Almost a third of kids are overweight, with prevalance higher for boys: study

Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says almost a third of Canadian children are either overweight or obese. It says data from a Canadian...

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B.C. health minister announces partial thaw of frozen university drug research

VICTORIA - Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid says she's thawing some of the drug research projects that were frozen after five government employees were fired following an irregularities investigation. MacDiarmid says drug research contracts with...

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B.C. anesthesiologists ask to join private health-care case, citing wait times

VANCOUVER - A group of B.C. anesthesiologists are asking to join a constitutional challenge of the province's ban on private health care. The British Columbia Anesthesiologists' Society has filed an affidavit with the B.C. Supreme Court asking to intervene...

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Oral drug shows promise for relapsing-remitting MS, studies find

TORONTO - Two major patient trials of an experimental drug for the relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis have found the oral medication significantly improves patients' symptoms. The studies, both published in Wednesday's issue of the New...

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Ontario's Pedestrian Death Review quickfacts

TORONTO - Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner released a review into pedestrian deaths on Wednesday. Some findings: — 67 per cent of fatalities occurred on roads with speed limits above 50 km/h. — Five per cent of deaths occurred at speed limits...

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Cut speed limit to 40 km/h in built-up areas to save pedestrians, report urges

Pedestrians cross a downtown intersection in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The chief coroner's office released a report on pedestrian deaths with recommendations on reducing their numbers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel TORONTO...

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Alberta's top court upholds ruling that girl should be removed from life support

EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has upheld a judge's ruling that a two-year-old child allegedly abused by her parents should be taken off life support. The Appeal Court ruled that each parent will be allowed a final 20-minute visit with the girl. ...

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Source of Quebec City legionnaires' disease identified

QUEBEC - Public health authorities say they have identified the source of Quebec City's outbreak of legionnaires' disease: an office building in the provincial capital. They say samples taken from a cooling tower in a building on St-Joseph Street in...

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The rise in West Nile virus cases in Ontario appears to be slowing

This 2006 photo shows a mosquito on a human at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - James Gathany TORONTO - New West Nile virus figures for Ontario suggest this...

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Pool of physicians to be created to serve ER shifts in rural Nova Scotia

HALIFAX - A pool of physicians available to fill emergency room shifts in rural Nova Scotia will be created under a program announced today. Health Minister David Wilson says the emergency department coverage program will improve access to ERs in the...

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eHealth cancels $46.2M diabetes registry contract; no money spent, officials say

TORONTO - EHealth Ontario is cancelling its contract to set up a diabetes registry. Greg Reed, president of eHealth, confirmed Tuesday that notice of termination has been sent to CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. A resolution...

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Nova Scotia vows to tighten psychiatric hospital releases after activist's death

The East Coast Forensic Hospital is seen in a Halifax industrial park on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. The Nova Scotia government issued a report on community access privileges related to the facility in response to the death of Raymond Taavel, a well-known...

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Study ties BPA in cans and bottles to childhood obesity

BPA is commonly found in aluminum cans and polycarbonate bottles. , Getty Images NEW YORK - A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers say their...

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Review finds flaws in hospital release program after gay activist's death

The East Coast Forensic Hospital is seen in a Halifax industrial park on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. The Nova Scotia government issued a report on community access privileges related to the facility in response to the death of Raymond Taavel, a well-known...

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Medical apps promote patient self-care, could ease burden on health system

TORONTO - When Sara Nita's son Marcus was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last fall, she began keeping a written log of his multiple daily blood-sugar readings. But she soon started casting around for a way to keep an electronic record, something she...

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Study ties BPA in cans and bottles to childhood obesity but doesn't prove it's a cause

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers say their findings don't prove it's the cause. While most people have traces of the plastics chemical...

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Quebec's anti-corruption police squad searches McGill University Health Centre

MONTREAL - Quebec's anti-corruption squad is searching the offices of the McGill University Health Centre in downtown Montreal this morning. A spokesman for the unit says around 10 investigators from the department's Hammer Squad are looking for signs...

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Group predicts more than half in 39 states will be obese by 2030, higher than govt forecast

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A group campaigning against obesity predicts that by 2030 more than half the people in 39 states will be obese — not merely overweight, but obese. Mississippi is expected to retain its crown as the fattest state in the nation for at...

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Government-ordered review of Halifax psychiatric facility to be released

HALIFAX - A review of a Halifax psychiatric facility that released a patient who was later charged in a fatal assault will be made public today. The provincial government launched the review into the East Coast Forensic Hospital in May after the death...

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Health PEI losing its CEO to Saskatchewan

CHARLOTTETOWN - The head of the agency in charge of delivering publicly funded health services in PEI is leaving the post. Keith Dewar, CEO of Health PEI, has accepted an offer to become CEO of Saskatchewan's Regina-Qu'Appelle Health Region. Dewar...

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Toronto Public Health expands free HPV vaccine program for teen girls

TORONTO - Toronto Public Health is expanding its Human Papillomavirus vaccine program to give teenage girls who missed their HPV vaccinations in Grade 8 a chance to get the shots for free at clinics throughout the city. The vaccination protects against...

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Cancer overtakes heart disease as No. 1 killer of Hispanics; rest of US will soon follow

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind. The change is not exactly cause for alarm. Death rates for both cancer and heart disease...

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Ground beef products from Alberta plant recalled in E. coli scare

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning against the consumption of several brands of ground beef from XL Foods of Alberta because of possible E.coli contamination. The beef was sold under the Kirkland Signature brand, which is carried...

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Not enough military staff to fight PTSD among returning soldiers: ombudsman

OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman says National Defence has not hired enough psychiatrists and other mental-health professionals to deal with a tide of post-traumatic stress cases that is hitting its peak. Pierre Daigle released a hard-hitting report...

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Overweight kids most vulnerable to effects of high salt diets: government research

Salt and pepper shakers are seen in a diner April 23;2009 in New York City. New York City's health department is discussing regulating the amount of salt used in restaurant food. Photo Credit: Mario Tama , Getty Images CHICAGO - American...

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Edmonton judge's ruling to remove 2-year-old child from life support stayed

EDMONTON - An Edmonton judge has ruled that a two-year-old girl in a coma after alleged abuse by her parents should be removed from life support. But the little girl will live at least a few days longer after Justice June Ross's ruling was stayed by...

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