Alan Cassels
Alan Cassels is a health policy researcher.
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We’ve come a long way, baby. Eighty five years ago (October 18, 1929) women were declared "persons" in Canada. On that day women in Canada became eligible to be appointed to the Canadian Senate, which up to that time, had…
We’ve come a long way, baby.
Eighty five years ago (October 18, 1929) women were declared “persons” in Canada.
On that day women in Canada became eligible to be appointed to the Canadian Senate, which up to that time, had been the sole dominion of men because women were not deemed “persons” under the law. Five Alberta women, Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Nellie Mcclung declared a …
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Drug treatment for female sexuality not about equality but profits
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Up to this point, it had only been a hypothesis: That celebrity firepower can definitively drive consumer health behavior in a certain direction. The case here concerns whether women wish to embark on a genetic hunting expedition to see if…
Up to this point, it had only been a hypothesis: That celebrity firepower can definitively drive consumer health behavior in a certain direction. The case here concerns whether women wish to embark on a genetic hunting expedition to see if they are at high risk of developing a particular disease such as breast cancer, and the motivator in this case is Angelina Jolie.
The actress underwent genetic testing for mutations related …
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Exploring the Angelina Jolie effect in breast cancer screening
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