http://canadafreepress.com/ Canada Free Press en Canada Free Press Copyright 2009 2009-11-07T09:00:16+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16606 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16606#When:19:54:00Z None of the health-care reform proposals advancing in Congress address a fundamental problem that will soon face this country: a critical shortage of doctors. There were reform ideas put forward in Congress that would have addressed this problem. Medical News 2009-11-06T19:54:00+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16469 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16469#When:17:53:57Z KIRKLAND, QC, Nov. 2 /CNW/ - Results from two significant Canadian studies underscore the growing scientific evidence of PEGETRON’s positive outcomes in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Medical News 2009-11-02T17:53:57+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16309 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16309#When:03:24:39Z The chemical - curcumin - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia. Medical News 2009-10-29T03:24:39+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16287 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16287#When:14:52:43Z TORONTO, /CNW/ - The people of Ontario will have more access than ever to the latest life-saving, minimally invasive cardiovascular treatments thanks to the visionary leadership of one of Canada’s foremost philanthropists, Seymour Schulich. Medical News 2009-10-28T14:52:43+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16192 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/16192#When:13:46:27Z TORONTO, Oct. 26 /CNW/ - The world’s preeminent scientists - some of whom have changed the course of medical history - will converge on Toronto this week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canada Gairdner Awards, Canada’s largest celebration of science, recognizing some of the most significant medical advances of our time. Click here for a schedule of events. Medical News 2009-10-26T13:46:27+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15988 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15988#When:16:57:19Z TORONTO, /CNW/ - With arthritis cases in Canada already at alarming levels and growing at unprecedented rates, the arthritis community is urging Canadians not to accept “no cure” as an answer. Medical News, Orthopedics 2009-10-20T16:57:19+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15942 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15942#When:15:44:29Z Trained Monkeys Should Attend Hockey Games.  Do you know what I’d do if I owned a trained monkey? I’d give him my season tickets to hockey games at the Air Canada Center (ACC) in Toronto. It would save me from incessant, ear-splitting noise. Besides, it would also save me from repeatedly asking, “What did you say?” Eyes, Ears, Nose Throat 2009-10-19T15:44:29+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15582 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15582#When:14:54:22Z What would I worry about if my children were playing hockey and football? In two words, brain injury. Earlier, this year actress Natasha Richardson fell and struck her head while skiing on a beginners’ slope at Mont Tremblant in Quebec. She walked away apparently without injury. But what shocked the world was the headline news 24 hours later. She had died following this accident. Medical Notes 2009-10-08T14:54:22+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15552 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15552#When:22:36:36Z For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour, a type of breast cancer which accounts for about 10 per cent of all breast cancers, and have found all of the mutations, or “spelling” mistakes that caused the cancer to spread. Medical News 2009-10-07T22:36:36+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15243 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15243#When:22:21:54Z (IsraelNN.com) An Israeli researcher is closing in on a vaccine to prevent the development of Alzheimer’s disease, one of the most devastating forms of dementia. Medical News 2009-09-29T22:21:54+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15581 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/15581#When:14:44:57Z This week, how about letting me relax, and you play doctor? I’ll just pass along pertinent facts about a patient. Then you can see how smart you are in making a diagnosis. First, a couple of clues. The final diagnosis was made by common sense, not by fancy hospital tests. And it’s also possible that any of us could arrive home from vacation with this distressful problem. Medical Notes 2009-09-27T14:44:57+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14993 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14993#When:21:21:48Z TORONTO, /CNW/ - September brings the end of summer and, for many of us, means less time in the sun and more opportunity for vitamin D deficiency. Vitamins 2009-09-22T21:21:48+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14964 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14964#When:04:32:56Z What’s the latest eco-friendly product? It’s not a new discovery to run your car or get rid of your garbage. Rather, it’s an eco-friendly skin cream that contains green tea extract. I thought green tea was for drinking. But a report in the American Academy of Dermatology claims that 150 studies prove green tree is beneficial to skin in several ways. Vitamins 2009-09-22T04:32:56+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14686 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14686#When:14:11:37Z (September 2009) - Remember all those care packages your parents sent you to heal a broken heart, feed you at college or make your birthday memorable? Now children/grandchildren can send aging relatives a care package of their own with the Senior Swine Flu Prevention Package. Medical News 2009-09-14T14:11:37+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14963 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14963#When:04:16:59Z How would you like to own a racehorse that won hundreds of thousands of dollars? I’m sure I’d crack open the champagne bottle after each race. But how would you feel when the horse developed arthritis and chip fractures in the knee? Then four veterinarians and two trainers tell you, “This horse could not, and should not, run again”. That’s when I’d start crying in the champagne. But what has a racehorse to do with our aches and pains? In one word, plenty. Physiology 2009-09-13T04:16:59+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14962 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14962#When:04:01:10Z “What’s the best natural way to boost immunity against the swine flu virus (SFV)?” a reader from Winnipeg inquires. It’s a good question, as currently this virus is killing small numbers of people. But some researchers believe that H1N1 will return in a few weeks with a vengeance, killing thousands of North Americans. If this happens, can it be possible that a group of powerful medicinal mushrooms can decrease the risk of succumbing to this virus? Nutrition 2009-09-06T04:01:10+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14293 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14293#When:16:37:57Z “Why In the Name of Heaven do I submit to this procedure every five years?  To be forced into such an undignified position makes me wonder each time if there’s a God.” Gastroenterology 2009-08-31T16:37:57+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14260 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14260#When:13:15:51Z Although warfarin has been, for more than 20 years, the gold standard for reducing stroke in atrial fibrillation, it has many problems. Warfarin therapy needs to be monitored by blood test measurements. Many patients cannot take this drug and there is a significant risk of increased bleeding. Medical News 2009-08-30T13:15:51+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14152 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14152#When:13:22:51Z TORONTO, /CNW/ - Dr. Morris (Mickey) Milner, President and CEO of The Health Technology Exchange (HTX), announced the successful adoption of Sentinelle Medical’s new breast imaging system by Kingston General Hospital (KGH), through the HTX’s Health Technology Assessment and Implementation Program (HTAIP), a program funded by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. Medical News 2009-08-27T13:22:51+00:00 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14098 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/articles-health/14098#When:23:53:22Z To support this worthy initiative for the fourth year in a row, 90 hotels across Canada will collect donations from guests and staff alike to coincide with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. To further support the campaign, hotel owners will donate a portion of their revenue between September 14 and September 20, 2009, and all moneys raised will go to funding childhood cancer research in Canada. Medical News 2009-08-25T23:53:22+00:00