Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009 | 8:32 PM ET
- Google Flu Trends tool comes to Canada
- Google Flu Trends, an internet search tool that tracks the spread of influenza as an early warning of outbreaks, has expanded to Canada and 15 other countries. more »
- Immune system link in celiac disease, bone loss
- People with celiac disease may be more susceptible to osteoporosis because their own immune system attacks their bone tissue, a new study suggests. more »
- Bring back health-care premiums, Albertans say
- Albertans favour reinstating health-care premiums in the province by a margin of almost two to one, according to a new public opinion poll commissioned by the CBC. more »
- Cancer Care Ontario defends consultant deals
- The CEO of Cancer Care Ontario is defending his agency's past contracts with consultants, despite an audit that shows it made missteps like those that plagued eHealth Ontario. more »
- Alcohol in hand sanitizers worries schools
- Concerns are being raised about the safety of giving children hand sanitizer because the high alcohol level makes it potentially intoxicating and flammable. more »
- Toronto probes salmonella link in death
- Toronto Public Health has shut down a Chinese restaurant it suspects might be at the centre of a salmonella outbreak. more »
- Controversial N.L. health cuts may be reversed
- The provincial government is looking for a way to avoid controversial health cuts on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, says the new health minister. more »
- Improve autistic care: Quebec ombudsman
- Quebec's ombudsman says the parents of children with autism and other developmental disorders have legitimate concerns about the pitfalls they face in getting the services they need. more »
- EMS delay in man's death preventable: ministry
- The Ontario Ministry of Health says there was a preventable delay in the response time by Toronto paramedics to an ailing man who died while waiting for medical attention. more »
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- Low income B.C. seniors to pay lower care rates, but others to pay more
- US doctor, minister who promised herbal cancer cure to faithful arrested on fraud charges
- $1 billion spent but little to show in Ont.'s push for electronic health records
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- Food Friday roundup
- By Tara Kimura, CBCNews.ca For those who may have missed it, earlier this week we posted Shaun Smith's Cookbook Club on harvest-inspired recipes. Smith looks... Continue reading this post
- Gourmet food on campus
- By Andree Lau, CBCNews.ca Gourmet goods, fresh baked pastries, and beautiful cuts of meat — all produced by students — are now for sale at... Continue reading this post
- Hungry for fall flavours
- By Jessica Wong, CBCNews.ca With a pitiful, rainy Toronto summer now officially done, I'm really looking forward to my favourite season of the year: autumn.... Continue reading this post
