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This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Once a day, Tim Lagman takes a pill that reduces his risk of contracting HIV, …
Read More »Domestic violence strategy should include more prevention programs: experts
Any Ontario strategy to end intimate partner violence must include more programs for men at risk of becoming perpetrators, an area in which the province is currently sorely lacking, experts told a committee Wednesday. There is a “smattering” of services available, said Katreena Scott, academic director of the Centre for …
Read More »Feds, province launch child abuse prevention training for Manitoba educators – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba is set to begin mandating new child abuse prevention training for more than 7,500 people who work closely with young kids. The province announced a three-way partnership with the federal government and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) on Thursday, …
Read More »Prison overdose prevention program expands to Ontario
While Canada battles an opioid epidemic, Correctional Service Canada is looking at how to address the same issue in its prisons. Starting in the fall, it will launch an overdose prevention site at Collins Bay Correctional Facility in Kingston. Originally started in 2019 at the Drumheller Institution in Alberta, the …
Read More »Fergus resident recognized for efforts in suicide prevention
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Wellington County mother is being honoured for her work in suicide prevention. Lynn Brandwood was named by Here4Hope as the 2023 Neil Dunmore Power of One Award. She lost her son, Michael, by suicide. In a news release, Brandwood started the …
Read More »Toronto man finds and recovers stolen car with the help of Apple AirTags – Toronto
Last Wednesday, Jordan Macdonald said his family was startled awake at 5 a.m. That’s normal these days as the family has a newborn. But this time it wasn’t the sound of their baby crying that woke them. It was their car alarm. “As soon as I heard that there was …
Read More »Winnipegger recounts battle with Lyme disease as tick season nears – Winnipeg
Winnipegger Teresa Manitowich is recounting her battle with Lyme disease as tick season nears in Manitoba. In October of 2019, she said she began to feel the symptoms. “I just wasn’t feeling quite right. I was getting frequent headaches, I was very irritable and I had fatigue.” Over the next …
Read More »Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention, Helpline Numbers & All You Want To Know
New Delhi: The Nipah virus, which killed many in Kerala in 2018, has returned to the state and claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy in Kozhikode on Sunday. The boy had symptoms of encephalitis and myocarditis, and he was admitted to hospital on September 1. As many as 20 …
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