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Women's health refers to the branch of medicine that focuses on the treatment and diagnosis of diseases and conditions that affect a woman's physical and emotional well-being.

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There are several types of incontinence, according to the National Institute on Aging, with stress incontinence being the most common. GETTY

Incontinence: Peeing with a sneeze, loss of bowel control is no laughing matter for 4 million Canadians
The inability to control the bladder or bowels is a significant medical condition, the stigma keeps many people from seeking treatment.
Karen Hawthorne
Dec 13 2021
'A sacrificial lamb': Breast cancer survivors, advocates call for an end to restricting mammograms
There are several types of incontinence, according to the National Institute on Aging, with stress incontinence being the most common. GETTY
Sadaf Ahsan
Opinion: Ban on abortion protesters outside clinics would protect patients and staff
There are several types of incontinence, according to the National Institute on Aging, with stress incontinence being the most common. GETTY
Joyce Arthur
Study debunks ‘women choose to work less’ myth behind health-care pay gap
There are several types of incontinence, according to the National Institute on Aging, with stress incontinence being the most common. GETTY
Healthy Debate
The phones went quiet: How COVID cut off escape routes for women in abusive relationships
There are several types of incontinence, according to the National Institute on Aging, with stress incontinence being the most common. GETTY
Bruce Deachman
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Breakenridge: For a government keen on avoiding lockdowns, why is Alberta's Omicron defence so apathetic?
With just over three months until Jason Kenney faces a pivotal leadership review, he now faces the prospect of going into that review as either the premier who botched a fifth wave so quickly after botching the fourth or as the premier who imposed another lockdown.Given the circumstances of Kenney's recent and current woes, either scenario would likely spell doom for his political fortunes. We seem further behind other jurisdictions in facing an Omicron surge and we shouldn't squander whatever additional time we might have.Perhaps we could borrow a page from Ontario's government, which has gone on a "wartime footing," as one official put it.Ontario is shortening the required interval for a third dose from six months to three months and has now made everyone aged 18 and over eligible to book a booster shot. Booster doses might not be enough to preclude a significant Omicron wave, but for a government so intent on avoiding restrictions, it's a strangely apathetic attitude.We were reassured by federal officials last week that there is sufficient supply to provide both booster doses as well as first and second doses to those still requiring them.
Rob Breakenridge
Dec 21 2021
Health Minister Jason Copping updates Alberta’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic during a news conference in Calgary on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.

COVID-19: B.C. pharmacies help fill vaccination gaps as many clinics close for holidays
Vancouver Coastal and Interior Health authorities take breaks, while Northern Health adds dates in schedules ‘subject to change’
Matt Scace
Dec 21 2021
Provincial health authorities like Vancouver Coastal, above, will give their COVID vaccine clinic workers a short break for the holidays.

'We’re at war with the virus': Quebec strengthens COVID-19 restrictions
Closed: schools, bars, casinos, theatres, gyms and spas. A work-from-home order is in effect across the province.
Jesse Feith
Dec 21 2021
People walk along Ste-Catherine St. in Montreal after Health Minister Christian Dubé announced further COVID-19 restrictions.

COVID-19: Your questions answered about masks, gathering safely, rapid tests and booster shots
Should we be using rapid tests in B.C.? What about N95 masks? And how can we gather safely? Infectious disease expert Dr. Brian Conway offers his advice.
Lisa Cordasco
Dec 21 2021
An N95 mask is the best but it's not for everyone because it is tighter and less comfortable than a surgical mask and if everyone wanted one, we wouldn’t have enough anyway. So it's best to always carry a mask and wear it properly.

B.C.'s new COVID-19 restrictions in place as active cases rise
There are 5,435 active infections in B.C., up from 2,949 a week ago.
The Canadian Press
Dec 21 2021
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has said the Omicron variant is adding new and more complex challenges to managing the pandemic.

Kane Tse: Many health-care professionals often overlooked and forgotten
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A man walks past a murals painted on the side of a building in Gastown that honours respiratory therapists during the battle against the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

COVID-19 pandemic has intensified housing crisis for women
“Women are having a difficult time having their rights respected."
Susan Schwartz
Dec 2 2021
Women's groups and mixed-gender organizations say it has become harder for women to find and stay in housing.

‘Home is the most dangerous place for women’: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Some women and girls can protect themselves from public violence more effectively than others given entrenched inequalities and an inequitable distribution of resources.
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Nov 26 2021
Research shows that women and girls’ fear of crime is more often about the threat of public violence than violence by men they know well. GETTY

Vaccine offers option for patients with antibiotic-resistant UTIs
Women in Canada make about 500,000 visits to a doctor every year seeking treatment for urinary tract infections.
Dave Yasvinski
Nov 23 2021
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Post-partum depression survivors launch therapy sessions for struggling mothers
The mothers who underwent peer-led cognitive behavioural therapy enjoyed a better subsequent relationship with their infants, with less feelings of anger and rejection.
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Nov 23 2021
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How scientific evidence evolves: A case study on COVID-19 in pregnancy
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Healthy Debate
Nov 23 2021
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Opinion: Cutting insurance for endometriosis treatment is callous and sexist
Women are in unbearable pain and the government of Saskatchewan has chosen to ignore it, Brendan Thompson writes.
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Nov 22 2021
Cancellation of insurance has left women to either foot the enormous medical bills or find other, sub-optimal treatments.

Smart bras, molecular imaging and genome sequencing: Innovations take on breast cancer
The goal is to refine screening approaches for the general population. Right now, women turn 50 and start having mammograms.
Healthy Debate
Nov 16 2021
What if a bra, taking images like an MRI, could detect breast cancer? GETTY

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