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Health

Statins May Reduce Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer

Statins May Reduce Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer

According to new studies presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting...
» read full story April 26th, 2009 - 20:33
Plavix-Aspirin Combo Reduces Stroke, Heart Attack Risk

Plavix-Aspirin Combo Reduces Stroke, Heart Attack Risk

Taking blood thinner Plavix along with aspirin appears to prevent stroke and heart attacks in...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 20:18
Ozone Exposure Is Deadly

Ozone Exposure Is Deadly

 A study that analyzed data on 18 years showed that the risk of respiratory problems has been...
» read full story March 12th, 2009 - 15:06
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough at 13 Schools Recalled as a Precaution

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough at 13 Schools Recalled as a Precaution

California Department of Public Health officials said peanut butter cookie dough sold during...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 13:58
Smoking Bans, Anti-smoking Efforts Are Not Enough To Cut Tobacco Deaths

Smoking Bans, Anti-smoking Efforts Are Not Enough To Cut Tobacco Deaths

 Despite the states’ increased effort to fight smoking, the rate of tobacco-related...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 14:18
Colonoscopy Is Less Effective Than it Was Generally Believed

Colonoscopy Is Less Effective Than it Was Generally Believed

A Canadian study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine had concluded that the common test,...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 01:11
How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

How Much Effective Are Colonoscopies at Preventing Death from Colorectal Cancer?

A new study questions the effectiveness of colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC)...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:25
Racial Gap in Colorectal Cancer Deaths is Widening, New Research Shows

Racial Gap in Colorectal Cancer Deaths is Widening, New Research Shows

Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the United States this decade, but the racial gap in...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:06
New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

New Canadian Campaign Promotes At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

The latest cancer incidence report has found that survival rates among cancer sufferers are...
» read full story November 30th, 2008 - 14:40
At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

At Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

Recently, a new Canadian campaign has started to promote at home screening for colorectal...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 18:03
Western Diet Could Give You a Heart Attack

Western Diet Could Give You a Heart Attack

Tell me what you eat, so I can tell you how healthy you are! Probably you have heard these words...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 14:01
Shorter Breast Cancer Therapy Works As Well As Standard Therapy

Shorter Breast Cancer Therapy Works As Well As Standard Therapy

Women with early-stage breast cancer could benefit from a shorter, more intense radiation therapy,...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 14:30
Shorter Breast Cancer Treatment Shows Effectiveness

Shorter Breast Cancer Treatment Shows Effectiveness

According to Reuters, more intense courses of a shorter radiation treatment are as successful as...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 14:14
Study: Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Study: Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage could benefit from a shorter, more...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 07:39
New HPV Test Designed To Be Used In Rural Areas Proves 90% Accurate

New HPV Test Designed To Be Used In Rural Areas Proves 90% Accurate

A new human papillomavirus (HPV) test, Qiagen’s low-cost test CareHPV, designed to be used in...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:00
Study Shows No Benefit from Arthroscopic Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis

Study Shows No Benefit from Arthroscopic Surgery for Knee Osteoarthritis

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that arthroscopic knee surgery does not...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:30

Knee Surgery Seems To Be Useless, Study Shows

Researchers have just found that knee arthroscopy surgery, a surgical procedure to relieve knee...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 17:29

Alternative Treatments Can Successfully Replace Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

One of the most common surgical procedures to treat osteoarthritis – arthroscopic knee surgery –...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 14:00

Arthroscopy In Patients With Osteoarthritis Is No Longer Necessary?

The September 11 issue of New England Journal of Medicine presented a very interesting and yet not...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 18:43

Physical Therapy,Herbal Extracts,Alternatives for Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Arthroscopic knee surgery, one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 15:25
Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis Patients

Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis Patients

Arthroscopic knee surgery is no better than exercise, physiotherapy and painkillers for people...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 14:15
Scientists Had a Change of Heart in the Defibrillators Matter

Scientists Had a Change of Heart in the Defibrillators Matter

New studies have shown that, although defibrillators complete their task of delivering a shock to...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 15:59
Canadian Listeriosis Outbreak Triggers Lawsuits Against Maple Leaf

Canadian Listeriosis Outbreak Triggers Lawsuits Against Maple Leaf

After more than a dozen people died from infections with Listeria, and dozens of others suffered...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 18:21

Maple Leaf Crisis after Listeria Outbreak Continues, Lawsuits Filed

Maple Leaf Chief Executive Michael McCain has called the nationwide outbreak linked to the...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 14:36
12 Deaths Linked To Food Poisoning In Canada

12 Deaths Linked To Food Poisoning In Canada

Canadian public-health officials reevaluated the death toll linked to contaminated cold cuts and...
» read full story August 26th, 2008 - 17:31
Toronto Plant Targeted in Probe of Deadly Listeriosis

Toronto Plant Targeted in Probe of Deadly Listeriosis

There has been much hype around Salmonella and E. coli food borne infections, but, in fact, they...
» read full story August 25th, 2008 - 19:05

Canadian Officials Confirm 3rd Death Linked To Listeriosis Outbreak

Canadian health officials announced on Friday that three people have died in a nationwide...
» read full story August 23rd, 2008 - 14:00
Good News About The West Nile Virus

Good News About The West Nile Virus

In an effort to bring people some positive news about the West Nile virus, MD Mark Loeb, of...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 15:58
FDA Approves Depakote to Treat Epileptic Seizures, Migraine…

FDA Approves Depakote to Treat Epileptic Seizures, Migraine…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Depakote...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 13:50
MRI Analysis Helps Establish Link Between Alzheimer's Disease and Fitness

MRI Analysis Helps Establish Link Between Alzheimer's Disease and Fitness

During the 2008 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Chicago,...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 23:21
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U.S.

Stolen Canadian plane flown halfway across US

   Washington - A pilot was arrested late Monday after flying a small, stolen plane...
» read full story April 07th, 2009 - 14:06

Five thousand people evacuated after US acid spill

Washington - At least 5,000 residents were evacuated in eastern Pennsylvania after a truck carrying...
» read full story March 22nd, 2009 - 20:18

California abuzz over Obama's coming visit

Los Angeles  - President or rock-star? Californians seemed unable to make up their mind...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 07:53
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Gadgets

RIM Releases New BlackBerry Flip 8220

RIM Releases New BlackBerry Flip 8220

Although this is not commonly known, BlackBerry was initially launched in 1997 as a two-way pager...
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 11:55
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Technology

Facebook Might Be Violating Canada Privacy Rules

Facebook Might Be Violating Canada Privacy Rules

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has filed a complaint stating that Facebook...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 17:03
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Specials

Plavix – Aspirin Combo Lowers Risk of Heart-Related Problems

Plavix – Aspirin Combo Lowers Risk of Heart-Related Problems

Patients suffering from atrial fibrillation who are not able to follow treatment with warfarin to...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 16:31
‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half

‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half

Researchers present at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 14:14

They kill elephant in zoos, says “Science” article; zoo expert sputters in denial

Researchers compounded a study showing that elephants and zoos don’t go well together at all. Their...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 23:43
Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage could benefit from a shorter, more...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 14:20
Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

If people suffering from osteoarthritis were looking at arthroscopic knee surgery as their...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 08:40
Oasis Had to Cancel Tuesday’s Concert

Oasis Had to Cancel Tuesday’s Concert

Oasis canceled a programmed show that was set to take place in Ontario, Canada on Tuesday....
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 07:57
Kate Hudson And Lance Armstrong Break Up During The Weekend

Kate Hudson And Lance Armstrong Break Up During The Weekend

Lance Armstrong and Kate Hudson proved once again that nothing is what it seems. After three...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 13:39

Bear Mauled Woman Is Stable, Game Wardens Continue Search

A woman attacked by a bear in a rural area of Southern California was recovering Wednesday as...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 16:25
Salsa: The New Suspect In Salmonella Outbreak

Salsa: The New Suspect In Salmonella Outbreak

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 10:29
Homosexuality - Something You Are Born With?

Homosexuality - Something You Are Born With?

Believe it or not, homosexuality is not only a matter of choice but also something very well...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 11:37
230-Year-Old British Warship Found in Lake Ontario

230-Year-Old British Warship Found in Lake Ontario

British warship HMS Ontario, which sunk on Oct. 31 1780, was found 500 feet below the surface in...
» read full story June 14th, 2008 - 14:57
NY Attorney Breaks Ground Against Child Porn

NY Attorney Breaks Ground Against Child Porn

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo managed to strike a deal with Verizon Inc., Time Warner...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 20:26
Al Green to Receive Lifetime BET Award

Al Green to Receive Lifetime BET Award

Come June 24, soul legend Al Green will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Black...
» read full story May 16th, 2008 - 15:23
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World

Canadians return minority Conservative government to power

Montreal – Prime Minister Stephen Harper came within a stone's throw of a majority government...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 08:06

Huge sheet of Canadian ice shelf breaks off, scientists say

New York - A 50-square-kilometre chunk of the Canadian Arctic ice shelf has broken off and is...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 01:13
Ice Chunk Drifting Into the Arctic Ocean

Ice Chunk Drifting Into the Arctic Ocean

Due to global warming a huge ice shef from Canada's High Arctic broke away from Ellesmere Island....
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 22:08
Prosecutors: Mayor Kilpatrick Violated Bond Again

Prosecutors: Mayor Kilpatrick Violated Bond Again

District Court Judge Ronald Giles, the same judge who sent mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 15:17
American Airlines Cancels 500 Flights, More Will Follow

American Airlines Cancels 500 Flights, More Will Follow

American Airlines announced it was canceling as much as 500 flights on Tuesday for more maintenance...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 12:30
22 Handcuffed in Canada's Biggest Child Porn Sweep

22 Handcuffed in Canada's Biggest Child Porn Sweep

At least 22 people were put under arrest on Tuesday by the Ontario Provincial Police in what seems...
» read full story February 12th, 2008 - 19:23

Rescuers Locate Missing Plane's Wreckage in Banning Pass

Authorities believe they have located the wreckage of a plane carrying a Fullerton Couple and two...
» read full story February 10th, 2008 - 21:13
Winter Storm Warnings Issued For Many Counties

Winter Storm Warnings Issued For Many Counties

This morning a winter storm warning was issued, with low temperatures over most of New Jersey and...
» read full story February 01st, 2008 - 17:18
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Music

Oscar Peterson, Jazz Legend Dies at 82

Oscar Peterson, Jazz Legend Dies at 82

Oscar Peterson, Internationally renowned Canadian jazz pianist and trumpet player died at age 82,...
» read full story December 24th, 2007 - 21:28
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Sports

Bryant-less Lakers leave Bobcats winless in preseason play

Bryant-less Lakers leave Bobcats winless in preseason play

Los Angeles - Even with Los Angeles Lakers' superstar Kobe Bryant out, the Charlotte Bobcats...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 10:34
Boulerice Gets 25-Game Suspension after Brutal Cross-Check

Boulerice Gets 25-Game Suspension after Brutal Cross-Check

Philadelphia Flyers forward Jesse Boulerice was suspended for 25 games by the National Hockey...
» read full story October 12th, 2007 - 23:30
Sabres & Penguins to Play Outdoor Game on New Year's Day

Sabres & Penguins to Play Outdoor Game on New Year's Day

The Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins will play an outdoor game on New Year's Day, 2008, at...
» read full story September 17th, 2007 - 22:47
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Business

Telecommunications Giant Nortel Files For Bankruptcy

Telecommunications Giant Nortel Files For Bankruptcy

North American telecommunications equipment manufacturer Nortel has filed for bankruptcy protection...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 15:30
RIM’s Quarterly Profit Doesn’t Meet Forecasts

RIM’s Quarterly Profit Doesn’t Meet Forecasts

Research In Motion (RIM) Limited recently announced that their profit for this fiscal quarter had...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 19:32
BCE Leveraged Buyout Suffers Big Blow, Might Not Finalize

BCE Leveraged Buyout Suffers Big Blow, Might Not Finalize

The largest leveraged buyout in history might not happen after all. A preliminary review reached...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 20:01
AMD Presents Its Business Strategy

AMD Presents Its Business Strategy

Advanced Micro Systems presented yesterday its new processors, which are designed to cover every...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 14:38
GM to Close Four Factories

GM to Close Four Factories

The company’s CEO and chairman, Rick Wagoner announced this morning that GM will have to close four...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 20:58
Chrysler & Nissan Plan to Collaborate on Cars

Chrysler & Nissan Plan to Collaborate on Cars

Top officials representing Nissan Motor Co and Chrysler LLC have reportedly met for preliminary...
» read full story December 16th, 2007 - 20:22
Chrysler Announces To Cut 12,000 Jobs

Chrysler Announces To Cut 12,000 Jobs

On Thursday Chrysler announced the cutting of 12,000 jobs; that’s almost 15 percent of the work...
» read full story November 02nd, 2007 - 15:18
June Car Sales Record In Canada

June Car Sales Record In Canada

In advance of the summer travel season some of the important car companies gained a lot, while...
» read full story July 05th, 2007 - 16:00
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Science

Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening

Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening

Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the United States this decade, but the racial gap in...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 23:23
Massive Ice Shelf Breaks Loose In Canadian Arctic Waters

Massive Ice Shelf Breaks Loose In Canadian Arctic Waters

The summer of 2008 brought massive ice shelf reductions in the Canadian Arctic, which accounted...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 15:00
Perseid Meteor Shower to Peak the Night Between August 11 and 12

Perseid Meteor Shower to Peak the Night Between August 11 and 12

Meteor showers are one of the most frequent and most beautiful astronomical events that can be seen...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 21:36
Update: Saturn’s Moon Titan Offers Liquid Lake And Hopes For Life

Update: Saturn’s Moon Titan Offers Liquid Lake And Hopes For Life

Scientists have deciphered the enigma behind one of the the dark, lake-like features observed at...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 13:15
Bacteria – The Main Ingredient in Snowflakes, Scientists Say

Bacteria – The Main Ingredient in Snowflakes, Scientists Say

One might rethink playing with snow or walking in the rain as a new study by scientists from the...
» read full story February 29th, 2008 - 15:44
The Bats Flew First, Discovered Echolocation Later

The Bats Flew First, Discovered Echolocation Later

Onychonycteris finneyi, a well-preserved fossil of the most primitive bat species known to date,...
» read full story February 13th, 2008 - 23:51
The World Community Grid to Support Cancer Research Project

The World Community Grid to Support Cancer Research Project

The World Community Grid represents a web of 795,000 computers than span all over the world....
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 20:41
Ancient Arctic Ponds Threatened by Global Warming

Ancient Arctic Ponds Threatened by Global Warming

Ancient ponds which date back some 6,000 years ago are rapidly drying up due to the effects of the...
» read full story July 03rd, 2007 - 15:48
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People

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong: Charity And Heavy Metal

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong: Charity And Heavy Metal

Following their return from the charity ride in Canada, Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong were...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 16:41
Jeopardy's Alex Trebek "Resting Comfortably"

Jeopardy's Alex Trebek "Resting Comfortably"

Alex Trebek, the longtime host of game show Jeopardy! is recovering well after the mild heart...
» read full story December 12th, 2007 - 15:37
Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek Has Had A Heart Attack

Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek Has Had A Heart Attack

Emmy Award-winning host of the game show Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek, has been hospitalized Tuesday...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 21:44
Miss Japan Crowned Miss Universe 2007

Miss Japan Crowned Miss Universe 2007

Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, became the new Miss Universe late Monday, at a gala held in Mexico City's...
» read full story May 29th, 2007 - 14:16
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