http://www.medbroadcast.com/ Canadian online health news stories from Medbroadcast en-us Copyright MediResource Inc. 2009. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:56:40 EST 25 163 23 http://www.medbroadcast.com http://www.medbroadcast.com/images/PoweredByMRI_Logo.jpg http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18592&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1002&rot=3 Marilynn Marchione, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT A U.S. federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18593&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT GENEVA - The World Health Organization says the number of officially confirmed swine flu cases worldwide has reached 89,921. The global body says 12,720 new cases have been reported since Wednesday - about half of them in the United States....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18590&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1039&rot=3 THE CANADIAN PRESS Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT EDMONTON - The Alberta Medical Association is warning the provincial government not to make too many changes to the health care system too soon. AMA president Dr. Noel Grisdale says rapid budget cuts could short-circuit the ability of the system to deliver health services....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18584&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1039&rot=3 Lee-Anne Goodman, THE CANADIAN PRESS Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON - It's rare that anything to do with Canada is front and centre in the minds of Americans, but the Canadian health-care system has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few weeks as Capitol Hill legislators work on a massive health-care overhaul....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18583&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 Sheryl Ubelacker, THE CANADIAN PRESS Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - As a reason for a party, this one is getting a big thumbs down from public health officials....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18580&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2055&rot=3 Mike Stobbe, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT ATLANTA - In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18587&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1055&rot=3 THE CANADIAN PRESS Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT EDMONTON - Aboriginal people around the world are increasingly suffering from lifestyle-related illness such as heart disease, obesity and diabetes, according to a major new global study....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=18588&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2055&rot=3 Steve Mertl, THE CANADIAN PRESS Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT VANCOUVER, B.C. - Brynessa Gradley's life changed just over a year ago when she scratched an itchy spot on her leg as she came out of the shower....More