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    Malaria

    Early settlers in Ontario experienced a disease called "fever and ague," which ravaged the first European settlements such as Newark [Niagara-on-the-Lake] and Cataraqui [Kingston].

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    Male and Female Brains

    It began almost by accident. In an effort to uncover the causes of dyslexia, psychologist Sandra Witelson decided in 1970 to conduct an experiment involving dyslexic and other children at a Hamilton grade school. Because dyslexia affects mostly males, Witelson planned to use boys only.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 22, 1996

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  • Macleans

    Managing Health Care a Challenge

    FROM THE OUTSET it has embodied all the elements of a fine spectator sport: adaptable principles, skilled deception, bullying and emotional blackmail. Little wonder Canadians love their medicare.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 9, 2002

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    Medical Anthropology

    Medical anthropology is the study of interactions between culture and health. Medical anthropologists are interested in how a person's cultural background influences his or her experiences with health, illness and medical systems.

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    Medical Drug Abuse

    Although medicines have been misused for as long as they have been available, a universally accepted definition of the term "drug abuse" does not exist.

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    Medical Education

    There are several phases to a contemporary Canadian medical education.

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    Medical Ethics

    Medical ethics are concerned with moral questions raised by the practice of medicine and, more generally, by health care.

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    Medical Jurisprudence

    Medical jurisprudence, broadly defined, covers the relationship between a patient and a health-care provider such as a doctor, nurse, dentist, physiotherapist, or even an institution such as a HOSPITAL.

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    Medical Records

    When a patient receives medical treatment or other health care, there is normally a legal and ethical obligation on the health-care provider (as well as the health-care facility, such as a hospital) to keep a detailed written record of the patient's treatment.

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    Medical Research

     Medical research ranges from fundamental research to clinical and applied technology.

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  • Macleans

    Medicare Threatened by Funding Cuts

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on December 2, 1996. Partner content is not updated. Like hundreds of other hospitals across the country, The Pas Health Complex - a 60-bed facility attached to a 62-bed nursing home - has had its budget slashed and its staff reduced. It is operating on 20 per cent less money, or $1.4 million, than it did three years ago.

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    Medicare's Condition Critical

    With mounting concern, Dr. Joel Carter studied the situation in the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre emergency ward. In one resuscitation bed, an elderly heart patient lay dying, the family gathered around her.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 13, 1995

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    Medicinal Crops

    About a third of the world's estimated 400 000 species of higher or vascular plants have probably been used for medicinal purposes by indigenous societies, generally in a raw or minimally processed form.

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    Medicine Bundles

    Medicine bundles (also called “sacred bundles”), wrapped collections of spiritually significant items, were the focus of most Indigenous spiritual rituals in the Plains region (see Plains Indigenous Peoples in Canada). A bundle might be a few feathers wrapped in skin or a multitude of objects such as animal skins, roots, or stone pipes inside a rawhide bag.

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    Medicine Wheels

    The term medicine wheel is not an Aboriginal term, but was initially used around the turn of the century by Americans of European ancestry in reference to the Bighorn Medicine Wheel located near Sheridan, Wyoming. Later archaeological research on the Plains Aboriginal people identified other features characterized by a variety of stone circle, cairn and spoke configurations. Because of general similarities to the Bighorn Wheel, the term medicine wheel was extended to describe them as well.

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