Surgery infections cut with simple steps

Preventing surgery-linked infections is a major concern for hospitals and it turns out some simple measures can make a big difference. A project at seven big hospitals reduced infections after colorectal surgeries by nearly one-third. It prevented an...

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Babies born to moms from Philippines may be misclassified

Babies born to mothers from the Philippines are more likely to be wrongly labeled as underweight compared with other babies, an Ontario study suggests. When newborns are deemed lower weight, they may be considered at higher risk of developmental issues...

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Winnipeg infant undergoes experimental treatment in Calgary

An infant girl from Winnipeg has undergone an experimental transplant procedure in Calgary — believed to be the first of its kind in Canada. Nazdana Jan was born with a urea cycle disorder, a genetic disease that causes ammonia to build up in the body....

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Patients needing long-term care clog hospitals

Elderly Canadians waiting in hospitals to get a long-term care bed creates a ripple effect of delays in the health-care system, two new reports show. The Canadian Institute for Health Information's 2012 focus on wait times offers a portrait of people...

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Canadian scientists look for quicker E. coli, Listeria tests

Canadian scientists are being asked to find faster ways to test for two dangerous bacteria that can be found in our food — E. coli and Listeria. Possible E. coli contamination was the reason behind a recent beef recall in Alberta. Listeria was the bacteria...

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Health Canada issues advisory about thermography tests

Thermography machines are not approved to test for signs of breast cancer in Canada, contrary to claims being made by some medical clinics, according to federal health officials. Health Canada issued a public advisory on Wednesday, a day after a CBC...

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Fitness highly effective for lowering cholesterol

It's worth considering prescribing physical activity just as drugs are prescribed, a journal commentary says. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty) Doctors should emphasize the value of physical activity for lowering cholesterol, say researchers who studied how...

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Blood quarantined at 2 Quebec hospitals

Two Quebec hospitals have quarantined their blood supply. Laurent-Paul Ménard, director of external communications for Quebec's blood agency, Héma-Québec, said there are concerns about a possible defect in the equipment that was used to collect the...

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Household flame retardants potentially ineffective, dangerous

Some chemical flame retardants used in home furnishings may not help in a house fire, and can pose health hazards, a CBC investigation has found. A probe conducted by Marketplace tested the effectiveness of chemical retardants in upholstered furniture...

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B.C.'s AIDS strategy credited for decline in cases

Offering free treatment for HIV may help reduce the rate of new diagnoses, say B.C. researchers who are calling for the strategy to be used across Canada. Dr. Julio Montaner of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and fellow researchers believe...

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4 foods to avoid while taking medication

While Canadian doctors are warning of a growing list of medications that can interact with grapefruit juice to cause potentially serious effects, there are a number of other foods and beverages that can interact with commonly prescribed medical drugs....

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Polio watchers want bar on travellers without vaccination proof

Countries should bar entry to travellers from nations still plagued by polio unless they have proof they have been vaccinated, a new report suggests. The report says the move would safeguard other parts of the world against the possibility of polio...

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Grapefruit juice interaction with drugs can be deadly

More prescription drugs are on the market that can interact with grapefruit juice with potentially serious effects including sudden death, Canadian doctors warn. David Bailey, a clinical pharmacologist at the Lawson Health Research Institute in London,...

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Generic OxyContin approved for 6 drugmakers

The patent for OxyContin, which was pulled from the market earlier this year due to concerns about abuse, expired Nov. 25, opening the door for generic drugmakers to produce less-expensive versions of the painkiller. (Canadian Press) Six generic pharmaceutical...

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'Useless' breast cancer test touted across country

Medical clinics across the country are touting the benefits of a diagnostic test for breast cancer that medical experts say is useless. A CBC News investigation has identified dozens of clinics offering thermography for breast examinations. Proponents...

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Falling seniors cost health care system $1B

Healthcare professionals and community groups are meeting in Sudbury Tuesday to work on a billion dollar problem — the annual cost of treating seniors in Ontario who fall and hurt themselves. Last year, 5,600 seniors in the northeast were taken to hospital...

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4 more cases of new SARS-like virus confirmed

A cluster of infections caused by the new coronavirus is being investigated to see if it was triggered by person-to-person spread, the World Health Organization has said. The WHO announced four new cases of the virus on Friday, three of which occurred...

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N.S. girl's fundraiser brings in $25K for wheelchair

A fundraiser Saturday night raised more than $25,000 for a Lower Sackville, N.S., girl with spastic cerebral palsy who needs to get a wheelchair. Payton Given, 4, currently gets around her house by crawling on her belly. Her father Brad Given is caring...

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Flu deaths reality check

Do thousands of Canadians really die every year from the flu? The flu folks keep saying so. I've already heard it repeated several times this year and flu season has just started. This is what the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a recent press...

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Active video games discouraged by child fitness experts

Active video games, or "exergames," offer little help to make kids more physically active, a new Canadian report advises. Physical activity experts at Active Healthy Kids Canada reviewed more than 1,300 published papers on active video games like those...

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Virus in SARS family sickened man in Qatar

Germany's national health institute says a patient from Qatar has been confirmed to have had a new type of coronavirus but it has shown no signs of being easily transmitted like the related virus that caused the 2003 global SARS outbreak. Reinhard Burger,...

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Hamilton man dies of West Nile virus

A Hamilton man has died of West Nile Virus, the first local death in what has been a record year for the disease in the city. Antonio Occhiuto, 82, died Thursday at Hamilton General hospital after what his family said was "a courageous battle with West...

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HIV-positive man guilty for not telling partner about his health

A Toronto man pleaded guilty today to two counts of aggravated sexual assault after not telling his partner he's HIV positive. The conviction is Ian Thomas Williams's second for knowingly having sex while infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The...

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4 more cases of new SARS-like virus confirmed

A cluster of infections caused by the new coronavirus is being investigated to see if it was triggered by person-to-person spread, the World Health Organization has said. The WHO announced four new cases of the virus on Friday, three of which occurred...

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