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Thu, 2013-02-14 12:00
In her new column "Being proactive about your breast health", Dr. Verna Hunt talks about how the environment - including what we eat and how we live - plays a strong role in breast health, and what we can do to help keep our breasts healthy.
Check out Dr...
Tue, 2013-02-12 12:23
Wednesday March 6th, 2013
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Wellesley Institute, 10 Alcorn Avenue - Suite 300, Toronto, ON
Click here to register before March 4th – space is limited.
To download the flyers go to BCCEWH.
Rethinking Women and Healthy...
Tue, 2013-02-12 12:20
Registration is now open for the National Eating Disorder Information Centre's fourth bi-annual Body-Image and Self-Esteem Conference on May 9th & 10th, 2013.
This conference is a unique opportunity in Canada to learn more about current research,...
Tue, 2013-02-12 12:17
The ground-breaking work of the National Network on Environments and Women's Health (NNEWH) on endocrine-disrupting chemicals has been making the news lately.
Their recent research on how these chemicals affect our health was featured in a recent issue...
Mon, 2013-02-11 17:10
The Winnipeg Free Press reported February 8 that a law firm representing more than 300 Canadian women who have suffered painful complications due to transvaginal mesh implants will file a class-action lawsuit in a Winnipeg court this week.
Manufacturers...
Wed, 2013-02-06 16:00
FGM is affecting about 140 million girls and women, and more than 3 million girls are at risk every year. A special focus for the World Health Organization this year is the troubling trend of health-care providers increasingly being the ones performing...
Tue, 2013-02-05 18:19
Independent filmmaker Christene Browne, based in Toronto, is currently working on a film that deals with the little known system of bondage in Ghana, called Trokosi.
Trokosi is a religious practise whereby young virgins girls are made...
Tue, 2013-02-05 18:17
World Economic Forum - Geneva Switzerland Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University Laura D. Tyson, University of California, Berkeley Saadia Zahidi, World Economic Forum ".......The Global Gender Gap Index is a framework for capturing the...
Tue, 2013-02-05 18:16
Deadline: February 15, 2013
Wellesley College invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Reproductive Health with an emphasis on Reproductive Rights or Reproductive Justice, to begin Fall 2013. Candidates should have received...
Thu, 2013-01-31 20:55
On January 30, 2013 the National Agency for the Safety of Drugs and Health Products (ANSM) in France stopped sales of the drug Diane-35 due to safety concerns, including the deaths of four women from blood clots. Diane-35 manufactured by Bayer is a...
Thu, 2013-01-31 12:40
Nip and tuck surgeries have become commonplace, but what about cosmetic genital surgeries? A quick search reveals six clinics in Toronto alone that offer to reduce women’s labia, tighten their vaginas or remove their clitoral hood. ...
Thu, 2013-01-31 12:31
Should you take that medical test that your doctor — or that ad — is telling you to take?
Medical screening tests are increasingly promoted as something that will save or add years to our lives, or at least tell us that we are sick and need treatment....
Thu, 2013-01-31 12:29
The HIV and AIDS in Canada: Surveillance Report to December 31st, 2011 presents an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Canada, based on case reports of HIV and AIDS submitted by all provinces and territories (P/T). This report is published on an annual...
Mon, 2013-01-28 18:31
Free webinar hosted by the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence
Date: Thursday 31st January, 2013 Time: 10-11 am PST / 11-noon MST / Noon-1 pm CST / 1-2 pm EST.
Join Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence and researcher, Yvonne Hanson, to...
Mon, 2013-01-28 17:23
Read our most recent guest columnist on CWHN to take on a hot issue in women's health. In To the Point, Cornelia J. Baines writes about Unpacking the great mammography debate.
Cornelia Baines was co-principle investigator and deputy...
Mon, 2013-01-28 16:39
Rainbow Health Ontario is seeking three Community Outreach Workers (part-time positions -10 hours per month) for the following areas:
Waterloo Wellington Region (LHIN 3), which includes the communities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and the...
Mon, 2013-01-28 13:38
Making Connections: When Domestic Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use Problems Co-Occur is a new curriculum designed to help front-line workers, who are disconnected within the broader health and social service system, to communicate with each...
Fri, 2013-01-25 13:53
Application Deadline: Feb 13, 2013
ACHIEVE is a two-year Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research Training Program housed at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health in the Keenan Research Centre of St Michael's Hospital in Toronto. The...
Fri, 2013-01-25 13:47
The Global Turnaway Study - the first study of its kind - recently released its first results.
The major aim of the study is to describe the mental health, physical health, and socioeconomic outcomes of receiving an abortion compared to carrying an...
Wed, 2013-01-23 18:46
Hormone disruptors unmasked: How chemical exposures are harming human health
This free public event features guest speaker Dr. Annie Sasco, Director of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention, INSERM, France.
It will take place
Thursday January 31st...
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