| Figure skater Rochette joins heart campaign Joannie Rochette, a Quebec figure skater who won a bronze medal at the Vancouver Olympics just days after her mother died of a massive heart attack, is lending her voice to a campaign to raise awareness about heart disease in women. cbc.ca |
Cancer drug scammer to be sentenced Aug. 2 An Edmonton man who pleaded guilty to selling a fake cancer drug on the internet will be sentenced Aug. 2 in a Phoenix, Ariz., courtroom. cbc.ca |
Medical fax rules changed by N.W.T. The Northwest Territories government has announced new guidelines for faxing out confidential medical information, after patient files were mistakenly sent to the CBC four times in the past two months. cbc.ca |
Muslims with diabetes warned about fasting A doctor is warning her Muslim patients with diabetes to be careful fasting during the month of Ramadan. cbc.ca |
Tobacco smoke saves lives: 1801 navy journal Tobacco smoke was used to revive men who nearly drowned after falling overboard, reports from some 19th-century British navy surgeons show. cbc.ca |