Health Reports
The latest from the 680News health desk with Marlane Oliver.
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- The makes of Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications are trying to talk U.S. regulators out of placing new regulations on their popular painkillers.
- If you bought that little Leaf fan in your house an NHL-themed pacifier, it could be dangerous. Health Canada has recalled thousands of pacifiers.
- The Centres for Disease Controls released a disturbing study concerning the number of elderly North Americans injured by falling.
- Getting older may be full of surprises.
- What is an extra day of life worth?
- Researchers at MIT have confirmed sleep is essential for long-term storage of memories.
- A ward at St. Michael's Hospital has been closed due to an swine flu outbreak.
- A new report suggests some components of the Mediterranean diet could be more vital to good health than others.
- Another study finds there is a new approach to treating heart attacks.
- In health news, if you want to reduce your risk of pancreatic cancer, stay slim.
- Another study finds that weight loss surgery can lower the rate of cancer.
- A new study finds tomato plants grow two inches taller when exposed to a woman's voice compared to a man's.
- A six-year-old girl from Peel Region was the first child in the province to die after contracting swine flu to die after contracting H1N1 virus.
- Deaths from cardiovascular disease in the country have dropped by a third.
- A watchdog group intends to sue Bayer Health Care.
- A new Dutch study finds job stress during early pregnancy increases the risk of low infant birth weight.
- The world's oldest man did not live to see another summer.
- A California doctor is raising questions about the link between exposure to the sun and skin cancer.
- Physicians should no longer automatically opt to perform a C-section in the case of a breached birth.
- Health Canada says the company that distributes the sciriosis drug Raptiva is pulling the product from the market.
- A new study shows if you feel you have a purpose in life, you are going to live longer.
- When the going gets tough, the tough start to eat fatty foods.
- If you were told there was a 99.9 per cent chance your baby was going to be a girl, and you had a boy, would you sue?
- A new study suggests operations to fight obesity can increase your risk later of fractures.
- A special advisor to the federal government cope with the medical isotope crisis.
- Find out which places are billed as some of the dirtiest in the world.
- The Swiss drug maker Dovartis has produced the first batch of a swine flu vaccine.
- Scientists already know drinking red wine in moderation is good for your health.
- New statistics show fewer Canadians are dying of heart attacks after being admitted to the hospital.
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