Canadians in Medical News

Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US: UBC research

A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks, according to a study by UBC researchers. Barbara Mintzes, Steve Morgan and James M. Wrigh...

Government of Canada supports research to improve the health of future generations of Canadians

This release is available in French . Hamilton, Ontario (May 21, 2009) The Government of Canada today announced a new study that will increase the understanding of common health problems affecting seniors. David Sweet, Member of Parliament for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, made t...

CIHR announces $4.4 million to improve mental health of Canadians

This release is available in French . Winnipeg (July 18, 2008) Funding of $4.4 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) was announced today by Steven Fletcher, MP for Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia and Parliamentary Secretary for Health, on behalf of Tony Clement, ...

Income Deciding Factor For Canadians Seeking Medical Attention

Canadians belonging to the higher wages bracket are more likely to seek medical attention. This was reported by Statistics// Canada. This study had made use of the information published in the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey which points to the fact that the higher income group consults s...

Rural Canadians travel far for specialists: study

Canadians living in rural areas have to undertake long treks to receive medical treatment from specialized physicians, a new study says//. Nine per cent of all physicians in Canada worked in rural areas in 2004, home to about 20 per cent of the population, according to a report issued by the Ca...

Botulism Toxin in Carrot Juice Paralyses Two Canadians

Toronto- Health Officials have alerted the public about toxic carrot juice supplied by Bolthouse Farms, which has caused paralysis in 2 Canadians// due to the contamination caused by the botulism toxin. Despite the recall of the product by Bolthouse Farms, nearly 10 Toronto Businesses continu...

Increase In obesity among Canadians

Researchers Peter Katzmarzyk and Caitlin Mason from Queens University, Canada has reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal the data analyzed from seven national surveys which reported the obesity// and overweight in Canadian public. The data was collected from reports which were publish...

Winnipeg Veterinary Company Pharm-Vet Produces Essential Oil-Infused Mosquito Spray That's a Welcome and Safe Alternative to Controversial Deet-Based Repellants

...PRNewswire/ -- Every summer, the bloodsuckers send canadians swatting and running for cover. And for good...e mosquito bite: West Nile Virus. While many canadians warily use conventional bug repellents--ones with ...g spray for the skin and hair. More importantly to canadians this summer, the refreshing lemon-mint scented spr...

Government of Canada supports research to help address medical isotope shortage

...HR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC). "Our government is taking several measures to address the medical needs of canadians during this medical isotope shortage," said Minister Aglukkaq. "One course of action we are actively pursuing is funding research that would provide a...

Daily alcohol intake can lead to binge drinking

...ntral and the University of Western Ontario analyzed the drinking habits of canadians and found that frequent alcohol consumption can lead to binge drinking amon... or vermouth. Regardless of drinking preferences, the study found that many canadians consume alcoholic beverages on a daily basis to experience its mood-alterin...

Dementia drugs may put some patients at risk, Queen's study shows

... Kingston, ON Side effects associated with several commonly-prescribed dementia drugs may be putting elderly canadians at risk, says Queen's University Geriatrics professor Sudeep Gill. Cholinesterase inhibitors (Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl) are often prescribed for...

Canadian men reluctant to consult mental health services

... Between 20 and 70 percent of canadians affected by mental illness shun medical treatment. Such avoidance of services provided by doctors and psychologists is particularly acute among men, a...

22-year study finds adults aren't active enough

... The research team studied a healthy subgroup of canadians and found almost 56 percent were consistently inac...ood news. The researchers found that 25 percent of canadians increased their levels of physical activity over t... adolescence but also in adulthood, to ensure that canadians remain physically active across the lifespan," say...

Controlling our brain's perception of emotional events

...ance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, over 280,000 canadians suffer from Schizophrenia, and approximately 51 million people worldwide. About eight per cent of the population will have PTSD symptoms at some po...

HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Investigates the Possibility of a Better Health Care System North of the Border

...hile doctor and hospital care is free to all, many canadians find themselves on a waiting list for non-emergenc...es such as Great Britain, France and Germany. But canadians are not permitted to have insurance for care that ...ter treatment in the U.S. but the vast majority of canadians remain committed to public health care. "Dan...

Xoft Receives Health Canada Regulatory Approval for the Axxent(R) Electronic Brachytherapy System

...of a radiation oncologist to help reduce recurrence of cancer and improve survival. Health Canada, the regulatory agency responsible for helping canadians maintain and improve their health, reviews medical devices to assess their safety, effectiveness and quality before being authorized for sale in Canad...

Easter Seals Celebrates World Autism Awareness Day, Hosting Series of Community Forums to Identify Needed Services and Supports for Families

... learn more. About Easter Seals Canada Easter Seals Canada has served canadians with disabilities for more than eighty years. More than 100,000 canadians and their families annually access programs and services provided by Easter...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Teams with Chicago Bears Coach Lovie Smith in Diabetes Awareness Drive

...etes was the seventh leading cause of U.S. deaths in 2006, reports the Centers for Disease Control, and a recent analysis of health records of 379,000 canadians with type 2 diabetes finds people who are also at moderate or high risk of cardiovascular disease have life expectancies 18 years less than non-diabet...

Food & Water Watch and International Coalition Members to Protest World Water Forum in Istanbul

...zation based in Washington, D.C., along with Maude Barlow of the Council of canadians and the Blue Planet Project and representatives of the Latin American netwo...t the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul. Food & Water Watch, Council of canadians and the Blue Planet Project, Red VIDA, and Focus on the Global South are me...

Canada to host diabetes mega-congress

...Association and Diabte Qubec more than 2.4 million canadians are living with diabetes. In addition, more than 6 million canadians have pre-diabetes, placing them at significant ris...icularly alarming is that nearly 80 percent of new canadians arrive from populations at high risk of diabetes (...

Investing in personalized medicine will benefit Canada

... Canada has the opportunity to be an international leader in personalized medicine and needs to invest in this area for the health of canadians and to reap the benefits of job creation, writes Dr. Thomas Hudson in a commentary http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.1090199 released online toda...

Three Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet 'Success Stories' Bring Famous Cookies to Montreal Suburb of West Island

...ters. The relationship ended in August 2006, at which time Dr. Siegal stopped supplying his products to his former franchisee. "More than 1,000 canadians have ordered Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet products from CookieDiet.com," said Matthew Siegal, president & CEO of Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC...

Breathing life into injured lungs: World-first technique will expand lung donor organ pool

...le waiting for a lung transplant has doubled in the past 10 years, with 252 canadians waiting to receive a lung transplant in 2006, compared to 119 in 1997. Two hundred and ninety-nine (299) canadians died while waiting for a lung transplant between 1997 and 2006. ...

National rates of co-occurring substance use and mental disorders call for better service integration

... canadians are becoming aware of the prevalence of mental health issues and of substance use problems, but how well equipped are we to help the many people who c...

New target discovered to treat epileptic seizures following brain trauma or stroke

...ars." According to the BC Epilepsy Society it is estimated that one out of 12 people will have a seizure in their lifetime, and close to one in 100 canadians have epilepsy. An epileptic seizure is an abnormal burst of electrical activity within the brain. ...

Major North American breakthrough for dialysis patients

...n these solutions, in comparison with HD. Some statistics on the treatment of end-stage renal disease: At the end of 2003, there were 29,551 canadians undergoing renal substitution treatment and that number is expected to double over the next ten years; Among that number, 61 % were in dialysis. Of ...

VivoMetrics' LifeShirt(R) Selected by Concordia University to Provide Patient Data for Healthy Heart Research Project

...eShirt provides a novel means of gaining critical insights into steps we can take in childhood to fight a disease that accounts for the deaths of more canadians and Americans than any other disease," said lead researcher Jennifer McGrath, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor and director of the Pediatric Public ...

New survey: More than half of US chronically ill adults skip needed care due to costs

...tients often experienced long waits to see primary care physicians, difficulty getting care after hours, and often turned to emergency rooms for care. canadians also reported such primary care access concerns. Only one-quarter (26%) of U.S. and Canadian patients reported same-day access to doctors when th...

Growth Rate of U.S. Giving for Health Care Falls More Than 50 Percent in 2007 But Rises Almost Threefold in Canada, According to Association for Healthcare Philanthropy's Annual 'Report on Giving'

...citizens -- namely, their hospitals." AHP Canada Regional Director Linda Saunders, CFRE, added, "With the increases in 2007 giving, we see that more canadians are donating at elevated levels which makes a decided difference in people's lives every day. The report bears this out in the fact that 60 percent of...

Study reveals factors of exceptional health in old age

...and State University, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Oregon Health & Science University, and Statistics Canada surveyed 2,432 older canadians about their quality of life. The few who maintained excellent health over an entire decade were considered "thrivers." Most previous studies have bee...

Common epilepsy drug could prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease

... The Alzheimer Society of Canada estimates that AD affects close to 300,000 canadians and accounts for two-thirds of all cases of dementia. By 2031, about 750,000 canadians will suffer from AD and related dementias. ...

Getting help for depression and anxiety has significant long-term benefits

... According to the Mood Disorder Society of Canada, about 1.3 million canadians suffer from depression. University of Alberta researcher Ian Colman says most people are not getting the type of treatment they need. Colman, a...

More Government in Health Care is Not a Prescription For Reform

... United States. -- Sixty-six percent of Americans have their blood pressure under control, compared to 43 Hidden List percent of canadians and 23 percent of Europeans. -- It takes an average of 363 days Hidden List -- nearly a Hidden List year -- for Cana...

Minister Clement, Governor Schwarzenegger Join Forces to Fight Cancer Through Cancer Stem Cell Research

...nomics and proteomics research. Its mandate is to develop and implement a national strategy in genomics and proteomics research for the benefit of all canadians in key selected areas such as agriculture, environment, fisheries, forestry, animal and human health, and new technology. For this purpose, it has rec...

Lack of health surveillance system puts Canada at risk

...ulations. The Auditor General of Canada has warned 3 times, most recently in May, 2008, that Canada's failure to develop surveillance systems puts canadians at risk. Globally, a lack of capacity in developing countries, the risk of unilateral actions by developed countries to protect their own populatio...

From the (very) small to the 'big picture'

...ersal health care system." Awarded the Tier Two Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research, Thind will help policy makers improve access for canadians by looking at what happens before and after patients gain access to the health care system, focusing on wait times that exist between seeing a family ...

Mental Health & Addiction Among Working Parents & Children Affects the Bottom Line: Research Shows Staggering Economic Impact

...issues and the challenge of navigating the health care system. "Employers have a strong economic incentive to invest in the mental health of working canadians and Americans," said Dr. Ronald Kessler, Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, a leading authority on mental health in the workpl...

Health researchers in McGill network receive $35.5 million in CIHR funding

...he hands of our researchers, leads to knowledge-creation, improved quality of life, and even cures for many of the diseases and conditions that affect canadians and people the world over," said Denis Thrien, McGills Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations). "McGill, in partnership with CIHR, will...

CIHR news: health research touching lives

...ented researchers leading the projects announced today will advance knowledge in many important areas, and provide a stimulating environment for young canadians training for careers in health research. ...

Obesity, inactivity as common among cancer survivors as rest of Canadians, study shows

...cent of cancer survivors, and about 25 per cent of canadians in general, are physically active; a...port being obese, compared to about 15 per cent of canadians in general; an additional 34 per ce...being overweight, compared to about 37 per cent of canadians in general; 53 per cent of all the ...