CBC | Health News

• 'Right to spank' law called public health threat
  
  

  The Criminal Code's justification for physical punishment of children such as spanking should be removed, Canadian researchers say.

  
  
  
• $30M donated to McMaster for stem cell therapies
  
  

  A family's $30 million donation to McMaster University aims to speed up development of stem cell therapies.

  
  
  
• Listeriosis victims receive reduced compensation
  
  

  People affected by the 2008 listeriosis crisis are finally getting their compensation - but the amount on cheques that start arriving this week will be less than expected.

  
  
  
• Vascular surgery plan in place, says Health PEI
  
  

  Vascular surgery for Prince Edward Islanders will be done in Halifax with some office visits available on the Island, under a new short-term plan developed by Health PEI following the loss of the province's only vascular surgeon.

  
  
  
• Chief wants answers on ORNGE-related death
  
  

  For nearly six years, the Nishnawbe Aski Nation has been asking for an investigation into the death of a 54-year-old woman on an ORNGE air ambulance.

  
  
  
• Blacks urged to donate blood, stem cells
  
  

  An urgent shortage of blood and stem cells in the black community is costing lives, Canada's blood agency warns.

  
  
  
• Girl has 6 organs replaced at once
  
  

  A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy and active and with a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus.

  
  
  
• Tanning bed ban urged for under-18s
  
  

  Children and teens under the age of 18 should be banned from using commercial indoor tanning beds, the Canadian Paediatric Society says.

  
  
  
• Personalized healthcare
  

  Federal government announces a new healthcare strategy that uses your DNA to tailor treatment to your needs.