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Week 2 Nutrition Tips: Reading Labels

Some of the best foods for our health don’t come with labels, like fresh fruit and vegetables. For most of the other packaged and processed foods we buy, a Nutrition Facts table is required.
Conservatives want to scrap eHealth but still develop electronic medical records

Conservatives want to scrap eHealth but still develop electronic medical records

TORONTO - The Progressive Conservatives would phase out eHealth Ontario and put health professionals in charge of developing electronic medical records, Opposition Leader Tim Hudak said Tuesday.
Study finds leafy green vegetables top source of food poisoning; more deaths tied to poultry

Study finds leafy green vegetables top source of food poisoning; more deaths tied to poultry

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A big government study has fingered leafy greens like lettuce and spinach as the leading source of food poisoning, a perhaps uncomfortable conclusion for health officials who want us to eat our vegetables.
Genetics may explain why some Chinese got severe swine flu, could change flu treatments

Genetics may explain why some Chinese got severe swine flu, could change flu treatments

LONDON - A genetic variant commonly found in Chinese people may help explain why some got seriously ill with swine flu, a discovery scientists say could help pinpoint why flu viruses hit some populations particularly hard and change how they are trea
Memorial in campus dissection lab more moving than macabre, honours bodies donated to science

Memorial in campus dissection lab more moving than macabre, honours bodies donated to science

GARY, Ind. - When medical students have finished their study and practice on cadavers, they often hold a respectful memorial service to honour these bodies donated to science.
What happened to Downton's Lady Sybil? Still common condition called eclampsia

What happened to Downton's Lady Sybil? Still common condition called eclampsia

TORONTO - Spoiler alert: If you haven't seen Episode 4 of the current season of Downton Abby and you plan to, you don't want to continue reading.

Dr. Keith Roach: Hyperbaric oxygen use may injure chemo patient

Dear Dr. Roach: I would like your opinion on the use of hyperbaric oxygen for cancer treatment. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer in 2011, treated with chemo and was in remission with a recurrence in 2012.

Cervical dystonia’s head bobbles like Parkinson’s tremors

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a friend in his early 50s who has always been healthy. He has just been diagnosed with cervical dystonia. His head bobbles. He has had Botox shots, which did not help. It started with feeling a stiff neck.
25 years on, 91Ô­´´s don't want to reopen debate on abortion, Ambrose says

25 years on, 91Ô­´´s don't want to reopen debate on abortion, Ambrose says

OTTAWA - 91Ô­´´s don't want to revisit the age-old abortion debate, Canada's minister for the status of women said Monday as activists on both sides marked 25 years since the Supreme Court's landmark decision on the issue.
Bundling baby: How much do little kids need to wear in Canada's cold winters?

Bundling baby: How much do little kids need to wear in Canada's cold winters?

TORONTO - It's a question all new parents — or parents new to our climate — ask at some point or another as 91Ô­´´ winters descend: How much bundling do you need to do to protect babies and little children from the cold? With the kinds of low tempe