4 BBQ food safety tips

To barbecue safely and avoid foodborne illnesses takes four key steps. Watch Marilyn Lee, a professor of food safety at Ryerson University in Toronto, show CBC's Kim Bruhuber how to prepare, cook and serve meat from a backyard BBQ. They cover: Handwashing....

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Home care agency's priority is non-acute wait time cuts

Provincial government funding to reduce home care wait times in Ontario will primarily go towards slashing wait times for patients with who aren't necessarily in need of acute care, says the head of Waterloo Wellington home care agency. Patients in...

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'3-parent' fertility treatments planned in Britain

A move to create babies with DNA from three people to avoid passing on rare, incurable diseases has government backing in the U.K. The procedure, known as three genetic parents or mitochondrial replacement technology, involves DNA from a man's sperm,...

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Youth key to helping families fight stigma of mental illness, suicide

After 18-year-old Steven Hutchison took his own life in his dorm room at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this year, a lot of his close friends kept in touch with his parents. Young people who had known the popular, ever-smiling athlete...

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4 BBQ food safety tips

To barbecue safely and avoid foodborne illnesses takes four key steps. Watch Marilyn Lee, a professor of food safety at Ryerson University in Toronto, show CBC's Kim Bruhuber how to prepare, cook and serve meat from a backyard BBQ. They cover: Handwashing....

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Home care agency's priority is non-acute wait time cuts

Provincial government funding to reduce home care wait times in Ontario will primarily go towards slashing wait times for patients with who aren't necessarily in need of acute care, says the head of Waterloo Wellington home care agency. Patients in...

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'3-parent' fertility treatments planned in Britain

A move to create babies with DNA from three people to avoid passing on rare, incurable diseases has government backing in the U.K. The procedure, known as three genetic parents or mitochondrial replacement technology, involves DNA from a man's sperm,...

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Youth key to helping families fight stigma of mental illness, suicide

After 18-year-old Steven Hutchison took his own life in his dorm room at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this year, a lot of his close friends kept in touch with his parents. Young people who had known the popular, ever-smiling athlete...

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Specialty running shoes may not reduce injuries

The belief that foot pronation, or rolling inward of the ankles, increases the risk of injury in novice runners and requires correction with special shoes is being challenged by biomechanics experts. Running shoe sales pitches tailor shoes to people...

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Medical colleges want less gruelling residency training shifts

Canadian doctors who work shifts of up to 26 hours during their residency training can become so fatigued their performance is inhibited, according to a new report. The report by the National Steering Committee on Resident Duty Hours said there's no...

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Hospital parking tickets incense dad of dying child

A father who has been enduring the dread of watching his child die of cancer has lashed back at what he calls an insensitive bureaucracy that continues to leave parking tickets on his car outside a St. John's hospital. "Having a child in this situation...

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Britain plans world's first '3-parent' fertility treatments

Britain is planning to become the first country in the world to offer controversial "three-parent" fertility treatments to families who want to avoid passing on incurable diseases to their children. The methods, currently only at the research stage...

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Chimpanzees to be retired from medical research in U.S.

It's official: The U.S. National Institutes of Health plans to end most use of chimpanzees in government medical research, saying humans' closest relatives "deserve special respect." The NIH announced Wednesday that it will retire about 310 government-owned...

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Edmonton gets Canada's 1st mobile lung transplant device

Until now, one in every four lungs offered to University of Alberta's Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute centre has been accepted, but more lungs will be available to patients who need them with the addition of Canada's first portable Ex-Vivo lung perfusion...

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'Serious deficencies' blamed for 3 B.C. health data breaches

B.C.'s Health Ministry must improve privacy controls following three massive data breaches involving the personal records of millions of British Columbians, a report from the province's privacy commissioner concludes. The privacy breaches came to light...

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Specialty running shoes may not reduce injuries

The belief that foot pronation, or rolling inward of the ankles, increases the risk of injury in novice runners and requires correction with special shoes is being challenged by biomechanics experts. Running shoe sales pitches tailor shoes to people...

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Medical lab loses thousands of B.C. patient records

The personal information of about 16,000 patients of a medical lab service in Kamloops has gone missing, says the company's president. LifeLabs president Sue Paish said Monday a computer was sent to their main office in Burnaby for servicing in January,...

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Students' brain injuries from sports, falls demand 'wake-up call'

The prevalence of traumatic brain injuries such as concussions among students points to a silent epidemic that demands a wake-up call from parents, coaches and other adults, Canadian neurosurgeons and psychologists say. One in five students in grades...

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Edmonton doctor helps treat Syrians via online consultations

An Edmonton-based doctor is helping save lives in Syria, from thousands of kilometres away. "If they need my help, I'm available," says Dr. Maher Saqqur, a critical care neurologist with Alberta Health Services. CBC's Ioanna Roumeliotis talks to Saqqur...

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Demand for dementia care soars in Waterloo Region

Waterloo Region doesn't have enough trained caregivers to help with the soaring demand for dementia care, according to the Alzheimer Society of Kitchener-Waterloo. There's been a 50 per cent increase in demand for the Society's services and it says...

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Type 2 diabetes mortality risk declining

Death rates among people with Type 2 diabetes have fallen sharply in Canada and the United Kingdom since the mid-1990s, researchers say. The excess mortality risk among those with diabetes compared with those without the condition decreased over time...

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NeoMagnetic Gadgets ordered to recall toy sets

NeoMagnetic Cube metallic glazed spheres are one of the recalled products. (Health Canada) Health Canada has ordered a toy maker to pull dangerous magnet sets off store shelves. Distributor NeoMagnetic Gadgets Inc. of Montreal was ordered to issue...

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Iron pills may prevent anemia in pregnancy

Women who take daily prenatal iron supplements may reduce the risk of anemia and low birth weight, a review concludes. Iron deficiency is the most widespread nutritional deficiency globally, according to the World Health Organization. The agency has...

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We're happy with our sex lives, Canadian university students say

Contrary to some reports, most Canadian university students tell researchers they are happy with their sex lives. And for the majority, their most recent sexual partner was someone with whom they are in a committed relationship, according to the results...

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Type 2 diabetes mortality risk declining

Death rates among people with Type 2 diabetes have fallen sharply in Canada and the United Kingdom since the mid-1990s, researchers say. The excess mortality risk among those with diabetes compared with those without the condition decreased over time...

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NeoMagnetic Gadgets ordered to recall toy sets

NeoMagnetic Cube metallic glazed spheres are one of the recalled products. (Health Canada) Health Canada has ordered a toy maker to pull dangerous magnet sets off store shelves. Distributor NeoMagnetic Gadgets Inc. of Montreal was ordered to issue...

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Iron pills may prevent anemia in pregnancy

Women who take daily prenatal iron supplements may reduce the risk of anemia and low birth weight, a review concludes. Iron deficiency is the most widespread nutritional deficiency globally, according to the World Health Organization. The agency has...

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We're happy with our sex lives, Canadian university students say

Contrary to some reports, most Canadian university students tell researchers they are happy with their sex lives. And for the majority, their most recent sexual partner was someone with whom they are in a committed relationship, according to the results...

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