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Pesticides tied to lower IQ in children

By Janet Raloff, Science News Children exposed in the womb to substantial levels of neurotoxic pesticides have somewhat lower IQs by the time they enter school than do kids with virtually no exposure. A trio of studies screened women for compounds in blood or urine that mark exposure to organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos, diazinon […]

Hospital taxes set to increase for this year to pay for "future" projects

Like baby birds straining in the nest to get more worms than their siblings, another tax requisition besets beleaguered Nelson taxpayers, the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District board announced recently. Property owners in the city will be paying around $24 more — on a house assessed at $300,000 — on their “hospital” tax bill […]

Program to target West Nile Virus in Kootenays

The Province will provide $2 million to the Union of BC Municipalities for West Nile Virus (WNV) monitoring and larvaciding  —insecticide that affects only developing stages of mosquitoes — for targeted areas of the Kootenays, the Okanagan and the Fraser Valley. WNV is transmitted to people and animals, such as horses, through a bite from an […]

Temporary, abbreviated echocardiography and ultrasound service set up in Nelson, Castlegar

Major gaps in the echocardiography departments in Nelson and Castlegar have temporarily and partially been closed as Interior Health Authority announced Tuesday they have arranged contract services for those facilities. Interior Health will provide echocardiography service at Kootenay Lake Hospital on a monthly basis from April through September — around five days per month. “Nelson […]

Are your dinner choices putting the brakes on your weight loss?

 Eating a big dinner might be sabotaging your weight loss efforts in more ways than you think! Here are just somepossible ways: You’re not active enough in the evening to justify making dinner your largest meal (most people aren’t!). Why do we eat food? No, it’s not just because it tastes good. We eat for energy! […]

Recent scandals show ongoing battle for Chinese food security

 A slew of food scandals have occurred in China in recent weeks, highlighting the country's ongoing challenge with maintaining levels of food safety.Most recently, a report on broadcaster CCTV2 revealed that a Shanghai producer of steamed buns (mantou) used contained dye and excessive amounts of artificial sweetener in the ...

Interior Health announces additional investment in residential care

An additional $5.9 million will be available in 2011 to enhance the care provided to residents living in publicly funded residential care sites, the region’s health authority announced Wednesday. The investment will standardize the delivery of residential care across Interior Health and will be directed to staffing, education and quality initiatives. Particular attention will go […]

Online recreation program registration arrives in RDCK

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily No need to wait for the sobering light of dawn and the opening of the recreation centre front desk to register for that fitness program, you can now register online, any time. Online program registration — for the Nelson and District Community Complex and the Castlegar and District Community […]

DENTAL CARE: Putting our money where our mouth is

The re-negotiations of the federal-provincial-territorial health accord are on the horizon, and everyone is looking for a way to save money and improve health.  Sound impossible?  Why don’t we put our money where our mouth is?   It’s a strange truth of Canadian public policy: the care of our lips, tongues, and throats is fully […]

Genetically modified dairy cows produce 'human milk'

A team from the China Agrcultural University is reporting success after transfering human genes into a herd of 300 dairy cows. The cows now produce milk containing proteins associated with human breast milk. Human milk is beneficial to infants due to its high nutrient concentration. Formula milk offers an alternative to breastfeeding, but critics feel it is inferior and […]

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