http://www.medbroadcast.com/ Canadian online health news stories from Medbroadcast en-us Copyright MediResource Inc. 2010. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:49:43 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=21955&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2104&rot=3 Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT OTTAWA - The movers and shakers of the health and business communities want to pinch Canadians' penchant for salt. A panel of experts has offered six general and 27 specific recommendations on reducing people's salt intake....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21952&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 Dan Robson, The Canadian Press Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - Goldie Eng remembers very little of the moment that nearly killed her. She remembers the autumn leaves and the bright sun, as she cruised her motorcycle along Highway 507 near Peterborough, Ont., on the Thanksgiving long weekend in October 2009....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21949&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavoured condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21946&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2055&rot=3 Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - A southern Ontario doctor is denying that she was responsible for a misdiagnosis of cancer that led to a woman having her breast unnecessarily removed. Dr. Olive Williams filed a statement of defence in Windsor, Ont....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21926&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1004&rot=3 Anne-Marie Tobin, The Canadian Press Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - A small card device for testing whether a drink has been spiked with drugs is being rolled out in Canada this summer, but the man who brought it to market in the United Kingdom six years ago says he has yet to hear of a would-be spiker being caught....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21928&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1016&rot=3 Lauren La Rose, The Canadian Press Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - Elliptical trainers have been a longtime presence in gyms and fitness facilities and a go-to piece of equipment for those looking to get their cardio fix....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21915&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1028&rot=3 Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON - Most women who've had a C-section, and many who've had two, should be allowed to try labour with their next baby, say new U.S. guidelines — a step toward reversing the "once a caesarean, always a caesarean" policies taking root in many hospitals....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21898&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1020&rot=3 Marilynn Marchione, The Associated Press Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT MILWAUKEE - For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa....More