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The Metcalf Foundation launched a report, Why is it so tough to get ahead? How our tangled social programs pathologize the transition to self-reliance. The report and a PowerPoint presentation are available at the bottom of the news release.
We cannot Read More...
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A few things for today — I have a large backlog of interesting stuff, but I’ll start with recent items and will work backwards in time in posts over the next week or so. As most of our office is, has been or will shortly be ill with a particularly Read More...
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Fighting poverty will be a cornerstone of today’s throne speech and Premier Dalton McGuinty has conscripted his most powerful ministers to ensure the poor are championed at Queen’s Park. (The Star) Read More...
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Getting kids to stop drinking carbonated beverages doesn’t seem to have any long-term effect on obesity after all (MedPage Today)
Spacing Wire ran a good summary of the Walk21 conference session on public health and urban design as they affect and Read More...
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Epidemiologists are learning real-life lessons from a virtual pandemic in the online game World of Warcraft — Globe and Mail, BBC. But Statistics Canada says that Canadians have been getting more active (français), both in leisure time and for transportation Read More...
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Vaccinations of teens become big news, and controversy ensues!
Ontario to provide teenage girls with HPV vaccine (Globe and Mail)
Premier Dalton McGuinty announced August 2nd that 85,000 Grade 8 girls will be targeted beginning this fall. The voluntary Read More...
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In its 11th annual report card released last week, the Conference Board of Canada evaluates the country’s performance in six key areas -including health- and compares it to 16 other industrialized countries. It concludes that Canada is a land of Read More...
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Just a few things for today — I’m sure nobody wants to be inside reading endless news on such a nice sunny day –
SpacingWire discusses social inclusion in the context of Toronto politics:
Social inclusion isn’t about rearranging chairs Read More...
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ScienceDaily reports on a study in The Lancet describing a simple scoring system doctors can use to predict stroke risk after a transient ischemic attack (TIA or “mini-stroke”) in New Tool Improves Prediction Of Stroke Risk
Two from the Toronto Read More...
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A couple of international items:
Brunei government officials and others are attending a workshop on a National Health Promotion Capacity Mapping Tool.
From Australia, a new report reveals art and health case studies (the actual report is here as a PDF): Read More...
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