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Ontario doctors urge junk food warning labels and taxes
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:55:58 EDT


Unhealthy foods should be taxed the same way tobacco is as part of an effort to battle childhood obesity, Ontario doctors say.

Pap tests should be less frequent for most
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:35:08 EDT


Most women can wait three to five years between checks for cervical cancer, depending on their age and test choice, new U.S. guidelines say.

Suicide attempts, self-harm rising in Canada's prisons
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:59:05 EDT


Cases of serious self-injury by federal inmates across Canada has more than doubled in the last five years, and control measures used to prevent harm may actually be driving more self-destructive behaviour, according to a new report by Canada's Correctional Investigator.

XL Foods to resume operations under CFIA's watch
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:02:00 EDT


Beef processor XL Foods will be allowed to resume operations immediately under enhanced Canadian Food Inspection Agency oversight, the agency said today.

5 flu vaccine myths dispelled
Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:56:19 EDT


More provinces allowing pharmacists to give flu shots

Canadian Health News from medbroadcast.com

Canadian quality of life hammered by recession, despite growth of GDP: index
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
OTTAWA - Canada's economy may well be muddling through, but on a more personal level, Canadians generally are not, a new study of well-being suggests.

Diamond Jubilee medal for repeat offender doesn't faze justice minister
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister says it is up to his Conservative caucus colleague Maurice Vellacott to explain why he recommended a Diamond Jubilee medal for a repeat offender jailed for harassing women over abortion. LifeSiteNews.

Documents detail problems found in 2006 by firm assessing Mass. company in meningitis outbreak
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
BOSTON - New state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company at the centre of a deadly meningitis outbreak.

Food safety watchdog restores operating licence for XL Foods plant
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
OTTAWA - Canada's food-safety watchdog has restored the operating licence for a southern Alberta meat-packing plant at the centre of a massive recall of tainted beef.

Ontario docs launch assault on obesity, urging tobacco-like warnings on bad food
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
TORONTO - Ontario doctors say it's time to fight obesity using the tools that worked in the battle against smoking. The Ontario Medical Association is launching a campaign to combat the root causes of obesity, especially fatty and low cost food.

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