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Local News Heart disease kills mostly women, so why are they excluded from drug trials?
A Montreal study shows two-thirds of researchers and drug companies test treatments on men. -
Columnists Brownstein: Montreal cop empowers women through self-defence training
George Manoli teaches women to scream, kick, scratch and gouge their attacker in their most vulnerable areas, unleashing their "inner T-Rex." -
Columnists Allison Hanes: What happens when fertility treatment is a failure?
A Montreal artist explores the intertwined issues of femininity, identity and fertility and gives voice to a private and painful experience. -
Health Nurses run this clinic. It’s popular with patients — but can it survive?
The TaLin clinic in Candiac is a new sort of beast that doesn’t fit the physician-centred system, and it’s operating in ‘technical bankruptcy.’ -
Columnists Brownstein: 4 nurses raising funds for a statue to honour profession
Four nurses — graduates of the class of 1968 — are raising funds for a permanent work of art to be prominently placed in the city. -
Family & Child Barwin's babies: The remarkable story of a disgraced Ottawa fertility doctor and those who say ...
Kat Palmer always knew she was a Barwin baby. It was a matter of pride in her family that Dr. Norman Barwin, Ottawa’s renowned fertility doctor and baby whisperer, had helped her parents conceive after years of trying. -
Columnists Daphne Bramham: Olympics' archaic paternalism hobbles female athletes
In far too many places in the world, it’s still taboo for girls and women to participate in sports. -
Columnists Shield of Athena stepping up resources for victims of conjugal violence and sexual abuse
As a result of recent reportage of high-profile cases of sexual assault, there is increasingly more awareness of the problem everywhere. -
Columnists Daphne Bramham: Olympic pole dancing? It could just happen
Pole dancing as an Olympic sport? Dear God, how is it possible that a highly sexualized activity that began in strip clubs could end up repackaged as a “sport” on the world stage? Simple. -
Life Fitness: Menopause and the middle-age spread
Keeping weight off requires more just than finding the right diet or exercise plan