Think about your heart before you pick up a shovel - Before flexing your muscles and grabbing a snow shovel, slow down and consider the possible risk to a crucial muscle -your heart. [Regina LeaderPost]

Medical isotopes project in Saskatoon receives $12 million in funding - A $12-million pilot project in Saskatoon will produce medical isotopes at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) by using linear accelerator technology instead of a more expensive and less reliable nuclear reactor. [Regina LeaderPost

More norovirus infections emerge - The number of St. Paul's Hospital patients and staff infected
with norovirus continues to climb, the hospital's CEO, Jean
Morrison, said Friday. [Star Phoenix Headlines]

More than 28,000 people are still waiting for surgery in Saskatchewan - Is the province making progress in reducing surgical wait times?

[Star Phoenix Headlines]

Sask. has highest HIV/AIDS rate in Canada -

Saskatchewan has the highest HIV/AIDS rate in Canada with 20.8 cases per 100,000 population.

Leading cause of death across Canada and Sask. is cancer - The numbers did not cause Graham Addley to do a double take.

[Regina LeaderPost]

IMPORTANT TOBACCO CONTROL LEGISLATION COMES INTO EFFECT TODAY -
The Ministry of Health is reminding Saskatchewan citizens that important tobacco control regulations are coming into effect on October 1.
[SK News]

BRIEF: 55 per cent of Canadians overweight - A new report released by the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, shows that more than half of Canadians are either overweight or obese. [The Sheaf]

Woman waiting months for mastectomy - Calinda Reed had only just celebrated her 40th birthday when
she got the diagnosis in July 2009: She had breast cancer. [Star Phoenix Headlines]

SMA supports private clinic surgeries plan - The body representing Saskatchewan doctors is giving a clean
bill of health to the provincial government's plan to have private
clinics perform some publicly funded surgeries. [Star Phoenix Headlines]