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Medbroadcast: 09-30-2004

Canadian study to look at long-term effects of abuse on women's health
LONDON, Ont. (CP) - Canadian researchers are recruiting women who have left abusive relationships to study the impact that partner violence has had on their long-term mental and physical health.

FDA seizes prescription drugs shipped by Canadian company from Bahamas
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government said Tuesday that intercepted prescription drugs sent by a Canadian company from the Bahamas had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States. The U.S.

Regulations will ensure elementary schools get rid of junk food: Kennedy
TORONTO (CP) - Education Minister Gerard Kennedy says he will ban junk food from vending machines in the province's elementary schools because not all school boards are doing it voluntarily.

Canada must close gaps in its food safety net: Michael McCain
EDMONTON (CP) - Canada should be divided into regional zones to contain the fallout from animal diseases such as mad cow and avian flu, says the chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Foods.

FDA seizes prescription drugs shipped by Canadian company from Bahamas
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government said Tuesday intercepted prescription drugs sent by a Canadian company from the Bahamas had been subject to Canadian recall and had cheaper generic counterparts in the United States. The U.S.

Northern Mexican state recruits cat army to combat rat hordes
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - Health authorities in the northern state of Chihuahua said Tuesday they are recruiting hundreds of cats to fight hundreds of thousands of rats.

Registry push could ease patients' hunt for drug studies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists are conducting thousands of medical experiments that can offer tantalizing hope to the ill, but tracking them down and getting enrolled can be incredibly difficult.

Sandwich generation, already under financial, personal strain, likely to grow
TORONTO (CP) - Canadians providing care for aging parents while raising children - the so-called sandwich generation - are meeting those challenges through sacrifice to their careers, social lives and overall health, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday.

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