| Sugar soothes vaccination pain, study finds A spoonful of sugar really does help the medicine go down, according to the results of a new review. cbc.ca |
G8 'wrong forum' for health progress: editorial This week's G8 summit should focus on economic issues instead of health declarations that will likely accomplish little, doctors say in an editorial. cbc.ca |
Heart attack survival rises in octogenarians More octogenarians are surviving heart attacks, and part of the credit may rest with procedures such as bypass surgery and angioplasty, a new Canadian study suggests. cbc.ca |
P.E.I. miscarriage case prompts changes at ER Charlottetown's Queen Elizabeth Hospital has completed an internal review of a case where a pregnant woman, who was bleeding, spent three hours in the emergency waiting room before leaving for another hospital. cbc.ca |
Lucentis to be funded by N.S. Nova Scotia becomes the last province to fund Lucentis, a drug that helps slow age-related macular degeneration. cbc.ca |