Manitoba Faces "Diabetes Epidemic"by
John ShelmetManitoba has the highest rate of diabetes among the "prairie provinces" of Canada. It is predicted that 25% of all residents will be diabetic, or pre-diabetic, by 2020 and the cost will be 640 billion
Manitoba Harvest November 2009 Newsletterby
Cassandra F.
to have a quick read of Manitoba Harvest's monthly newsletter!
In this issue, find out how hemp foods... Seed Noghurt Cream Sauce. Yum!
Speaking of recipes, Manitoba Harvest has a ton of great ideas...
Manitoba - 4 Candidate EMR Vendors Selectedby
CanadianEmr ..
process in Manitoba.
Three of the four Vendors areTop Rated on CanadianEMR by verified physician users... Approved Vendors will now be required to enter into a Master Standing Agreement with Manitoba and to modify...
Golubchuk and the Manitoba Guidelinesby
Thaddeus Pope
. It is a nice 23-minute well-balanced coverage of the issues in the Golubchuk case and the Manitoba licensing.... He then critiques the Manitoba Guidelines, particularly (i) the totally subjective nature of the inappropriateness...
January Special from Manitoba Harvestby
Cassandra F.
My favorite hemp foods company, Manitoba Harvest, has a great online special for January... with a dollup of all-natural fruit spread. Delicious!!!
Check out Manitoba Harvest here!
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Report from Manitobaby
Neal ..
In early August, at the invitation of the Government of Canada, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) organized a delegation of about a dozen energy executives from the Midwest U.S. to visit Canada to explore energy a
Lucky Vitamin Presents: Manitoba Harvestby
Lucky V.
. We are happy to announce the introduction of Manitoba Harvest products from Canada to our website.
Manitoba....
Established in 1988, Manitoba Harvest owns and operates a 20,000 sq ft. state of the art, kosher certified...
Canada: Manitoba Report Shows Disturbing Trends in HIV Cases Among Aboriginals and Women Manitoba saw a 20 percent increase in new HIV/AIDS cases last year, and most new HIV diagnoses were made only when the patients were at an advanced stage of illness, according to the Manitoba HIV Program's 2009 update. Health officials had warned in 2008 that the province could see an explosion of HIV among aboriginals, and the new...crap
Canada: Winnipeg Center Submits Proposal for HIV Vaccine Manufacturing Facility Manitoba is one of three Canadian cities competing to be the site of an $88 million (US $72... and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Manitoba-based International Center for Infectious Diseases... of Manitoba has done ground-breaking HIV research projects in Africa and India. "We are the HIV research...crap
Why are doctors reluctant to recomment PEP?
In the Counselling guidelines published by the government of Manitoba (Canada), it says that "anti-retroviral drugs taken for one monthwill generally have no long-term side effects". So why are doctors so reluctant to offer PEP? When someone feels he has put himself at risk, even minimally, shouldn't he be automatically...crap
A Poem by Gisele
Gisele is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and has been living with HIV for 27 years. You can read more about her journey by visiting her blog.
God Touches Me
My shoulders are blades of flesh,
they hold my skinny arms
to hands that move this pen across
the page as it reaches the end
of a long lived...crap
University of Manitoba HIV/AIDS Program in India to Lose Annual Aid
A program run by the University of Manitoba in Canada aimed at fighting the spread of HIV in India.../AIDS Report, 1/6/04). However, the University of Manitoba project is one of "several dozen bilateral aid... money directly to the University of Manitoba or other nongovernmental organizations for projects...crap
Canada: New Report Says Manitoba Has High Number of Aboriginal HIV Cases Manitoba Health recently released an HIV/AIDS report showing a disproportionate number of aboriginal HIV cases, a trend that some officials worry could lead to an outbreak on reserves. Since 1999... for an explosive outbreak."
HIV is also being diagnosed in an increasing number of women in Manitoba...crap
India: Grant Propels University of Manitoba's AIDS Work
A team of University of Manitoba HIV/AIDS researchers recently received a $22 million (US), five-year U.S. Agency for International Development grant to fight HIV in India. The grant will help the Bangalore-based researchers target the epidemic in the southern state of Karnataka, where 500,000 people...crap
Canadian Province Looking at Some Mandatory Blood Tests
On Tuesday, Manitoba's Tory health critic, Kelvin Goertzen, introduced a bill to allow first responders, crime victims, and Good Samaritans who are accidentally splashed with someone else's blood... lobbied him for the bill. Manitoba Health Minister Theresa Oswald said she fully supports the intent...crap
Manitoba to Establish Comprehensive HIV Testing, Treatment Program
The government of the Canadian province of Manitoba recently announced plans to establish a $1... in the province, the Winnipeg Free Press reports. The Manitoba HIV Program over the next two years aims... and to access proper treatment."
According to the Free Press, 1,396 people have tested HIV-positive in Manitoba...crap