PCOS leading cause of menstrual dysfunction, infertility
WOMEN’S HEALTH: Polycystic ovary syndrome causes the ovaries to produce abnormally high levels of male hormones, usually present in only small amounts
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Tag: Heart disease
Eat less meat, save the environment and pay less at the grocery store
GERRY CHIDIAC: Being a flexitarian means decreased risk of heart disease, weight loss, decreased risk of Type 2 diabetes, and reduced risk of cancer
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How reducing sodium intake can help heart failure patients
HEALTH: Surprising findings show a low-salt diet doesn’t prevent death or hospital visits, but does improve symptoms and quality of life
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Better lifestyle choices will help repair our health-care system
ROSLYN KUNIN: Throwing more money into the existing system won’t work ($)
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Manufacturing human organs … with farm animals
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: At any given time, 4,000 to 5,000 people are waiting for organs in Canada. And every year, 200 to 250 people in Canada die while waiting (FREE)
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‘Five-minute rule’ for organ harvesting holds true for cardiac death
HEALTH: Research undertaken in an effort to reassure families, recipients and medical staff about organ donation and transplantation (FREE)
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Broadening health care’s perspective on pain
MICHAEL WOLFSON: We don’t take pain into account when assessing where to invest health sector research and delivery dollars. That needs to change (FREE membership content)
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We’re letting Canadian kids eat themselves sick
ALEX MUNTER: A bill that would protect children is languishing in the Senate. We need it to tackle childhood obesity and chronic diseases (FREE)
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Lack of vaping product marketing regulations endangers kids
HEART AND STROKE: Vaping comes with serious health risks, just like other tobacco products, but the Ontario government doesn’t seem to care
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