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Maureen
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As
a journalist and broadcaster for 17 years, Maureen Taylor brings
a wealth of experience to her on-air
roles on TVO.
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Your
Health airs Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. on TVO, and is repeated
Wednesdays following the View From Here, between 11 and midnight,
and on Sundays at 2:30 pm.
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Program
24, March 20,
2001
Migraines
There was a time, people who complained about their migraines
often received little sympathy. After all, it was just a headache,
right? Wrong. Migraines are a serious and debilitating condition.
And a costly one: a recent study found 7 million working days
every year are lost to migraines. This week Your Health takes
you through the diagnosis, the treatments, and the pain of migraines.
Immune
System
Everyone
wants a little immunity -- the ability to resist and fight off
infections and toxins. Our immune system begins developing in
the womb, and when it's working well, we're healthy.
That's why vitamin companies and naturopaths want people to take
things they claim can "boost" the immune system, like
echanacea and vitamin C.
We talk to Dr. Josef Penninger is an expert on the immune system,
and a researcher at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.
http://www.torontogeneral.ca/what's_new/releases/jan18_01.htm
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Next Week's Your Health
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Next
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March
27, 2001
Waiting
for Eye Surgery
Most
Canadians accept the reality of waiting lists -- we wait patiently
to get in to see a specialist or to have that operation.
But if you knew that the specialist you were waiting for was spending
alot of his time performing private, cosmetic surgery, you might
not be as understanding. But be careful before you blame
your doctor.
We
took two types of eye surgery, one elective, one necessary; public,
one private, and found a study in contrasts. Go
North Young Doctor
We
could fight all day about whether Canada has an actual shortage
of doctors or not. What almost everyone concedes is that
the problem of distribution is even greater than the problem of
supply. Doctor shortages are most acute in Canada's northern
communities, and in its rural areas in the south.
My
two guests have given the problem plenty of thought. Dr. Pete
Sarsfield is the Medical Officer of Health in Kenora, in northern
Ontario. And Dr. Robert McKendry is the author of
"Physicians for Ontario: Too Many? Too Few?",
a report commissioned by the provincial government.
We
get their thoughts on how to attract more doctors into northern
and rural Canada.
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