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The global epidemic
Paris :: Canada | about 6 hours ago
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Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, one of the trial's co-chairs, said in a statement. The trial on nearly 5,500 people infected with HIV in 33 countries was stopped early when the advantages of continuing therapy were clear from the preliminary data. There are approximately...
Tags: Health Canada, related deaths, Canada, Paris, Virus, Zidovudine, HIV and AIDS misconceptions, Duesberg hypothesis, HIV/AIDS, AIDS, HIV, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Health Canada says flu vaccine reactions an anomaly
Toronto :: Canada | about 7 hours ago
Credibility Last updated on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 1:50PM EST F ederal authorities have not seen a huge number of adverse side-effects to a single shipment of H1N1 vaccine, since an early November batch that resulted in a higher-than-usual number of Canadians experiencing...
Tags: allergic reaction, severe allergic, Health Canada, Canada, Toronto, Pediatrics, Influenza, Anaphylaxis, Adverse effect, Influenza vaccine, Vaccines, Pulmonology, Allergology, Health Medical Pharma
Pet diabetes drug unpredictable, Health Canada warns
Toronto :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility ET The Canadian Press Veterinarians and pet owners are being warned about possible problems with Caninsulin, a drug used to treat diabetes in dogs and cats. (Associated Press) Veterinarians and pet owners are being warned by Health Canada about possible...
Tags: Health Canada, blood sugar, pet owners, Canada, Toronto, Diabetes mellitus, Veterinarian, Veterinary medicine, Insulin, Diabetes, Diabetes in cats and dogs, Schering-Plough, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest
Instant recall: Are do-it-yourself quick fixes safe?
Toronto :: Canada | 6 days ago
Credibility In this era of mass recalls, more and more companies are taking the quick-fix approach to dealing with faulty, malfunctioning or unsafe products: they're sending a repair kit. In early November, for example, Hong Kong-based Maclaren, a manufacturer of...
Tags: Health Canada, repair kit, Kushies Canada, Consumers Association of Canada, Mel Fruitman, CBC News Maclaren, Andy Brisebois, David Thomas, unsafe products, Canada, Toronto, Product recall, Chinese export recalls, Consumer protection, Economic history of the People's Republic of China, Maclaren
Basilea's Cleared To Market Eczema Drug In Canada
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 6 days ago
Credibility Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd., the Basel drugmaker, said on Wednesday that Health Canada cleared the company to market Toctino, generically alitretinoin, to treat adults with severe chronic hand eczema whose condition hadn't responded to topical corticosteroids.
Tags: Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd., Health Canada, Israel, Tel Aviv, Alitretinoin, Topical steroid, Eczema, Autoimmune diseases, Basilea Pharmaceutica, Health Medical Pharma
Swine flu death toll spikes in Canada
Toronto :: Canada | 8 days ago
Credibility So far, 20 per cent of the population has been vaccinated against the virus in the largest immunisation program in Canadian history, Chief Public Health Officer David Butler-Jones told a press conference...The swine flu has so far contributed to more...
Tags: Health Canada, swine flu, Canada, Toronto, Influenza vaccine, flu pandemic, Swine influenza, Influenza, flu pandemic in Europe, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Vaccines, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma, Epidemics, Disaster Accident, Health in the United States
Recalled stroller safe, if used properly: Health Canada
Ottawa :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility Health Canada on Friday sought to reassure parents about a newly recalled umbrella stroller by emphasizing the risk of fingertip amputation to a young child can only occur if they aren't using the product properly. The federal government's advice to...
Tags: Health Canada, Canada, Ottawa, Babycare, Baby transport, MacLaren
B.C. expands flu vaccine eligibility
Toronto :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility Women ski jumpers from Canada and the U.S. hoping to have their event included in the 2010 Olympics have lost their case before the B.C. Court of Appeal. B.C. will expand its eligibility list for the swine flu vaccine starting Monday to include healthy...
Tags: Health Canada, U.S, B.C. Court of Appeal, swine flu, flu vaccine, Canada, Toronto, Influenza, flu pandemic, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Vaccines, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest, Medical imaging, Breast cancer, Social Issues, Epidemics, MacLaren, Babycare, Animal virology
Spike seen in Canadian H1N1 flu deaths
Ottawa :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility The second wave of infection from the H1N1 flu virus has caused a spike in deaths in Canada this month, public health officials say. Dr. David Butler-Jones , Canada's chief public health officer, told reporters that as of Thursday, the death toll from...
Tags: health, flu vaccination, pregnant women, swine flu, flu virus, h1n1 vaccination, Health Canada, public health, Canada, Ottawa, Influenza, H5N1 clinical trials, Vaccine controversy, Vaccines, Influenza vaccine, Vaccine, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Epidemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Swine influenza, flu pandemic by country, Environment, Pandemics, Health in the United States, flu pandemic, MedImmune, Epidemiology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Influenza A virus, Animal virology
H1N1 vaccine for pregnant women now here
Ottawa :: Canada | 20 days ago
Credibility The version of the swine flu vaccine that does not contain a chemical additive to stretch supply and boost immunity is now available for pregnant women across the country. "If you are an expectant mother, the unadjuvanted vaccine is now available," Chief...
Tags: Dr. David Butler-Jones, swine flu, health officer, chief public, public health, h1n1 virus, Health Canada
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