CRD Pitches 4 Profit
Posted: 16 February 2007
The Canadian Medical / Rehab Directory recently entered Profit Magazine's Pitch 4 Profit contest, which involves recording a short video clip of conte

1 in 150 US children has autism
Posted: 8 February 2007
According the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (click for article), 1 in 150 US children has autism. Previous estimates ranged from 1 i

Update on dichloroacetate
Posted: 2 February 2007
I posted something about dichloroacetate (DCA) a few days ago. There is a good article at New Scientist that gives more detailed information about thi

Flu Pandemic Update
Posted: 2 February 2007
According to New Scientist, only two mutations separate a version of the H5N1 flu virus with the potential to cause a pandemic from the current versio

Alberta scientists map human metabolome chemicals
Posted: 24 January 2007
According to the CBC, a team of scientists in Alberta have completed mapping all of the thousands of chemicals (known as metabolites) that the human b

8 hours of sleep per night?
Posted: 18 January 2007
A little while back, my wife bought me one of the Bathroom Reader series. If you haven't read them, they're interesting little books filled with misce

Another tool for combatting cancer
Posted: 16 January 2007
According to an article today in the Toronto Star, a chemical known as DCA, which is already being used to treat metabolic diseases in children, shows

Medical Advances
Posted: 15 January 2007
A Canadian team of researchers announced today that they have found a gene that implies increased risk for Alzheimers. That may lead to a test that wi

Wanted! Doctors who blog!
Posted: 9 January 2007
If you are a doctor or health specialist, and are interested in creating a blog about a health related topic, please contact us. The goal of CRD is t

One year and counting
Posted: 8 January 2007
The Canadian Medical/Rehab Directory has now been up for about a year. It is incredible how the CRD has taken on a life of its own. Almost every day