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Monday, January 30, 2006  Meet & Greet with Don Cherry: A Finale to the 2005 Year of the Veteran
Veterans at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre welcome one of the “greatest Canadians”, Hockey Night in Canada’s Don Cherry, for the finale event to 2005 Year of the Veteran on Tuesday January 31.  | PDF fileDownload story / full media release  (new window)
 
Thursday, January 19, 2006  Pandemic Preparedness - What we need to know and do…for ourselves, our family and our community
It is now flu season in North America. While Toronto prepares to battle another influenza season, a much more severe form of the condition has experts concerned. With all of these warnings, people are left wondering what precautions to take to protect themselves against influenza and a possible pandemic.  | PDF fileDownload story / full media release  (new window)
 
Thursday, January 19, 2006  Women and AIDS: The Forgotten Epidemic
According to Health Canada, heterosexual sex is the main risk factor for HIV infection in women, followed closely by injecting drug use. Women accounted for 25 per cent of HIV-positive diagnoses in Toronto in 2002, the most recent year for which data is available.  | PDF fileDownload story / full media release  (new window)
 
Wednesday, January 18, 2006  Why men never remember and women never forget
Dr. Marianne Legato, internationally recognized expert in gender-specific medicine, says male and female brains are chemically and structurally different, and these differences cause us to approach problems and experience the world in dissimilar ways.  | PDF fileDownload story / full media release  (new window)
 
Wednesday, January 18, 2006  The Sweet Life: Taking Control of Diabetes
Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and limb amputations in Canada. The number of people with diabetes mellitus (DM) is projected to increase substantially over the next 20 years, largely as a result of increases in rates of obesity and inactivity, as well as the aging of the population.  | PDF fileDownload story / full media release  (new window)
 
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