asbestos may have killed deal for Quebec mine
- Hot sun, oil-soaked rags spark fire that caused $300,000 damage to Alberta home
- B.C. children's minister halts controversial child sex-testing program
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving launches report impaired driver program in Alberta
- Report finds low morale, lack of expertise at St. John's, N.L., lab
- Group urges shakeup of salt habit; industry urged to pinch sodium from products
- More Ontario ERs get cash to reduce wait times; critics say nursing homes needed
- Counterfeit Viagra was found on Montreal market, Health Canada warns
- Doctor with cancer in Saskatchewan sentenced to jail for abusing patient
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- Food in times of sorrow
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- Q&A with Khalil Akhtar, host of The Main Ingredient
- The Main Ingredient is one of CBC Radio's new summer programs. It's an inside look on the food we grow, buy and eat. In a... Continue reading this post
