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Medbroadcast: 10-21-2004

C. difficile deaths are up in Quebec, situation an 'epidemic,' says doctor
MONTREAL (CP) - An infection-control specialist described a C. difficile outbreak in Quebec Wednesday as an 'epidemic' that has killed 109 people in 10 hospitals over a six-month period this year. Dr.

Major British poultry producer finds cancer-causing drug in chicken batch
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - Northern Ireland's largest food-processing company, Moy Park Ltd., pledged Thursday to discover how a potentially cancer-causing drug ended up in up to 23 tonnes of its free-range chickens.

Golfer Linda Maurer, first to wear Medic Alert bracelet, dies at 65
TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) - Linda Collins Maurer, a pro golfer who became the first person to wear a Medic Alert bracelet after her parents created the chains, has died. She was 65. Maurer died Oct.

More tigers die of suspected bird flu at Thai zoo after eating raw chicken
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Seven more tigers have died at a private zoo in Thailand where 23 others succumbed to bird flu, an official said Wednesday.

N.B. hospital workers narrowly accept tentative deal with province
FREDERICTON (CP) - Striking hospital workers returned to work Wednesday after narrowly voting to accept a new four-year contract with the New Brunswick government.

National group to release blueprint to reduce suicides in Canada
EDMONTON (CP) - Carol Carson didn't fathom the depth of her son Stephan's depression until she found his body hanging in the basement of her Saskatoon home.

New version of human genome shows value, failings of sequencing technique
TORONTO (CP) - When you use a shotgun, sometimes you miss. That apparently is true not merely for hunting game, but for hunting genes as well.

Ontario government moves to ban junk foods from elementary schools
TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government is banning pop, potato chips and other calorie-laden junk foods from vending machines in elementary schools in a bid to improve the physical fitness of the province's schoolchildren.

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