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French patients demand standing at cancer test inquiry 05.07.2008 00:00 Cancer patients from the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland, say they were the last to know about breast cancer testing mistakes in the labs of Eastern Health.

Red, red wine: Health pros and cons 04.07.2008 20:01 Canada's love affair with fermented grape juice really began taking off in the late 1990s, when wine accounted for 21 per cent of sales of all alcoholic beverages across the country. Since then, market share for beer and spirits has been declining while wine's popularity has been increasing. It now accounts for 28 per cent of the alcoholic beverage market. The wine tide appears to have turned in the late 1990s when research about red wine's potential health benefits began to surface. The benefits of red wine appear to be linked to the presence of resveratrol, melatonin and flavinoids.

Track fruits and veggies from farm to store, consumer groups urge 04.07.2008 16:00 Consumer groups are calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to introduce a new tracking program while investigators continue looking into a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 887 people in the U.S.

Ohio firm buys stake in GTI Diagnostics 04.07.2008 03:02 A Cleveland private equity firm has purchased a majority stake in GTI Diagnostics, the companies said Thursday. The Riverside Co., which manages $3 billion of assets, closed on the transaction on Tuesday for an undisclosed price, said Scott Gilbertson, a principal at the firm.

Hospital staffing crisis sparks huge rally in Grand Falls-Windsor 04.07.2008 00:04 More than 1,000 people turned out in Grand Falls-Windsor Thursday afternoon to draw attention to a staffing crisis at the town's hospital, but provincial Health Minister Ross Wiseman was not among them.

Homicide autopsies return to Ottawa as new pathologist arrives 03.07.2008 20:01 A new forensic pathologist has started work in Ottawa and that means suspicious death autopsies will be performed in Ottawa for the first time in a year and a half.

Wine compound may reduce effects of aging: new research 03.07.2008 16:01 A compound in red wine may slow some of the ravages of aging, reducing bone loss, the formation of cataracts and balance problems, and improving liver and muscle function, new research suggests.

Health-care rally in Grand Falls-Windsor expected to draw thousands 03.07.2008 12:01 A rally in Grand Falls-Windsor in central Newfoundland on Thursday afternoon in support of overworked doctors is expected to be attended by thousands protesting cutbacks in health-care services in that area of the province.

Hospital in Charlottetown failing to hold back superbug 03.07.2008 12:00 Charlottetown's Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been unable to contain the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, with another patient infected with the bacteria.

Ontario woman gains East Coast accent following stroke 03.07.2008 04:02 A case of foreign accent syndrome recently cropped up in southwestern Ontario, says a new report published by researchers at McMaster University.