WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women deficient in vitamin D at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to die or see the tumor spread, a Canadian study published in the United States has shown.
Patients low in vitamin D were 94 percent more likely to see their cancer metastasize and 73 percent more likely [...]

OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world.
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) said in a statement it “will discontinue development work of the MAPLE reactors located at its Chalk River Laboratories, effective [...]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women deficient in vitamin D at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to die or see the tumor spread, a Canadian study published in the United States has shown.
Patients low in vitamin D were 94 percent more likely to see their cancer metastasize and 73 percent more likely [...]

LONDON (Reuters) - A multi-billion pound scheme to reform the system of holding patient records in the NHS is running at least four years behind schedule, a report by parliament’s financial watchdog said on Friday.
The National Programme for IT in the NHS was launched in 2002 with the aim of overhauling the system by which [...]

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Some cholera has been confirmed among survivors of Cyclone Nargis, but the number was in line with case levels in previous years in Myanmar, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
“We do have some confirmed cholera,” Maureen Birmingham, acting WHO representative in Thailand, said of the hardest-hit Irrawaddy delta where cholera [...]

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Some cholera has been confirmed among survivors of Cyclone Nargis, but the number was in line with case levels in previous years in Myanmar, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
“We do have some confirmed cholera,” Maureen Birmingham, acting WHO representative in Thailand, said of the hardest-hit Irrawaddy delta where cholera [...]