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Your
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Program
18, February 5, 2002
Rosacea
Remember
the angst you felt breaking out in a faceful of pimples
as a teenager? Or being embarrassed and turning beet
red in a roomful of people? That's the feeling people
with rosacea put up with every day. Rosacea is a very
common skin disease, which affects mostly the face.
If left untreated, it can be disfiguring. Dermatologists
can help, but it's the cosmetologist who can sometimes work
miracles.
Treating
Schizophrenia
Researchers
think they can stop psychotic episodes by giving people
drugs earlier -- even before a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
But critics warn that using drugs too early can be dangerous.
We talk about the prophylactic use of these drugs.
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Medicine
101
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Earlier
this season we learned about the x-ray. For more
than a hundred years it's been an important tool
in medicine. But it's a poor cousin to the high
tech CAT scan. Here's
Dr. Paul Caldwell.
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Schedule
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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 Saturdays at 2:00
pm.
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Next Week's Your Health
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February
5
Next
Week
Gastric Banding
There's obese....and then there's morbidly obese: people
who are at least twice their healthy body weight. And this
extra fat does put their health at risk -- they're more
apt to have diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure,
just to name a few. We look at a new surgery that will help
these people lose weight, but still adds up to an extreme
measure.
Morning After Pill
No method of birth control is perfect: condoms break. Pills
are forgotten. The College of Obstetricians and Gynocologists
wants women to have easy access to something known as "the
morning-after pill". The College says it should be
available without a prescription. We talk to Dr. Sheila
Dunn, medical director of Toronto's Bay Centre for Birth
Control.
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Maureen
Taylor
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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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