July 29th, 2009 Mount Sinai Hospital’s Dr. Katherine Siminovitch has discovered a new genetic pathway (a gene “road map”) that could provide personalized treatment options for patients with a devastating liver disease. The study also offers great hope in treating other autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Katherine Siminovitch
“This finding provides the very first clues into the causes [...]
July 29th, 2009 Two months ago, against the advice of international health organizations, the Egyptian authorities decided to cull the entire pig population of Cairo under the pretence of tackling swine flu.
The measure caused domestic and international outrage not only because of the cruel methods involved but also because it eliminated a source of livelihood for hundreds of [...]
July 29th, 2009 As Canada’s largest youth shelter, Covenant House Toronto opens doors of opportunity and hope to homeless youth. More than just a place to stay, we provide 24/7 crisis care and have the widest range of services under one roof, including education, counselling, health care and employment assistance. Covenant House has helped thousands of young people [...]
July 29th, 2009 Dr. Samuel K. Ludwin is one of Canada’s leading researchers and world-renowned for his work on remyelination and demyelination [...]
July 29th, 2009 A special thanks to Tanya Hutchens
“Being able to trust in God is an essential part of Christian leadership,” said Reverend Ardith Frey to a crowd of over 100 people at the Commissioning Service for Edwin (Ed) Epp and Dave McComiskey on June 12th at Springvale Baptist Church, Stouffville.
Marion Mills, Chair, cbm Canada Board of Directors, [...]
July 20th, 2009 June 3, 2009 – Thousands of Pakistanis took advantage of the lifting of a government curfew on the weekend to flee from the north-west Swat Valley to safer areas.
Many were afraid to leave earlier because of heavy bombing.
They join the more than 1 million people who are displaced by the fighting between the Government [...]
July 20th, 2009 OPP Commissioner Fantino notified that Site 41 is Illegal, urged to ‘resume a neutral stance’
In a letter sent this morning to Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino, the legal counsel for the Council of Canadians’ states that “there has been no proper approval of [Site 41] by the municipal council for the County of Simcoe. [...]
July 20th, 2009 Live long enough and you can pretty much count on developing arthritis: a touch of osteoarthritis, at the very least.
Arthritis (‘arth’ meaning joint, ‘itis’ meaning inflammation) isn’t a one-note story or even a few variations on a single theme; it actually consists of more than 100 different conditions. These can be anything from relatively mild [...]
July 20th, 2009 Worthington needs to check and update his own facts. In March 2006, eight Ontario SPCA Directors resigned in a very high profile effort to have the organization reviewed by the Provincial Government. After electing a new board in compliance with both the Ontario SPCA Act and the Society’s by-laws, the Ontario SPCA’s 32 affiliated communities, [...]
July 20th, 2009 Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian women.
Breast cancer incidence is the number of new cases diagnosed in a population over a specific time period.
In 2009, an estimated 22,700 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer. On average, that is about 437 women diagnosed every week.
In 2009, an estimated [...]