Next campaign kicked off for KLH Foundation
The Nelson Daily staff The Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation will begin its Light Up the Hospital Campaign next week. After focusing on something big all year — the CT scanner fundraising campaign ($1.5 million) — the Foundation wanted to refocus on the small things and support the new Emergency Ward at the same time, said ...
An urgent call to action: Bill C-36 and you
Lawyer Shawn Buckley will speak tonight about why thousands of vitamins and herbs are disappearing from health food stores and how bills like Bill C-36 are placing basic civil liberties and freedoms at risk.Buckley’s tour lands in Nelson tonight at the Capitol Theatre, 7 p.m. Free admission. Find out what people can do to...
Cause of cancer points to modern factors
By Marek Doyle, Organic Consumers AssociationDiet, pollution and modern living conditions have been implicated as the factors responsible for cancer, concluded researchers, after analyzing the remains of almost 1,000 individuals from ancient Egypt and Greece. The investigation, conducted by a team from Manchester University,...
Common cold virus may be linked to childhood obesity
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that a common cold virus may be linked to childhood obesity.In the study of 124 children aged eight to eighteen, kids who had antibodies to adenovirus 36 (AD36) weighed on average 50 pounds more than children who didn't have the antibodies. When children have...
