Health Canada is advising Canadians that it has identified two additional Male and Female Harmony retail stores that were selling unauthorized health products. These products have been removed from sale. It is important to note that the Male and Female Harmony store located at 4554 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC, is also known as "Love in Love … Read more
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Saskatchewan Health Minister Don McMorris announced funding to help attract, train and retain internationally educated health professionals for the Saskatchewan health workforce. Aglukkaq said that to help the growing number of internationally educated health professionals, Health Canada is funding two projects aimed to meet the need for health care workers in … Read more
As the rate of obesity has increased in Canada, so has the market for weight-loss products. The use of unauthorized health products may pose serious risks to a person's health. Health Canada has identified and taken action on a number of unauthorized health products promoted for weight loss, as a number of them have been … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut), Conservative MP Mike Allen (Tobique-Mactaquac, NB), Minister of Health for New Brunswick Madeleine Dube and senior officials from Horizon Health Network and the Ottawa Heart Institute, announced funding support to Horizon Health Network. Horizon Health Network's Centre of Excellence for Clinical Smoking Cessation will expand a smoking … Read more
Health Canada is advising Canadians that Novartis Consumer Health Inc's U.S. recall is now being extended to Canada. According to Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc, the Canadian recall includes all lots (expiration dates of December 20, 2014 and earlier) for over-the-counter products, Excedrin Extra Strength Caplets and Excedrin Tension Headache Caplets. The full release is … Read more
Health Canada released the January 2012 issue of the Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter. This edition is themed around children aged 0-18 years and the importance of reporting adverse reactions in this age group. It contains an article on a suspected association between second-generation antipsychotics (also known as atypical antipsychotics), and cardiometabolic adverse reactions such as … Read more
Health Canada is encouraging Canadians to learn more about Canada's Food Guide to help Canadians and their families eat healthy and stay active during 2012. Canada's Food Guide provides recommendations on how many servings of each food group Canadians should eat each day, including vegetables and fruit, grain products, milk and alternatives, meat and alternatives. … Read more
Health Canada is updating Canadians with respect to its review of bisphosphonate drugs, used to treat osteoporosis, and the risk of a rare but serious type of thigh bone fracture known as an atypical femur fracture. Atypical femur fractures are very uncommon; they appear to account for less than one per cent of all hip and … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut), Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Lynne Yelich (Blackstrap, SK) attended the grand opening of the Whitecap Dakota First Nations Health Centre in Saskatchewan. Yelich said this new Whitecap Dakota Health Centre will pull a range of community health programs and services into one location. This health … Read more
Health Canada is reminding consumers that high levels of lead and cadmium can be found in a wide variety of children's jewellery products sold in Canada. Children can ingest harmful amounts of these metals when they chew, suck or swallow jewellery items that contain them. Lead and cadmium are very toxic to children even at … Read more
