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Medbroadcast: 10-18-2004
OTTAWA (CP) - Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh says he believes Canada has a surplus of flu vaccine that could be provided to the United States, but probably not enough to meet the U.S. demand.
NEW YORK (AP) - Pfizer Inc. said Monday it plans a major study to see if its pain medication Celebrex can help osteoarthritis patients at risk for cardiovascular disease.
The announcement comes almost three weeks after Merck & Co.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first temporary artificial heart for use in patients at risk of dying as they await a heart transplant, device manufacturer SynCardia Systems said Monday.
CALGARY (CP) - Health officials are going increasingly high-tech in their efforts to track and contain outbreaks of E. coli poisoning.
VANCOUVER (CP) - Canada's health ministers had little to report, avoiding the cameras at the close of their first planning session since striking a massive commitment with Ottawa to improve health care.
TORONTO (CP) - The two brothers charged in the devastating Walkerton, Ont., E. coli outbreak that killed seven people will likely plead guilty to public endangerment as part of a proposed resolution that would leave it up to a judge to decide whether the men should go to jail, The Canadian
TORONTO (CP) - Doctors and other health-care providers will be one step closer to making long-distance house calls or conduct telerobotic surgery in rural Canadian communities and even in space when crewmembers of NEEMO 7 surface this week, says a prominent Canadian astronaut who helped
TORONTO (CP) - Tony Holler thinks there's still an even chance U.S. regulatory authorities will find a way to import his company's surplus influenza vaccine to help fill a gaping void created by the unexpected loss of half the U.S. annual supply of flu shots.
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