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Technical Marvels May Revolutionize Health Care

They're everywhere. Turn on the TV, pick up a newspaper or magazine, and the stories leap out: stem cells to heal the body's failing nervous system; transplanted wombs; the smaller-than-small world of nanotechnology; and yes, as in the previous story, the feverish quest for an artificial heart.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 25, 2002
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Thalidomide in Canada

The drug thalidomide was developed in Germany in the 1950s and was first available in Canada in 1959. It was originally prescribed as a sedative but was also given to pregnant women for nausea relief. By the end of 1962, however, thalidomide had been withdrawn from markets worldwide, following reports of babies born with severe birth defects. The tragic consequences led to changes in drug licensing and regulation in Canada and other countries, including the US and UK. More than 10,000 children around the world were born with deformities caused by thalidomide; many died within months of birth. In Canada, more than 100 children were born with congenital malformations caused by thalidomide. In the 21st century, thalidomide was approved by Health Canada for the treatment of leprosy, multiple myeloma, and some autoimmune diseases.
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The Discovery of Insulin

For many years scientists believed that some kind of internal secretion of the pancreas was the key to preventing diabetes and controlling normal metabolism. No one could find it, until in the summer of 1921 a team at the University of Toronto began trying a new experimental approach suggested by Dr. Frederick Banting. By the spring of 1922, the Toronto researchers — Banting, Charles Best, J.B. Collip and their supervisor, J.J.R. Macleod, were able to announce the discovery of insulin. In 1923, Banting and Macleod received the Nobel Prize for one of the most important, and most controversial, breakthroughs in modern medical history (see Nobel Prizes and Canada).
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The Discovery of Insulin

Diabetes is a debilitating illness caused by the body's inability to metabolize food. Other researchers knew that the disease was related to the pancreas, but had no idea how. The prognosis for those who developed the disease early was dismal.
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The Road to Inclusion: Transgender Health Care in Canada

The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.
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The Spread of SARS

IT WAS NOT what health-care officials had hoped for, to say the least. Only a week earlier, one of Health Canada's leading authorities on infectious diseases had speculated that SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome - might actually be "easy to control.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 7, 2003
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Tommy Douglas and Eugenics

Tommy Douglas — the father of socialized medicine in Canada and one of the country’s most beloved figures — once supported eugenic policies. In 1933, he received a Master of Arts in sociology from McMaster University for his thesis, “The Problems of the Subnormal Family.” In the thesis, Douglas recommended several eugenic policies, including the sterilization of “mental defectives and those incurably diseased.” His ideas were not unique, as two Canadian provinces (and 32 American states) passed sexual-sterilization legislation in the 1920s and 1930s. However, by the time Douglas became premier of Saskatchewan in 1944, he had abandoned his support for eugenic policies. When Douglas received two reports that recommended legalizing sexual sterilization in the province, he rejected the idea.
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Toronto a SARS Hotspot

This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 14, 2003. Partner content is not updated.
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Toronto Feature: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
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Toronto Feature: Discovery of Insulin

This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
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Treating Schizophrenia

Inspired by the realization that schizophrenia is a biochemical brain disorder - and not, as doctors once believed, the result of family influences during childhood - a growing number of scientists are studying the disease.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 30, 1995
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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) has been known and dreaded since Hippocratic times (460-377 BCE). It was once known as "consumption" and claimed the lives of such famous people as the Brontë sisters, Robert Louis Stevenson and Vivian Leigh.
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Typhus

Typhus, see EPIDEMIC.
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Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada

Vaccination is the introduction of a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a disease. Vaccine hesitancy is the refusal or delayed acceptance of vaccination due to fears or anxiety about vaccines. It includes a range of concerns such as uncertainty about the contents of vaccines, their safety and the belief that vaccines are responsible for causing other medical conditions (e.g., autism). Other factors include opposition to state control and infringement on individual liberty, suspicions about the pharmaceutical industry and a declining faith in science and medicine. In Canada, as in other wealthy countries, vaccine hesitancy has increased in recent years, including resistance to vaccination among some Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the full-length entry about Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada. For a plain-language summary, please see Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada (Plain-Language Summary).
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Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine, the science dealing with health and disease in vertebrates, has application to 4 broad domains: domestic animals, wildlife, comparative medicine and public health.
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