2015年11月7日 星期六

2015-11-08 Canada English Health


National Post
   
Ontario to make referrals for sex-reassignment surgery easier as wait list ...   
National Post
With almost 1,200 people on a wait list just for a referral, Ontario plans to dramatically expand the referral process for sex reassignment surgery for trans persons. Matthew Sherwood for National PostActivist Susan Gapka, seen above in a 2011 file ...
More Ontario docs to give sex reassignment referrals   Toronto Sun
Ontario expands access to sex reassignment   Hamilton Spectator
Ontario to expand medical referrals for sex reassignment surgery   CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

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CBC.ca
   
Disabled boy suffers 2nd-degree burns after coffee spill at St-Jérôme school   
CBC.ca
A family wants more answers from school authorities after their 10-year-old son – who uses a wheelchair and has serious developmental delays – was severely scalded by hot coffee at his school in St-Jérôme, Que. Follow CBC Montreal on Facebook.
Parents of burned disabled boy still seeking answers from school   Montreal Gazette
Disabled boy needs skin grafts after being burned by coffee in classroom   CTV News

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Montreal Gazette
   
St. Mary's Hospital to gradually ramp up surgeries after sterilization breakdown   
Montreal Gazette
A faulty “washer-disinfector” was behind a major problem with the sterilization of surgical instruments at St. Mary's Hospital since last week, prompting the cancellation of hundreds of elective and urgent surgeries. Hospital officials declared on ...
Surgeries returning to a normal pace at St. Mary's Hospital Centre   Canada NewsWire (press release)
Surgeries resuming at St. Mary's after sterilization issue   CJAD

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CBC.ca
   
Bike helmet laws have little effect reducing head injuries, says UBC study   
CBC.ca
The long-held assumption that helmet legislation helps lower the rate of head injuries to cyclists is being challenged by a new report from the University of British Columbia. The study published last week in BMJ Open [British Medical Journal] compared ...
Bike 'helmet laws didn't help at all': prof   24 Hours Vancouver
Bike helmet laws 'do not prevent head injuries'   Telegraph.co.uk

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Toronto Sun
   
TV ads offering toys may drive family visits to fast food restaurants   
Toronto Sun
The more U.S. children watch television commercials for fast food restaurants, the more often their families eat at those restaurants, according to a small study. Children's requests to go to the fast food chains drove how often families ate there, and ...
Screen time linked to weaker bones in teen boys - Women's Health - C-Health   C-Health

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FemaleFirst.co.uk
   
What do ladies think about a man with a mo?   
FemaleFirst.co.uk
With Movember in full swing, Match.com was interested to find out what women really think of a moustache on a man. 73% of ladies find facial hair attractive on a potential date, however only 25% would date someone with a moustache. If men insist on a ...


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Toronto Sun
   
The tax increases will get me first: Rob Ford   
Toronto Sun
Rob Ford says if his nagging cancer doesn't kill him the spending going on at city council surely will. “To be honest it makes me more sick than the chemotherapy,” the former mayor told me Friday while undergoing his second of five days of chemotherapy ...

Rob Ford Has 2 New Tumours On Bladder, Doug Ford Says   Huffington Post Canada

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CBC.ca
   
Hookah use banned in Toronto starting April 1   
CBC.ca
Toronto city council has voted 34-3 to ban the use of hookah inside licensed establishments. The move will take effect April 1 and will apply to any licensed and unlicensed establishments that allow "hookah use." "Smoking is smoking," Coun. Cesar ...

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WSIB Relies on Expert Health Care Professionals to Support Injured Worker Recovery   
NorthumberlandView.ca (press release) (registration) (blog)
TORONTO, Nov. 5, 2015 /CNW/ - The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has announced that it will release a report alleging that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) ignores opinions and recommendations from some health care providers.

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Huffington Post
   
Despite All The Blood, MMA is Actually Safer Than Boxing   
Huffington Post
To viewers, the bloody, head-to-toe violence of mixed martial arts (MMA) can make cage-fighting events look like the most dangerous sport on the planet. But a new study finds that it's actually safer than at least one sport: boxing. Researchers at the ...
Study: MMA is bloodier, but boxing is 'more dangerous'   RedOrbit
Boxing more dangerous than mixed martial arts   Times of India
Study claims that boxing poses greater risks of serious injury than MMA   The42

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