SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Four-time Grammy Award-winning actress Olivia Newton-John, known for her for her leading role in “Grease,” tells EmpowHER during her videotaped interview that performing a self breast exam helped her identify her breast cancer in its early stages, and was the key to saving her life. According to the American Cancer Society, there [...]
BURNABY, B.C. – His task is akin to moving a mountain but Simon Fraser University researcher Faisal Beg is undeterred in his determination to discover a method to detect Alzheimer’s Disease early. Beg will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise funds he hopes will help advance research on Alzheimer’s. So far, people have [...]
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Diabetes Association is “extremely disappointed” by the federal district court decision yesterday blocking the federal government from funding research involving embryonic stem cells. President Obama’s Executive Order in March of 2009 assisted advancement of stem cell research by lifting existing restrictions on the use of embryonic stem cells, while maintaining [...]
WASHINGTON – Ella – a morning after pill that actually works for up to five days to prevent pregnancy – has been approved for sale in the United States. Ella™ (ulipristal acetate) tablets are for emergency contraception. “The prescription-only product prevents pregnancy when taken orally within 120 hours (five days) after a contraceptive failure or [...]
BURNABY, B.C. – Two Simon Fraser University students who are the first recipients of the new Changemakers award are using it to draw attention to the high incidence of cervical cancer in the Lower Mainland’s South Asian community. Sean Peters, an SFU anthropology and business graduate who co-founded Global Agents of Change—a Vancouver-based social change [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Melinda Gates today urged global leaders to make women’s and children’s health a top priority, and announced that the Gates Foundation will invest $1.5 billion over the next five years to support maternal and child health, family planning, and nutrition programs in developing countries. “The world must come together to save women’s [...]
By Karen Mullins TORONTO – Eight out of ten Canadians believe that skin damage on the face and hands is due to natural aging – but experts say they are wrong. If you were to ask Canadians about wrinkles a little over half (53%) would say it’s an equal combination of sun and age as [...]
By Carol Forsloff A psychiatric diagnostic manual widely used by shrinks is a “fraud” claims a group calling itself the Citizen Commission on Human rights, in reference to the DSM IV. CCHR issued a statement calling the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSMIV a “fraud perpetrated on society for the sole purpose [...]
BURNABY, B.C. – Like travelers, cells can get lost without a compass. That’s particularly bad news in the case of cancer cells. Christopher Beh, a Simon Fraser University molecular biologist, says 90 per cent of deaths from solid tumours are caused by the metastatic release of cancer cells into the body. “Our research focuses on [...]
By Karen Mullins TORONTO – One out of five Canadian women between the ages of 20 and 34 is underweight. Despite being in healthy weight ranges, 40 percent of nine-year girls have been on a diet. Four-fifths of 18-year-old women have dieted. Being thin is an obsession with girls and women, according to experts. Many [...]
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