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Writings on health and nutrition, the health care system, doctors and therapists, heck, anything to do with health.

Experiencing Health Care American Style in Canada

I’ve wanted to write about this topic for awhile, but first a lawsuit prohibited me and then I was just tired. But the current insanity over health care raging south of the border has got me going enough to finally share my experience with American style health care in Canada. Under Ontario law, when you’re…

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Blood Testing in Downtown Toronto has Become A Farce

I don’t know about you, but getting a blood test used to be as easy as going to your favourite lab, getting your arm poked (ouch!), not watching the red fluid ease up the tube, ripping off the band-aid, waiting for the test results, getting a copy from your GP, and then reading the name…

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Catecholamine Tests: A Moving Target

I have to get my catecholamines measured. A simple blood test, you’d think, eh? Uh no. Problem number one is finding a lab that tests them. I had these tests done almost 20 years ago. Back then, the doctor’s office explained what tests were required and how to prepare for them. They handed me a…

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Telogen Effluvium: The Dirty Secret of Stress

There’s a condition doctors won’t tell their patients about. It sneaks up on an unsuspecting person;  when you suddenly realise what’s happening, doctors dismiss it, relatives poo-poo it. It’s called telogen effluvium. In short, massive hair drop or the big sink clog or the human hair pillow. Yes, folks, your crowning glory falls out and…

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