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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
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Program
8, originally aired November 21, 2000
Bedside
Manner
The
hardest part about working in healthcare is having to break bad
news....the death of a child. A cancer diagnosis. Most of this news
comes from doctors, but it turns out, they get the least amount
of training. In a series of books and videos, one Toronto doctor
is trying to upgrade everybody's bedside manner, something patients
say is long overdue.
Kids
and Ritalin
There's
still a debate in the psychiatric and medical communities over whether
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is fact or myth. Are these
kids truly suffering some kind of brain disorder that requires psychiatric
drugs? Or are they merely fidgetty, energetic, egocentric children
who need different parenting and teaching styles than other kids?
And even more contoversial than the diagnosis, is the treatment:
Ritalin use in Canada has skyrocketed since the early 90's, and
most of the 56.2 million pills dispensed each year, are given to
kids under 10. A discussion about kids, ADHD and ritalin with Dr.
Wendy Roberts, developmental pediatrician at Toronto's Hospital
for Sick Children, and Dr. Peter Breggin, psychiatrist and author
of Your Drug May Be Your Problem.
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Next Week's Your Health
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November
28
Fibromyalgia
They
were called hysterics and hypochondriacs -- people who couldn't
cope with the stress of life. Finally, ten years ago, the term
fibromyalgia entered the medical lexicon. And since then, the
number of people diagnosed has reached epidemic proportions. That's
making some doctors suspicous. And the pendulum may be swinging
back, dividing the medical community over whether fibromyalgia
is a real disease or all in the head.
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