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- Virus can attack prostate cancer
Researchers in Alberta have successfully tested a new viral approach to treating prostate cancer in a small number of men. - Eastern Health may discipline lab staff
The head of a St. John's-based health authority plagued by a new set of laboratory mistakes says staff may be disciplined for failing to document problems and alert managers - Flu shots for children protect adults: study
Vaccinating children against seasonal flu helps protect others in their community, a new Canadian study suggests. - B.C. to market health tourism
B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he has a plan to market health-care services to rich, offshore patients similar to the way the province sells higher education to foreign students. - Avastin fight now moves to P.E.I.
A cancer patient who successfully helped lobby the New Brunswick government to fund an expensive cancer drug is now shifting his focus to P.E.I. in an effort to have Avastin funded by that province. - N.L. health staff slow on drug errors
A review of drug testing errors in Newfoundland and Labrador finds that Eastern Health Authority staff didn't react quickly enough when problems administering cyclosporine were first identified. - Baby could have survived methadone OD: doctor
A baby girl's body began to shut down hours after swallowing a lethal dose of methadone in her Calgary home, a manslaughter trial has heard. - Tailored diet may slow DNA damage
Mounting evidence on the effect of micronutrients on DNA damage calls for a re-evaluation of recommended dietary intake values, say researchers. - Alberta Children's Hospital errors revealed
Failures to implement recommendations from previous incidents and poor communication led to unrelated errors - including two non-fatal drug overdoses - at the Alberta Children's Hospital, a review has concluded.