http://www.medbroadcast.com/ Canadian online health news stories from Medbroadcast en-us Copyright MediResource Inc. 2010. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:52:20 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=22263&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1044&rot=3 Sue Manning, The Associated Press Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of kilometres away — unaware it was a death camp for cats....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=22233&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2022&rot=3 The Canadian Press Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - The Canadian Medical Association Journal says provinces and territories should cover the cost of smoking-cessation programs and products to help tobacco users butt out....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=22235&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1004&rot=3 The Canadian Press Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT VANCOUVER - The authors of an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal reviewing the history and effectiveness of Vancouver's safe-injection site are urging the federal government to give up its Supreme Court of Canada challenge aimed at shutting the facility down....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=22204&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1004&rot=3 Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - Ontario's "fractured" system for dealing with those struggling with mental health and addiction problems needs a "radical transformation" if people are to receive the help they need, according to a new report backed by members of all three major political parties....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=22075&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1004&rot=3 Sheryl Ubelacker, Health Reporter, The Canadian Press Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - Health providers should routinely ask women of child-bearing age about their alcohol consumption as a first step in trying to prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in children, says the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21960&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1004&rot=3 The Canadian Press Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT RED DEER, Alta. - The group Mothers Against Drunk Driving wants people throughout Alberta to report suspected impaired drivers to police....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21940&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1004&rot=3 James Keller, The Canadian Press Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who asked to be banned from a local casino to control his gambling says he was still allowed to return whenever he wanted — that is, until he finally won a $42,000 jackpot....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=21931&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1004&rot=3 Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT MONTREAL - Are kids really, actually, getting high these days by listening to MP3s on their computers? The phenomenon of so-called digital drugs — or i-dosing — has been spreading like wildfire around the Internet and the international press in ...More