CBC: Health

Thursday th 9th of April 2009

Newly appointed N.W.T. chief medical health officer resigns - 11:28

Drug approved for most common lung cancer - 11:28

Thyroid drug linked to deadly liver failure in children - 11:01

P.E.I. forced to rely on off-Island radiologists - 10:38

Iqaluit rejects medical marijuana store proposal - 10:37

Family may be able to take baby Kaylee home, father says - 08:21

Wednesday th 8th of April 2009

Heartburn pills won't help asthma symptoms: study - 17:14

Doctors set sights on brown fat for weight-loss strategy - 16:07

CMAJ article points to 'loophole' on animal antibiotics - 15:21

Organ donation: the gift of life - 14:35

Winter of discontent, and snow, made glorious by summer of babies in N.B. - 12:42

Skin cancer rising among young women in U.K. - 11:35

Mother can have dead son's sperm harvested, Texas judge rules - 11:14

Health officials to northerners: go easy on the fish livers - 09:21

Firing people not answer at Eastern Health, advocate says - 09:21

Inmate who collapsed and died had begged for help: family - 08:35

St. John's AIDS clinic's only nurse-practitioner tenders resignation - 08:14

Baby breathing on her own, no longer a heart donor candidate - 08:14

Tuesday th 7th of April 2009

U.S. panel suggests limited approval for antipsychotic drug - 17:28

N.L. reaches tentative deal with Health and Safety workers - 16:42

Norwalk virus abates at Queen Elizabeth II hospital - 16:42

Experimental prostate cancer drug shows promise - 16:21

Manitoba flood officials getting a lift from Alberta air ambulance company - 15:14

Transplanted hands differ in connecting to brain: study - 15:14

Back pain evaluation goes beyond how much it hurts - 14:28

Sask. adopts British program to increase time with patients - 11:28

Ontario doctors urge fast food chains, schools to list calories - 11:28

Obese Sask. residents pay big bucks for weight loss surgery - 10:42

Ontario to target toxic chemicals - 10:42

Wait times for hospital beds afflict Queen Elizabeth II - 08:21

Hope shines on P.E.I. couple waiting in Toronto for daughter's transplant - 08:21

Monday th 6th of April 2009

Swap water for sugary drinks to reduce child obesity, say researchers - 16:59

Poor self-control in early childhood linked to later weight gain: study - 16:59

Prospective infant heart donor unsuitable, doctors say - 13:56

Protest dropped after Calgary confirms breastfeeding allowed in pools - 12:07

Yet more missed cancer patients identified, Eastern Health admits - 12:07

Face, double hand transplant performed on burn victim - 12:07

China aims to expand health care by 2020 - 11:42

Nunavut works to curb health, social service spending: Curley - 10:35

Scientists discover how scratching eases an itch - 10:35

Eastern Health botched release of latest cancer details: patients - 04:56

Friday th 3rd of April 2009

Coffee run: scientists uncover how caffeine boosts athletes' performance - 16:07

38 more breast cancer patients in N.L. needed retesting - 15:42

N.B. says privacy policy violated after health records vanished - 14:56

Grapefruit, Pill interaction spurred dangerous clot, doctors say - 14:14

Heart cells renew themselves throughout life: study - 13:49

Sick teen sticks with fundraising effort for children's hospital - 13:07

Robot scientist comes up with its own new discoveries - 12:21

Patients, doctors meet to solve mystery of women's lung disease - 12:21

Mothers plan breastfeeding protest in Calgary pool - 10:28