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03.22.10
Canadian Prime Minister Says He's Open To Including Contraception In G8 Plan For Improving Maternal, Child Health

"Facing a squall of condemnation from aid groups and opposition politicians," following statements by Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon that Canada's G8 maternal and child health initiative would not include family planning, Prime Minister Stephen Harper "disavowed his foreign minister Thursday, promising that the federal government would include contraception programs ...

03.12.10
Short Term High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) As Effective As Moderate Long Term Endurance Exercise, Study

The excuse that there is not enough time to exercise effectively is beginning to wear thin according to evidence from a study by scientists in Canada who found that short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) can deliver in significantly less time the same health benefits as moderate long term "endurance" training...

03.12.10
Short Term High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) As Effective As Moderate Long Term Endurance Exercise, Study

The excuse that there is not enough time to exercise effectively is beginning to wear thin according to evidence from a study by scientists in Canada who found that short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) can deliver in significantly less time the same health benefits as moderate long term "endurance" training...

03.10.10
Vaccinating Kids Against Flu Protects Whole Community, Canadian Study

A new study carried out in Hutterite communities in Canada revealed that giving kids and teenagers flu shots led to lower rates of flu in communities that followed such a strategy compared to similar communities that did not, suggesting that vaccinating children may prevent the virus from spreading and protects members of the community who are not vaccinated, produc...

02.10.10
Alexza Pharmaceuticals announces development and commercialization collaboration with Biovail Laboratories International

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has established a collaboration with Biovail Laboratories International SRL, a subsidiary of Biovail Corporation, to develop and commercialize AZ-004 (Staccato® loxapine) in the U.S. and Canada. AZ-004 is Alexza's lead program, based on the company's proprietary technology, the Staccato system. Alexza submitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for Staccato loxapine in December 2009.

02.05.10
Hockey player teams with Ottawa medical expert to raise awareness about meningococcal meningitis

When hockey fans converge at this Sunday's Ottawa 67's game, Garry Galley, former NHL defenseman and current analyst of Hockey Night in Canada, will team up with Dr. Gary Garber to share defense tips about the four vaccine-preventable strains of meningococcal meningitis with hockey enthusiasts at the Take a Shot for Meningitis Awareness booth. The pair will educate hockey enthusiasts and their families about meningococcal meningitis prevention and protection.

10.13.09
Most Critical And Fatal Cases Of 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Initial Outbreak Were Healthy Adolescents And Young Adults

A cluster of new studies examining intensive care unit (ICU) cases of 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) swine flu in the initial outbreak of the disease in Mexico, Canada, and then later in Australia and New Zealand, has once again pointed to the unusual propensity for the most severely affected patients to be relatively healthy adolescents and young adults.

10.13.09
Timely and individualized publicly funded therapy denied to children with autism

With October being Autism Awareness Month in Canada, Ontarians should be aware of the increasingly large gaps in services for children with autism in this province.

10.06.09
The latest medication to treat schizophrenia "ABILIFY" launched in Canada

A new treatment option for Canadians with schizophrenia, ABILIFY(TM) (aripiprazole), is now available in Canada. For those living with this lifelong disease who may be struggling with a treatment that doesn't work for them or with side effects that are difficult to tolerate, ABILIFY offers efficacy and good safety and tolerability with limited impact on weight, blood sugar and lipids - significant clinical benefits that may help patients stay on treatment longer.

07.03.09
Rising Lifestyle Illnesses And Potential Swine Flu Catastrophe For Indigenous Populations

The first of two reviews in this week's edition of The Lancet discusses the standards of health and lifestyles of Indigenous people. It is the work of Professor Michael Gracey, of the Unity of First People of Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, and Professor Malcolm King, of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

06.26.09
Alcohol Contributes To 1 In 25 Deaths Worldwide

Research led by scientists in Canada suggests that alcohol is a factor in 1 in 25 deaths worldwide, prompting calls that an international framework is needed to reduce the harm that alcohol is causing to global health.

04.09.09
Enzyme Therapy Slows Kidney Function Decline

For men with Fabry disease, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with agalsidase alfa slows deterioration of kidney function, reports a study in the online edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). "The results provide further evidence that ERT with agalsidase alfa may slow the progression of kidney disease, provided that ERT is initiated early in the disease process," comments Michael L. West, MD (Dalhousie University, Canada).

04.01.09
Body Mass Index Does Not Improve When Practicing School-Based Physical Activity

A new study in CMAJ reports that school-based physical activity has positive health effects on children, although it does not improve body mass index (BMI). Increasing rates in childhood obesity has become a public health issue. Obesity in children has more than tripled in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and across Europe since 1970, resulting in an increase in coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and other obesity-related diseases.

03.26.09
Canadians Should Not Be Complacent In The Battle Against TB - One Of The World's Most Deadly Diseases, Cautions The Lung Association

On World TB Day, The Lung Association cautions Canadians not to be complacent about tuberculosis (TB). Although TB rates in Canada are low, this infectious and deadly disease has not yet been completely eradicated. TB is preventable, curable and treatable. However, there were almost 9 million new cases of TB reported globally in 2005. The emergence of new strains of drug-resistant TB have threatened prevention and control efforts.