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Weight gain guide for Cdn pregnant women revised based on US recommendations

The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 11:56 AM

OTTAWA - Health Canada is replacing its weight gain guidelines for pregnant women to conform with the latest recommendations from the U.S. Institute of Medicine.

  • Jessica Forde recieves her H1N1 shot at the Delany Medical Center on November 11, in the Bronx borough of New York City. US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control. Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP
    US sees fall in swine flu rate AFP - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control.

  • An employee works on a sample analysis on May 2009 in a high-security lab at the CHU Pellegrin in Bordeaux, south western France. The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. Photo:Nicolas Tucat/AFP
    Mutation found in swine flu virus: WHO AFP - Fri Nov 20, 3:00 PM

    GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.

  • President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October 2009, said he would vote with his party on Saturday but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights. Photo:Chip Somodevilla/AFP
    Obama's Senate allies eye key health care victory AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:55 PM

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority, remaking the US health care system.

  • This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday. Photo:/AFP
    Child abuse may shorten cell lifeline: study AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:35 PM

    PARIS (AFP) - Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.

  • China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu deaths after Zhong Nanshan, pictured in 2005, a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak, claimed the true number of fatalities was being covered up. Photo:Goh Chai Hin/AFP
    China demands more accurate swine flu reporting AFP - Fri Nov 20, 11:59 AM

    BEIJING (AFP) - China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu fatalities after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak said deaths were being deliberately underplayed.


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