Games fever: Spotlight at Commonwealth Games turns to sports, although dengue remains an issue

Spotlight turns to sports at Commonwealth Games

Fisher Price Recall 2010 List of Items

dora-trikeCANADA (GaeaTimes.com) — The leading company Mattel dedicated to manufacturing of toys has recalled around 11 million Fisher-Price products in US and Canada. The recall is declared due to the presence of some inflatable balls in the toys that can pose a choking hazard in infants. The models that are under the recall are toddler tricycles, high chairs, inflatable balls and toy cars.

Johnson & Johnson giving $200M to boost health of women, children in poor countries

J&J giving $200 million for health of women, kids

Scandal on Canadian football team produces first positive HGH test in North America

Canadian football player tests positive for HGH

Former Canadian PM Jean Chretien recovering after successful brain surgery

Former Canadian PM undergoes brain surgery

Rare tropical fungus tied to 60 illnesses, 15 deaths in US Northwest, health officials say

CDC: 15 US deaths tied to rare tropical fungus

New FDA report shows multiple lapses in procedures at Johnson & Johnson plant in Pennsylvania

New FDA report shows multiple lapses at J&J plant

Days before Mother’s Day, African, Canadian grandmothers gather in Swaziland to fight AIDS

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You Say Party! We Say Die! drummer Devon Clifford dies of brain hemorrhage

Canadian drummer dies of brain hemorrhage

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Drummer Devon Clifford of the band You Say Party! We Say Die! has died of a massive brain hemorrhage, his father said. He was 30.

Raptors star Chris Bosh sustains facial injury, Toronto loses 113-101 to Cavaliers

Raptors lose game to Cavs, Bosh to injury

CLEVELAND — Flattened by an inadvertent elbow, Toronto All-Star forward Chris Bosh broke a bone in his face Tuesday night as the Raptors’ playoff hopes took a blow with a 113-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have won 11 straight at home.

Toronto star Chris Bosh taken to hospital after being elbowed in the face against Cavaliers

Raptors’ Bosh injured, taken to hospital

CLEVELAND — Toronto All-Star forward Chris Bosh is undergoing tests at a hospital after being accidentally elbowed in the face during Tuesday night’s game.

Pilypaitis scores 25 to lead Vermont to 1st ever NCAA tournament win, 64-55 over Wisconsin

Pilypaitis leads UVM to 64-55 win over Wisconsin

Visually impaired skier Brian McKeever of Canada wins 2nd gold medal of Paralympics

Visually impaired skier wins more Paralympic gold

After Olympic setback, visually impaired cross-country skier captures Paralympic gold medal

Visually impaired cross-country skier strikes gold

Palin, a critic of socialized health care, acknowledges that her family used Canada system

Palin notes irony of using Canada health care

Swifter, higher … slimmer: Cabinet Secretary Sebelius taps Olympic athletes in obesity fight

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Slovakia’s Bartecko has concussion after shoulder hit, taken to clinic in athletes’ village

Slovakia’s Bartecko injured by shoulder hit

Now, it’s bobsled’s turn: After luge racers had trouble on Olympic track, bobsledders do same

Crash concerns still dogging Olympic track

Health woes: Swiss driver and Australian team hurt, Latvian ailing as bobsled training opens

Bobsledders fighting injuries and illnesses

Suspended Olympic skiers pass new blood tests to resume action; 3rd skier kept out of event

FIS clears blood-test Olympic skiers to compete

WADA head says more than 30 athletes excluded from Vancouver Olympics for doping violations

WADA confirms more than 30 excluded from Olympics

Vonn’s husband would be ‘very, very surprised if she didn’t race in anything’ at Olympics

Vonn’s husband expects her to race at Vancouver

Bruised shin makes US star Lindsey Vonn question whether she will be able to ski at Olympics

Vonn questions whether she will race at Olympics

‘Nothing short of a miracle’: For US Olympic luger Dan Joye, fatherhood adds so much more

Joye’s story already has a happy Olympic ending

Canadian provincial chief seeks heart surgery in US, raising questions about health system

Canadian official seeks heart surgery in US

Canadian provincial premier seeks heart surgery in US

Canadian premier seeks heart surgery in US

Canada to lend Mexico 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine; repayment expected

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Olympic hopeful Lindsey Vonn hurts arm in crash at World Cup giant slalom, no broken bone

Lindsey Vonn falls, bruises bone in left arm

Visually impaired skier Brian McKeever of Canada is a step closer to gaining an Olympic spot

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Hockey coaches, trainers discuss safety, pressure to play during seminar on concussions

Hockey coaches, trainers discuss concussions

GlaxoSmithKline pulls batch of swine flu vaccines in Canada over severe allergy fears

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Teen forced to shoot polar bear after getting trapped on ice floe in Canadian Arctic

Canadian teen rescued on Arctic ice

CORAL HARBOUR, Nunavut — Battling hypothermia, a 17-year-old hunter stranded on a floating chunk of ice shot and killed a polar bear while trapped for more than a day before being rescued Monday in the Canadian Arctic.

Fla. cops: Wife, lover faked abduction to scam hubby _ and the sex and lies are on audiotape

Fla. cops: Wife faked own abduction to scam hubby

Seasonal swarms of Asian lady beetles bug even insect experts; infestations seen in US, Canada

Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts

ST. LOUIS — Pest-control specialist Gene Scholes even gets bugged by them — legions of ladybugs lately swarming his rural Missouri home and other stretches across the country, exploiting gaps in door and window seals for cozier climes inside.

Obituaries in the news

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‘Alternative Nobel’ to activists from Congo, Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Congo forest protector shares alternative Nobel

JOHANNESBURG — Rene Ngongo, honored with the “alternative Nobel” this week, grew up in a Congo where he could marvel at the wealth of animals and trees.

Drug, device maker Johnson & Johnson posts 1 percent rise in 3Q profit despite lower sales

J&J posts 1 percent profit rise despite sales drop

TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported a meager 1 percent increase in third-quarter profit, as intensifying generic competition slashed sales of blockbuster prescription drugs. In addition, the global recession hurt consumer product sales and slowed growth for medical devices, the only J&J segment not declining.

Reports: Critical illness may occur rapidly in sickest swine flu patients in Canada and Mexico

Sickest swine flu cases in Canada, Mexico detailed

CHICAGO — Rapidly worsening breathing problems in the sickest swine flu patients in Mexico and Canada present a scary worst-case scenario and could foreshadow what U.S. doctors face as winter flu season sets in, new reports suggest.

Johnson & Johnson makes 4 deals, awaits new product approvals amid slumping sales

J&J wheels and deals, awaits new product approvals

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest healthcare company and a Dow Jones industrial average component, reports earnings for the third quarter Tuesday morning. Here’s a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

Researchers invent lab-on-a-chip to measure estrogen in women’s breast with just a needle poke

Chip measures breast estrogen with just a poke

WASHINGTON — Estrogen fuels breast cancer yet doctors can’t measure how much of the hormone is in a woman’s breast without cutting into it. A Canadian invention might change that: A lab-on-a-chip that can do the work quickly with just the poke of a small needle.

Workers at Ontario GM-Suzuki plant OK contract, paring benefits but committing to product line

CAW workers at GM-Suzuki plant OK new contract

NEW YORK — Nearly two-thirds of union workers at a Canadian auto plant jointly owned by General Motors and Suzuki have approved a new contract that would freeze wages and pensions, trim benefits, introduce a monthly health care contribution and reduce break times.

California distributor recalls bunched spinach after routine tests detect salmonella

Calif. firm recalls spinach after salmonella found

SALINAS, Calif. — A California distributor is recalling two brands of bunched spinach after routine testing detected salmonella.

Canada considers splitting its nuclear agency to help resolve medical isotope shortage

Canada considers splitting its nuclear agency

TORONTO — Canada may divide its nuclear agency into two units in a bid to resolve the global shortage of medical isotopes, which are used for medical imaging to diagnose cancer and heart disease, Canada’s natural resources minister said Friday.

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