[INTRODUCTORY NOTE.] It happened, some years ago, that a discussion arose
in a Medical Society of which I was a member, involving the subject of a
certain supposed cause of disease, about which something was known, a
good deal suspected, and not a little feared. The discussion was
suggested by a case, reported at the preceding meeting, of a physician
who made an examination of the body of a patient who had died with
puerperal fever, and who himself died in less than a week, apparently in
consequence of a wound received at the examination, having attended
several women in confinement in the mean time, all of whom, as it was
alleged, were attacked with puerperal fever.

(Vancouver Friday, March 7, 2008) New research from the Child & Family Research Institute shows the typical North American diet of eating lots of meat and not much fish is deficient in omega-3 fatty acids and this may pose a risk to infant neurological development.

The government Friday submitted a proposal to the Diet to appoint former Vice Finance Minister Toshiro Muto as the next Bank of Japan governor, a move expected to face opposition in the Upper House.

The Harley Medical Group teams up with Angie Best to launch the cosmetic surgery diet and exercise plan to help ensure patients are physically prepared for surgery and heal faster. (PRWeb Mar 8, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb749764.htm

The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating, a book by two Vancouver authors that has kick-started a national debate about locally grown food, has been nominated for two B.C. book awards.

Harlan Bakeries has been selected to manufacture the new non-medical cookie line recently introduced by Smart for Life Weight Management Centers. The company will produce three flavors of the new Smart for Life Diet Cookies.