Senior women in Ontario are receiving inadequate care, according to a five-year study. The study, called Health System Use by Frail Ontario Seniors, was carried out by St. Michael’s Hospital, Women’s College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Studies. It revealed a three-headed problem: Women live longer than men, creating larger numbers of ...
Canada may pride itself in being the first country in the world to declare multiculturalism as an official policy but there are darker sides to the story. Half a century ago, bell hooks argued that the female experience is different depending on skin colour. Today, it seems that a woman’s health appear to be related to complexion as well. A study ...
“If this backward law passes, I’m moving to Canada!” “This backward law” could refer to abortion, gay rights, health and education cuts, or countless others; you name it, if it’s going down the gurgler in your own country, chances are you can slap a big Canadian band-aid on it and all will be well. But ...
It’s a game of give and take. Private organizations in the UK could soon be stripped of their right to provide pre-abortion counseling, but abortion clinics may be required by law to offer “independent” counseling services. Instead of giving women as much support as humanely possible, the Department of Health plans to make independent counseling ...
The government of Sierra Leone has waived hospital fees for women and children. Until now, many women in this country had to deliver babies at home because they could not afford hospital fees. Many mothers and newborns died as a result. Now thousands of women and children have crowded into these free clinics where medically ...
Susi Henson, 33, just wants to have a baby of her own. This could be near impossible, though, due to polycystic ovarian syndrome that has formed cycts on her ovaries, not allowing her to conceive naturally without IVF treatment. So, she and her husband, 40, applied for the miracle treatment and waited six months for ...
Is abortion a medical procedure? Many doctors believe it is, and that it should be treated like any other service provided to patients. They want it to be available in hospitals and family doctors’ office, and not banished to stand-alone clinics. The New York Times Magazine cover story this week is about the future of ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
