2015年2月4日 星期三

2015-02-05 Canada English Health


Toronto Star
   
Students raise concerns over Queen's professor's anti-vaccine teachings   
Toronto Star
A professor at Queen's University is under fire from students who allege she teaches anti-vaccination information as fact in her classes, according to the student government. In HLTH 102, Physical Determinants of Health, Melody Torcolacci teaches ...

Queen's students say instructor teaches that vaccines are harmful   The Globe and Mail
Queen's U. investigating 'anti-vaccination' prof   Toronto Sun
Queen's University prof accused of teaching anti-vaccine "misinformation" in class   CBC.ca
Queen's Journal   
CityNews   
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Chicago Sun-Times
   
Alberta Health sends letters to parents urging vaccinations   
CBC.ca
Recent reports of measles outbreaks in California have prompted Alberta Health Services to remind parents of the importance of ensuring children's vaccinations are up to date. Alberta's medical health officers sent a letter to school superintendents to be ...

How can vaccinated people contract measles?   USA TODAY
Why more US parents are refusing to have their children vaccinated   The Globe and Mail
Possible measles outbreak in Lanaudière   Montreal Gazette
Reuters   
ABC News   
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National Post
   
How much sleep do you need? This much, US experts say as they release new ...   
National Post
U.S. National Sleep Foundation says you need this much. Zero to three months of age: 14 to 17 hours. Four to 11 months of age: 12 to 15 hours. One to two years of age: 11 to 14 hours. Three to five years of age: 10 to 13 hours. Six to 13 years of age: nine to ...

New sleep times recommended by experts   Stuff.co.nz
How much sleep do you need? Check this chart   Houston Chronicle
One third of all couples have this problem in bed   Deseret News
KSDK   
Washington Post   
Toronto Star   
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CTV News
   
Canadian researchers use electricity to stimulate brains of Alzheimer's patients   
CTV News
In what they're calling a world first, a group of Canadian scientists have used a technique involving electrical brain stimulation to treat Alzheimer's disease -- and their findings were completely unexpected. Alzheimer's disease and dementia affect nearly 36 ...

A need for change in the unbalanced approach to Alzheimer's   The Globe and Mail

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The Province
   
Films with smoking content should be rated 18A to protect kids, group says   
The Province
TORONTO - A coalition of tobacco-control advocates is calling on the Ontario Film Review Board to toughen its rating for films that contain smoking-related scenes to keep young people from taking up the addictive habit. The group wants the OFRB to ...

Don't allow smoking in movies for kids, group argues   CTV News
Ban smoking in movies for kids: Demands Canadian NGO   Northern Voices Online
One state seeks to increase the legal smoking age from 18 to 21   AGBeat

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15 per cent of Canadians report smoking tobacco, lowest rate ever: survey   
Brandon Sun
TORONTO - A national survey has found that the smoking rate among Canadians is at an all-time low, at 15 per cent of the population. The 2013 Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey found 11 per cent reported smoking daily, while four per cent say ...


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CBC.ca
   
Mental health services for BC youth get a boost with new intake process   
The Globe and Mail
When Keli Anderson's son began displaying signs of mental illness about 15 years ago, she didn't know where to turn. In a large notebook, the working mother would diligently document which service providers she had called each day, where they directed ...

Province aims to lower barriers to mental-health and addiction services   Straight.com
Wait times cut for youth needing mental health, substance abuse help, says BC ...   CBC.ca
UPDATED: Province rolls out online map of youth mental health services   CKNW News Talk 980

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CBC.ca
   
MPP Kathryn McGarry brings coffee, tea to striking nurses   
CBC.ca
Cambridge Liberal MPP Kathryn McGarry brought Tim Hortons coffee and tea on Wednesday to members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA), who have been picketing outside regional offices of the Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre ...

York Region Community Care Access Centre workers focus strike efforts in ...   YorkRegion.com
Don't blame us for home care strike, Liberal MPP says   Waterloo Record
Ontario nurses strike hits 6th day   CKWS
CTV News   
Bay Today   
www.muskokaregion.com/   
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Orillia Packet & Times
   
Heart and Stroke Ontario CEO addresses local crowd   
Orillia Packet & Times
SUBMITTED PHOTO Tom McAllister, left, CEO of Heart and Stroke Ontario, Al Hoskins, a 20-year volunteer with Heart and Stroke Orillia, and Dave King, president of Heart and Stroke Orillia, are pictured during the local group's recent luncheon.
Heart disease survival rates soar, but so do unhealthy lifestyles   Hamilton Spectator
Most survive heart attack, but challenges remain   CTV News
Heart & Stroke Foundation plans summer mud run   CBC.ca
Yorkton This Week   
The North Bay Nugget   
VOCM   
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Vancouver clinic looks to recruit sexually active gay men for blood donations   
The Globe and Mail
Despite decades of being banned from giving blood, sexually active gay men are now being asked to donate to a Vancouver clinic that is doing research into blood products. On Feb. 4, the Network Centre for Applied Development (netCAD) located at the ...


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