2015年6月10日 星期三

2015-06-11 Canada English Health


Toronto Star
   
Government vows to change health privacy law to stop snoopers   
Toronto Star
Sweeping changes to provincial health privacy laws will soon cut down the red tape preventing authorities from prosecuting snoopers and force hospitals to declare all breaches of patient records to the privacy watchdog. Open policard for CouncillorRob Ford.
Ontario Health Minister to table bill strengthening patient privacy   The Globe and Mail
Fines to double for medical privacy breaches: Hoskins   Toronto Sun
Ontario to double fines for medical privacy breaches; make prosecution easier   CTV News
London Free Press   
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CBC.ca
   
Nursing-home comparison tool guides searches on the web   
CBC.ca
Canadians can now use a web-based tool to check how a nursing home compares with regional, provincial and national averages on measures of safety and quality of care. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has made public the ...

Ontario nursing home residents among most depressed in Canada   Toronto Star
Nursing home choice could be made easier by searchable online database   Edmonton Journal
Health of seniors deteriorating in city's long-term care homes   Hamilton Spectator

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TheChronicleHerald.ca
   
COCHRANE: Pan Am Games vs. kids sports — do spending priorities make ...   
TheChronicleHerald.ca
There were a couple of interesting Canadian-based stories making the rounds this week that make me wonder about our spending priorities in the field of sport and fitness. A topic popular in national media was the recommendation that our kids need more ...

Are 'helicopter parents' to blame for Canada's sedentary kids?   CBC.ca
ParticipACTION report gives failing grade for outdoor play   Southwest Booster
Get Off Your Butt and Take Your Kids Outside   Huffington Post Canada
The Globe and Mail   
CTV News   
Toronto Star   
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The Globe and Mail
   
Doctors' dilemma: When to retire?   
The Globe and Mail
That question is the focus of a report by an American Medical Association council that says doctors themselves should help decide when one of their own needs to stop working. Unlike U.S. pilots, military personnel and a few other professions where mistakes ...

Mandatory Retirement Age for Physicians?   Monthly Prescribing Reference (registration)
Aging doctors prompt call for competency tests   Sumter Item
AMA: Aging MDs prompt call for competency tests   TriValley Central

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The Globe and Mail
   
Teaching women self-defence still the best way to reduce sexual assaults: study   
The Globe and Mail
A landmark Canadian study instructed participants on how to confront the risk of sexual assault on campus, reports Erin Anderssen. While it's a partial solution – and an imperfect one – research shows resistance tactics work. Comments. AA. Lindsey Boyes on ...

Sexual assault prevention program cuts risk of rape nearly 50%, study says   Los Angeles Times
Training sessions can help women detect sex assault risk, study shows   Toronto Star
Study sees success in training women to prevent rape   AsiaOne
New York Times   
CityNews   
Live Science   
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Foothills Sun Gazette
   
Working together to raise awareness of elder abuse   
The Trinity Journal
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held annually on June 15. Throughout the world, abuse and neglect of older people is largely under-recognized or treated as an unspoken problem. Unfortunately, no community or country in the world is immune from this ...

Elder Abuse Awareness & Prevention Conference Is June 17th   Pine Tree
Trust your instincts when it comes to elder abuse   Gladstone Observer
Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15   Fond du Lac Reporter
Huffington Post   
The Sylva Herald   
KIOW   
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The Province
   
Doctors, paramedics issue joint warning after children fall from windows or ...   
The Province
There's an old saying: “This heat is killing me.” And concerned paramedics and medical experts say people who open windows and balcony doors to beat the heat are literally risking the lives of children. Since last Thursday, paramedics have taken six injured ...

Child-proof windows and balconies, warns BC Children's Hospital   CBC.ca
Six B.C. children injured in six days after falling from windows or balconies   MetroNews Canada
6 children have fallen from windows or balconies in B.C. in only 6 days   Globalnews.ca

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News Talk 770 Calgary
   
E-cigarettes outside city jurisdiction: Stevenson   
News Talk 770 Calgary
At least one city councillor thinks his colleagues are meddling in areas the city doesn't belong when it comes to e-cigarettes. Jim Stevenson voted against a committee recommendation to add e-cigarettes to the city's smoking bylaw. Stevenson says council is ...

Calgary committee supports public ban of e-cigarettes   Globalnews.ca
Councillors want one of Canada's toughest crackdowns on e-cigarette use   Calgary Herald
E-cigarette ban in Calgary recommended by city committee   CBC.ca
Calgary Sun   
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Winnipeg Free Press
   
Heather Mills went vegan to save her leg   
Winnipeg Free Press
The 47-year-old activist had to have her left leg amputated below the knee in 1993 after she was hit by a police motorcycle and after more operations on her limb, which further shortened it, she decided to ditch her conventional diet and go meat and dairy free.
Heather Mills wants to make veganism trendy   SheKnows.com

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Calgary Herald
   
Read Article HPV vaccine support grows, but so do misperceptions Read Article   
Calgary Herald
A doctor holds the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardiasil in his hand at his Chicago office in this Aug. 28, 2006 file photo. A new study suggests there is more support for HPV vaccination than one might expect, given the controversies that dogged the ...

Just 1 shot of HPV vaccine may prevent cervical cancer   CBS News
One dose of vaccine can cut cervical cancer risk   The Times (subscription)
Study: Teens May Only Need 1 Dose Of HPV Vaccine   CBS Local

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