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Fri, 2012-06-08 10:18
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 ~ 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Society for Manitobans with Disabilities – Room 202
SMD is across the street from the Health Sciences main entrance (Winnipeg)
Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba is hosting the third meeting of Women...
Fri, 2012-06-08 10:15
The latest recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on hormone therapy, published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, says that women who are past menopause and healthy should not take hormones to prevent dementia,...
Fri, 2012-06-08 10:10
The Institute for Gender and Health conference registration is now live!
Montréal, Canada
October 29-31, 2012
Register online
The conference will explore advances in our understandings of how sex and gender influence the health of women, men, and people...
Fri, 2012-06-08 09:10
Invites you to its next meeting: Thursday June 14th , 6pm@ DIRA (potluck style) 2035 boulevard Saint-Laurent, Métro St Laurent
Their invitation says :
“We want to create a safe, non-judgmental space to share experiences of madness to better...
Fri, 2012-06-08 05:10
Media Release – For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Civil society groups and medical professionals applaud recognition of Dr. Nancy Olivieri. The courageous researcher has been honoured and vindicated by an honorary degree from Dalhousie...
Tue, 2012-06-05 15:18
Dr. Jerilynn Prior, UBC Professor of Medicine and Scientific Director of Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR) is conducting a study to test effectiveness of oral micronized progesterone for hot flushes and night sweats in...
Tue, 2012-06-05 15:08
A recent study that compares birth control methods concludes that long-lasting methods such as IUDs (intrauterine devices) and hormonal implants are more effective at preventing pregnancy, although their effectiveness must be weighed against other...
Sat, 2012-06-02 10:42
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Presented by the Status of Women Office, Ministry of Social Services and Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
Agenda: Women's Health, Gender-Based Analysis and Policy
Morning: What’s New? • A review of what's new in...
Tue, 2012-05-29 09:21
New research suggests that young women are much less likely than young men to be told by their doctors about how their cancer treatments can lead to their infertility.
Read the story by Amy Norton in Reuters Health, Women get less...
Tue, 2012-05-29 09:20
A recent commentary from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives examines how women may be impacted by the latest Federal budget cuts:
“The only mention of either men or women in the 400-odd page 2012 Budget Implementation Bill is with regards to the...
Tue, 2012-05-29 09:18
In this new book, Dr. Ryan Meili draws on his experiences as a family physician in inner-city Saskatoon, Mozambique, and rural Saskatchewan, to argue that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores more fundamental...
Tue, 2012-05-29 09:02
ECHO (Improving Women’s Health in Ontario) wrote in their newsletter in May:
“On April 25, the Federal Government announced substantial cuts to the federal budget, including the devastating elimination of the $2.9 million Women’s Health Contribution...
Wed, 2012-05-23 09:52
The British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health in collaboration with Women's Cardiovascular Health at the University of British Columbia is pleased to announce the following opportunity.
They are looking for a qualified and capable part...
Tue, 2012-05-22 09:28
Girls and boys have many differences when it comes to their mental health, as revealed in The Health of Canada’s young people: A mental health focus, a 194-page report just released by the Public Health Agency of Canada
This report presents the...
Tue, 2012-05-22 09:07
A recent post on Our Bodies Our Blog discusses the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s perspective piece on the long-term use of bisphosphonates for reducing bone fracture risk that was just published in the the New England Journal of...
Tue, 2012-05-22 08:53
This new resource guide contains 103 annotated resources on gender and health data and statistics
Health data that take gender into account are critical for generating evidence on best practices and for advancing and informing health policies, which will...
Tue, 2012-05-22 08:42
A new study has shown that women over 70 who weight train are more likely to fend off dementia.
The research published on April 23 in Archives of Internal Medicine showed that "the resistance training program improved associative memory, which...
Fri, 2012-05-18 13:44
This is the last call for the Canadian Women’s Health Network’s (CWHN) offer of FREE publications (including the mailing cost). We’re pleased to offer non-commercial women’s health information and resources that you can trust.
Here is the list of...
Thu, 2012-05-17 08:07
The new book Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, by Florence Williams, has been attracting lots of attention lately.
Williams focuses on the importance of understanding breasts as more than sex objects, showing how they act as "a...
Thu, 2012-05-17 07:59
The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR) in Vancouver has published the results of their randomized controlled trial of oral micronized progesterone (Prometrium, 300 mg at bedtime) for hot flushes and night sweats...
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