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Screen time worse than sedentary time for children, study suggests

Screen time worse than sedentary time for children, study suggests

TORONTO - When it comes to the risk of heart disease in children, too many hours spent in front of TV, computer and video game screens is worse than other sedentary time like reading a book, a new Canadian study suggests.
TC 10K: Housing, addiction or mental health issues won't slow down these Victoria runners

TC 10K: Housing, addiction or mental health issues won't slow down these Victoria runners

There is no good reason why somebody struggling with housing, mental health or addiction issues can’t be physically active. But any one of these issues make it a challenge for people to stay committed to healthy lifestyle choices.

Your Good Health: Timing may influence success of medication

Dear Dr. Roach: I take Bystolic for blood pressure, and was instructed to take it in the morning. The side effects leave me feeling washed out, drowsy and listless all day.
Are Canadian kids undervaccinated? Or is it that we just don't know?

Are Canadian kids undervaccinated? Or is it that we just don't know?

TORONTO - On the face of it, it looks pretty embarrassing.
A medical triumph: 1 week later, all Boston bomb patients are likely to survive; 14 lost limbs

A medical triumph: 1 week later, all Boston bomb patients are likely to survive; 14 lost limbs

BOSTON - In a rebuttal to the terrorists and a tribute to stellar medical care, all of the more than 180 people injured in the Boston Marathon blasts one week ago who made it to a hospital alive now seem likely to survive.
Don't take the cinnamon challenge: Doctors warn teens after surge in calls to poison centres

Don't take the cinnamon challenge: Doctors warn teens after surge in calls to poison centres

CHICAGO - Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centres.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s national lab to work on H7N9 flu virus; sample likely arrives next week

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s national lab to work on H7N9 flu virus; sample likely arrives next week

TORONTO - If all goes according to plan, a vial containing the worrisome new H7N9 virus should arrive at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, where scientists are eager to begin work on the new pathogen. Scientific Director Dr.

Health sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ issues temporary direction to close drug oversight gap

TORONTO - Health sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says companies involved in the compounding and admixing of medications can continue to do so, but under new oversight conditions.

Nudge, nudge: Life lessons learned from rock ’n’ roll

The Rolling Stones, the baddest rock and roll band on the planet, rehearsed this week in Los Angeles for their upcoming North America tour. These concerts commemorate the band’s half century of existence.

CP Exclusive: Feds propose interim solution to close cancer drugs oversight gap

TORONTO - Health sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has come up with a temporary solution to eliminate a jurisdictional grey area that may have contributed to over 1,200 patients receiving diluted chemotherapy drugs, The Canadian Press has learned.