http://www.medbroadcast.com/ Canadian online health news stories from Medbroadcast en-us Copyright MediResource Inc. 2010. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:55:45 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=20526&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1039&rot=3 Erika Kinetz, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT MUMBAI, India - India halted the release of its first genetically modified food crop Tuesday, saying further study needed to be done to guarantee consumer safety....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=20520&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1016&rot=3 Helen Branswell, Medical Reporter, THE CANADIAN PRESS Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT VANCOUVER, B.C. - At the Salt Lake City Olympics, blood doping athletes used a brand new drug called Aranesp. Six years later at the Beijing Games, the dopers turned to Mircera, a newer drug that had just hit the market....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=20524&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1053&rot=3 Sheryl Ubelacker, Health Reporter, THE CANADIAN PRESS Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - Women prescribed tamoxifen to prevent a recurrence of breast cancer should avoid taking the antidepressant Paxil and its generic equivalents because of a potentially dangerous drug interaction, a study suggests....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=20521&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1039&rot=3 THE CANADIAN PRESS Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT VICTORIA, B.C. - The B.C. government has reached a tentative contract with unions representing more than 47,000 health-care workers around the province. The two-year agreement contains no overall wage increases because the recession has left the government with a $2....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=20514&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1039&rot=3 Margie Mason, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills one ...More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=20512&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=1006&rot=3 Anne-Marie Tobin, THE CANADIAN PRESS Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT TORONTO - It's out with the old yardstick and in with the new as professional organizations that keep tabs on the height and weight of Canadian children turn to "superior" growth charts based on World Health Organization standards....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=20517&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2041&rot=3 Cara Anna, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT BEIJING - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged....More http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=20519&rss=67&rid=999999&channel_id=2060&rot=3 John Ward, THE CANADIAN PRESS Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT OTTAWA - A national plan to promote healthier living and reduce heart disease and strokes could save the country $76 billion between now and 2020 - if it meets just some of its targets - a new report says....More