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Toy recall undermines company's 'green' image

F orget toys that can talk or light up. This holiday season, many Canadian parents are more interested in toys that are toxic-free, eco-friendly or educational. But the validity of those claims is being thrown into question after Health Canada announced ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rick Smith

What the research says about kids and homework

A report this year by the Canadian Council on Learning concluded that homework is effective – but only if it's assigned properly. More isn't necessarily better, and children in elementary school don't benefit from after-school assignments the same way ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Duke University

Canadians want salt, food makers tell MPs

C anadians are to blame for the excessive sodium in everything from frozen dinners to breakfast cereal, according to major food manufacturers under increasing political pressure to cut salt in their products. “We must balance the push of science against ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: House of Commons,  Judy Wasylycia-Leis,  Kevin Willis,  World Health Organization

Folic acid may increase cancer risk, study shows

M ore questions are being raised about the safety of folic acid supplementation after new research has found links between the B vitamin and increased cancer risk. Researchers in Norway found that heart-disease patients treated with a combination of ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: American Medical Association

Canada recalls stroller linked to amputations

F acing public pressure, Health Canada announced the recall Friday of a popular brand of strollers linked to a dozen reports of fingertip amputations in the United States. The department also revealed it has received one report of a Canadian child ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Consumer Product Safety Commission,  BBC

Canadian retailers pull strollers from the shelves

D espite no official warning from the federal government, Canadian retailers have begun pulling a popular stroller brand from store shelves following a major product recall in the United States. Safety experts and consumer advocates say the lack of ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Consumer Product Safety Commission,  BBC,  House of Commons,  U.S. Senate

Flu's clues

S easonality: Why do people get the flu in the fall and winter and not at other times of the year? For decades, medical researchers have viewed the distinct, seasonal pattern of the flu as one of the biggest mysteries presented by the disease. Seemingly ...

From MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT AND CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: World Health Organization

Top H1N1 tips for parents

T ips for parents Flu season is never fun, but the spread of the H1N1 pandemic has sparked substantial worry and concern among parents across Canada who are wondering how to keep their children illness-free – and what to do if they end up sick. Most ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  6 Nov 2009

The infant illness du jour: acid reflux

F rom the moment she was born, Lily Kahn was a screamer. She cried so much in the hospital that staff constantly brought the infant to her mother for comfort. The crying didn't stop once Lily was home. Her parents, Seth and Dana Kahn, noticed that she ...

From CARLY WEEKS, Globe and Mail,  1 Nov 2009

Ottawa got last-minute warning of shortfall in H1N1 vaccine

C anada's vaccine manufacturer did not inform federal health officials until Thursday that the number of H1N1 doses available to Canadians next week would shrink by much more than half – prompting provinces to suspend the rollout of the vaccine to the ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, CARLY WEEKS AND KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  David Butler

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