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11, December 4, 2001
High
Society
Canada
may be the first country to sanction marijuana as a medicine,
but not many are happy with the government's system.
Even though some patients are allowed to use pot,
they're not supposed to buy it. In many Canadian cities,
patients are getting around that by joining compassion clubs˜.part
pot shop, part counseling service, they bring new meaning
to the term "high society."
Exercise
Myths
Doing
300 sit ups a day will give you washboard abs. No pain,
no gain. This is part of the conventional wisdom about
exercising. But there are many myths associated with
fitness and Rob Bertelink, exercise supervisor at the Toronto
Rehab Cardiac Program is going to help dispel them.
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Next Week's Your Health
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December
11
Cystic
Fibrosis
Not
very long ago, children born with cystic fibrosis weren't
expected to live past the age of 5. It's one
of the most common fatal genetic diseases. It affects
the lungs and makes breathing difficult. But thanks
to advances in treatment, people born with CF today can
expect to live longer, healthier lives.
Who
Owns our Genes?
You
may think you own your fsh22 or your BRCA 1, but there's
a biotech company somewhere that begs to differ.
Those are genes that have been identified and sequenced
painstakingly by genetic researchers. And now, they've
been patented. Which means we might have to pay a
hefty price to find out if we carry these genes. Dr. Phil
Wyatt and Stephen Scherer, discuss the issue of gene patenting.
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