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Canadian Obesity Network-Ethnicity Determines Risks from Obesity: Study
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Aug. 22, 2007) – Canadian researchers have verified that ethnic heritage determines where the body stores fat, meaning some ethnicities, particularly those of Chinese or South Asian descent,…
Media Advisory – National Conference to Feature New Science on Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
– New learning tool, developed in Winnipeg to assist young people with FASD to be launched – TORONTO, Aug. 20 – Canadian leaders in the field of FASD (Fetal Alcohol…
MEDIA ADVISORY – The Aboriginal Healing Foundation’s Latest Study Looks at the Potential Health and Social Impacts of Indian Residential School Lump Sum Payments
August 20, 2007 OTTAWA – The Aboriginal Healing Foundation’s latest research study, released today, has been prepared in anticipation of the imminent arrival of the $1.9 billion Common Experience Payments,…
Jordan’s Principle, Governments’ Paralysis
CMAJ • August 14, 2007 Section Editor, Public Health, CMAJ* Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health and Global Development Policy University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. For the Editorial-Writing Team…
Nurses Disappointed Health Care Not a Priority for First Ministers
MONCTON, NB, Aug. 10 – Premiers cannot continue to ignore health care in their discussions and their actions. Nurses are pressing provincial and federal governments to expand the country’s health…
Manitoba West Nile Virus Update #8
August 9, 2007 The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health advises that 16 additional positive human test results for West Nile virus have been reported in Manitoba since…
How soon is now? – Premiers, Feds Must Act Now to Improve Health Care for All Generations of Canadians
MONCTON, NB, Aug. 9 – Though health care is not front and centre on the Council of Federation agenda this week, health care experts gathered together at a conference yesterday…
Health Council of Canada Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
TORONTO, Aug. 9 – Dr. Jeanne Besner, Chair of the Health Council of Canada, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Donald W. M. Juzwishin as Chief Executive Officer,…
McGill-led Health Survey Drops Anchor in Far North
8/3/2007 On August 7th, the McGill University Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE) will embark on the most comprehensive Inuit population health survey ever taken in Canada. Dr.…
West Nile Virus Bulletin #4
Manitoba News Release …………………………………………………… August 4, 2007 The first human death related to a West Nile virus infection of a person in Manitoba in 2007 has been identified. The person,…
