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Thu, 2012-07-05 16:31
News from ECHO today.... Women's health being supported through strategic research grants
In 2007, the Ontario government established Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario demonstrating its commitment to enhance the province’s focus on women’s...
Tue, 2012-07-03 11:21
"I do!" is a youth initiative that is part of the project Alliance of Multicultural Agencies Against Forced Marriages in Canada at Agincourt Community Services Association. It seeks to create awareness about gender violence...
Tue, 2012-07-03 11:05
“ powerful and subversive” – Time Out, New York
“Everyone needs to see Pink Ribbons, Inc.” – The Washington Post
“A searing, passionate and deeply human examination of the warping of a cause.” – SALON.com
This feature-length...
Tue, 2012-07-03 11:00
POWER (Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence-Based Report) has just released its concluding chapter, 'Achieving Health Equity in Ontario: Opportunities for Intervention and Improvement.'
The POWER Study’s proposed Leading Set of...
Tue, 2012-07-03 10:59
This call for a physician was put out by the Women’s Health Clinic in Winnipeg last week:
“The Women’s Health Clinic is a health clinic run by a community elected board. We are celebrating our 30th anniversary this year.
“Our clinic does a...
Tue, 2012-07-03 10:58
Mother Jones magazine reports in June about a study that examined the urine of Old Order Mennonite women for the presence of Bisplenol A and compared it to the general population in the US. The article states, “Researchers hypothesized that because Old...
Tue, 2012-06-26 19:00
Some Winnipeg students are mounting a national “59 Cents Campaign” to fight the federal cuts in funding for refugee health care. They have released this video asking all Canadians to send $.59 to Stephen Harper (what it would cost each person...
Tue, 2012-06-26 16:32
Our Bodies, Our Votes is a new US education campaign by Our Bodies Ourselves that urges everyone to use their political power to thwart attacks on women’s reproductive rights and access to essential health services.
According to Our Bodies, over the past...
Tue, 2012-06-26 14:38
A new study from the Mayo Clinic has promising results for fracture prevention for women. The study links healthy muscles to healthy bones, especially for women in load-bearing areas such as the hip, lumbar spine and tibia.
The findings are published in...
Fri, 2012-06-22 10:56
Judith Timson wrote an article in the Globe and Mail this week on the rise in fertility and the pressure on women to have their babies when young.
Timson quotes CWHN’s Executive Director Anne Rochon Ford in the article, which also looks at the...
Thu, 2012-06-21 11:38
The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research has a new position statement on the language of peri-menopause and menopause.
Among health care providers, consumers, and media, confusing use of terminology exists relating to women’s midlife reproductive ...
Thu, 2012-06-21 11:34
Suicide rates are falling for boys but rising for girls, and suffocation is increasingly the method used, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The study uses data from Statistics Canada spanning the period...
Thu, 2012-06-21 11:32
The Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women gathered in Halifax on May 2 and 3, 2012. The annual meeting was co-chaired by the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Canada's Minister of Public Works and Government...
Tue, 2012-06-19 15:39
The international health and science community lost a bright light this week with the death of Dr. Rosalie Bertell. She was 83 years old.
Dr. Bertell was well known for her work as a scientist, environmental activist and international expert on radiation...
Tue, 2012-06-19 15:20
The first two chapters of Rising to the Challenge, published by the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, are now available to download in Spanish for free as Afrontando el reto: Análisis Basado en Sexo y Género para...
Tue, 2012-06-19 15:16
The latest update to It’s your health on Health Canada is on sodium, a nutrient found in table salt and many other foods. Your body needs some sodium to function, but too much may lead to high blood pressure (a major risk factor for stroke,...
Tue, 2012-06-19 14:26
The DisAbled Women’s Network /Réseau d'action de femmes handicapées (RAFH) Canada with their partner the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) are launching a National Community Development Initiative to address various priority issues of...
Tue, 2012-06-12 14:53
What’s the average age in Brandon MB?
How many women live in Steinbach MB? How many men?
The answers to these questions, as well as other interesting facts, are now available by age group, gender and geography.
To view a profile of your community,...
Tue, 2012-06-12 14:49
Eco-Journal, the newsletter of the Environmental Health Association of Quebec, has posted their latest issue online.
The mission of the Environmental Health Association of Québec (EHAQ) is the protection of the environment and human health...
Tue, 2012-06-12 04:00
The Breast Cancer Fund is asking supporters today (June 12) to join them on Facebook and Twitter to send Campbell Soup Company an urgent demand:
Campbell's, spell it out for us: what's in your can linings?
Here's what the Breast...
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