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US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids
ATLANTA - For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.
Report targets nursing home safety in Ontario
TORONTO - Ontario needs specialized nursing homes for aging residents with behavioural problems if it hopes to curb abuse in long-term care facilities, an industry group said Wednesday.
Ex-Ornge executive testifies at committee
TORONTO - New questions are being raised about whether well-connected Liberals lobbied the Ontario government on behalf of Ornge, the provincial air ambulance service that's currently under a criminal probe.
FILE - This undated file photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Padge Victoria Windslowe. Windslowe, who calls herself the "Black Madam," on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 was ordered to stand trial on allegations she administered illegal buttock-injections, procedures that authorities say caused serious medical problems in at least one case. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department, File) Dancer: $1,000 buttocks enhancement damaged lungs
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on allegations she administered illegal buttock-injections, procedures that authorities say caused serious medical problems in at least one case.
UN food envoy slams Canada`s poverty UN food envoy slams Canada's poverty
OTTAWA - The UN's right-to-food envoy is raising the alarm about hunger and poor diets in Canada, but the federal government says he is wasting his breath.
N.S. wants early action on mental health
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government will place more clinicians in schools and assess children as young as 18 months old as part of a broad mental health strategy aimed at intervening early and reducing wait times for care.
Saskatchewan to recruit more foreign doctors
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is giving health care a booster shot with a plan to recruit more foreign-trained doctors.
Healthy eating can cost less, study finds
WASHINGTON - Is it really more expensive to eat healthy?
Hockey players try to best world record
CHESTERMERE, Alta. - Amateur hockey players in southern Alberta were nearing the end Wednesday of an 11-day marathon game to make it into the Guinness World Record book.
Country singer Glen Campbell, who has Alzheimer`s disease, stands with his wife Kim during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 15, 2012.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier
WASHINGTON - Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease - by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.
UN: High blood pressure, glucose a global problem
GENEVA - A quarter of those 25 or older now have high blood pressure worldwide, and almost one in 10 has worrying levels of glucose in their blood.
Ottawa to offer help to B.C. First Nation Ottawa to offer help to B.C. First Nation
VICTORIA - It's not uncommon for the chief of Vancouver Island's Cowichan Tribes to receive a call from a suicidal tribal resident.
Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer`s earlier Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier
WASHINGTON - Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease - by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.
Quebec to bar minors from tanning salons
QUEBEC - Quebec teens looking to show off a golden salon tan at their prom will soon be out of luck thanks to new legislation tabled Tuesday.
Alberta home for teens surprised by killing
CAMROSE, Alta. - The Alberta agency that operates an assisted living home for teens where a staff member was killed says it had no warning of the violence.