| Quebec woman sues hospital over cancer test A Quebec woman is suing a hospital for $760,000 for failing to tell her she tested positive for cervical cancer a year and a half ago. cbc.ca |
Listeria concerns prompt expanded meat recall The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expanding a recall of ready-to-eat meat products from Smith's Quality Meats. cbc.ca |
Cut sodium intake in half, Canadians advised Canadians should consume half the sodium they're now taking in from foods and drinks as part of a multi-pronged approach to cutting salt intake, according to new federal guidelines. cbc.ca |
600 B.C. patients' data in stolen laptop Personal information about more than 600 patients of the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia is contained in a laptop stolen from Burnaby General Hospital. cbc.ca |
Tropical disease victims suffer silently: WHO About one billion of the world's poorest people suffer debilitating chronic infectious diseases such as dengue and leprosy, so companies need to be encouraged to create medicines to treat those afflictions, the World Health Organization says. cbc.ca |