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10 things to know about evaluating medical resources on the web  Suggests questions for a consumer to consider when searching for health information on-line. Source: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) From: International resource A policy challenge: innovative solutions  Explores the increase in use of complementary and alternative health care (CAHC) and natural health products (NHPs)over the previous years. Outlines the participation of a number of federal agencies in the regulation of both. Source: Health Canada From: Complementary and alternative health care: the other mainstream? Advisories, warnings and recalls  Provides Canadians access to information about potential health hazards through warnings and advisories on food, drugs, medical devices, natural health products and consumer products. Consult the Health Canada Web site regularly! Source: Health Canada Air bag deactivation  Provides consumers with information about automobile air bags, including how they work, why air bags put some people at risk, how to reduce the risk, and who should consider deactivating their air bags. Source: Transport Canada From: Road safety Alberta Agriculture and Food   Works to enable the growth of a globally competitive, sustainable agriculture and food industry in the province of Alberta, through essential policy, legislation, information, and services. Source: Alberta Agriculture and Food Antiperspirants and breast cancer  Gives the Canadian Cancer Society's perspective on research and rumours that suggest that the use of antiperspirants increases the risk of breast cancer. Source: Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) From: Cancer myths Arts & crafts materials  Presents information that promotes the safe handling and storage of materials used in arts and crafts. Identifies the risk these materials pose for children. Provides links to additional information. Source: Health Canada Behavioural evaluation of child restraint system (CRS) label/warning effectiveness  Provides an abstract and access to the full report of a study that compared the extent of user compliance and proper installation of child restraint systems (CRS) to the types of information attached to the CRS. Examined the effectiveness of four different CRS label conditions on users' installation and compliance. Source: Transport Canada From: Road Safety: Child Safety Blind and curtain cords  Describes the dangers of cords from blinds and curtains to babies and young children. Suggests modifications that can be done to reduce the cords' hazards. Source: Health Canada Bras and breast cancer  Provides the Canadian Cancer Society's perspective on rumours that suggest that wearing a bra increases the risk of breast cancer. Source: Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) From: Cancer myths
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