Canadian Online Health News http://www.medbroadcast.com/ Canadian online health news stories from Medbroadcast en-us Copyright MediResource Inc. 2009. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:48:14 EST 25 Medbroadcast RSS 163 23 http://www.medbroadcast.com http://www.medbroadcast.com/images/PoweredByMRI_Logo.jpg Federal e-health audit due next week as controversy continues in B.C., Ontario http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19722&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1039&rot=3 Dirk Meissner, THE CANADIAN PRESS Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT VICTORIA, B.C. - It prompted a cabinet resignation in Ontario and is linked to an on-going RCMP investigation in British Columbia, and on Tuesday federal auditor general Sheila Fraser weighs in on Ottawa's management of the electronic health program....More Officials didn't expect such uptake for swine-flu shot: Butler-Jones http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19721&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 Steve Rennie, THE CANADIAN PRESS Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says health officials didn't expect so many people to line up for the swine flu shot. Dr....More China reports 2 more deaths of swine flu as its moves to vaccinate http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19718&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT BEIJING - China's Health Ministry says two more people have died of swine flu on the mainland, bringing its death toll to six. The ministry said late Friday that China had reported 2,972 confirmed cases of H1N1 virus in 48 hours ending Friday afternoon....More Health Canada demands cash on the barrelhead for government grass http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19720&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1010&rot=3 Dean Beeby, THE CANADIAN PRESS Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT OTTAWA - Health Canada is getting tough with patients who use government-certified medical marijuana, demanding full payment in advance before shipping the weed. The move, effective Nov....More Niagara-area woman dies from H1N1, third death in Ont. in just over a week http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19719&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 THE CANADIAN PRESS Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - An Ontario woman from the Niagara Falls area has died after contracting H1N1, following an outbreak in the region, marking the province's third confirmed death from the flu in a little over a week....More A look at the latest H1N1 developments in Canada and around the world http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19716&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 THE CANADIAN PRESS Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Developments Friday in the ongoing H1N1 pandemic in Canada and around the world: Amid public demand for H1N1 shots that's growing at an exponential rate, Ottawa is telling vaccine-hungry provinces to expect only a fraction of what they were hoping to get....More Beleaguered Quebec H1N1 vaccination sites start demanding proof of residence http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19715&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 THE CANADIAN PRESS Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT MONTREAL - Quebec has begun demanding identification before doling out H1N1 vaccinations after a chaotic scene at one injection site that was flooded with out-of-towners and lower-priority patients....More H1N1 vaccine supply dwindles just as demand begins to surge http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=19717&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 Terry Pedwell, THE CANADIAN PRESS Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT OTTAWA - A promised torrent of H1N1 vaccine is suddenly slowing to a dismal trickle just as public demand for the shot surges in the face of escalating concern about swine flu....More