Media stories for August 7, 2012

BC parents warned of back to school whooping cough
CBC TV
Vancouver Coastal Health is warning parents of children entering kindergarten to get them vaccinated against whooping cough before school starts this year, due to an ongoing outbreak of the disease.

Should you be gluten-free?
Coast Reporter
Wheat is a staple across most of the world, yet consumption variations do not show links to rates of obesity nor any other disease. And what of the evidence that wheat consumption over the past ten years has dropped in the US, yet the obesity epidemic has increased at the same time?