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The facts: Women and pandemics

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“Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex,” says a United Nations policy brief. The Canadian Human Rights Commission has echoed this statement with its own, saying: “These disproportionate impacts could have long-term and far […]
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The price of alcohol use High social welfare and health care costs are associated with alcohol disorders—but what causes them? A new study, based on a Bayesian network model reviewed 16 risk factors and associated costs: age, gender, marital status, unemployment status, and social problems like homelessness, illicit drug use, criminal record, and drunk driving. […]
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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)

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With Michele and Barack Obama sharing executive producing credits, and a standing ovation performance when it opened the Sundance Film Festival, Crip Camp is the story of a summer camp that sparked the disability rights movement in the late ’70’s.  A Netflix documentary, “Crip Camp illustrates how being disabled is a political act despite society’s […]
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The Invisible Stroke

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By Veronica Woods Written from the life and experiences of retired medical doctor, Veronica Woods, The Invisible Stroke is an intimate tell-all memoir of the author’s experience living with a rare brain disease. It’s a journey through the early symptoms, a risky ten-hour surgery and the fierce rehabilitation that caused behaviour changes and lost Woods […]
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The Intern Blues 

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By Robert Marion While supervising a small group of interns at a major New York medical center, Dr. Robert Marion asked three of them to keep a careful diary over the course of a year. Andy, Mark, and Amy vividly describe their real-life lessons in treating very sick children; confronting child abuse and the awful […]
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Mindfulness for Warriors

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By Kim Colegrove First responders have the incredibly difficult job of running toward danger while the rest of us run away. After 30 years in law enforcement, Kim Colegrove’s husband took his own life. This agonizing experience opened Colegrove’s eyes to the desperate need for an effective form of stress-relief and support for first responders. […]
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Growing old with autism

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By Rachel Nuwer For many autistic adults, the golden years are tarnished by poor health, poverty, and, in some cases, homelessness. Their plight reveals huge gaps in care around the world. Kurt remembers very little of what happened during the 4th of July weekend in 2009. Then 49, he had been in his apartment when […]
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What is a donor, (or a charity), to do?

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The charitable sector is an integral part of our economy and lives, but it is often left out of important conversations. According to sector watchdog, Imagine Canada’s latest Annual Report, it is a truly challenging time for charities and not-for-profits. Imagine Canada’s research, even before COVID-19, shows that giving behaviours are changing: Donors aged 50+ […]
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A selection from Rehab’s editors Creating digital twins of hearts to treat cardiac disease Airplane engines have a copy, or digital twin, residing on a land computer to measure and track performance and check for signs of wear and tear. Now, University of Sheffield’s researchers are looking to transform both diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular […]