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Yeah, Rouge Valley will be a national park

By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 04 June 2011 08:15

"A large piece of greenery on the eastern borders of Toronto has finally been slated to become a national site after decades of lobbying from politicians and nature lovers.

Rouge Valley, some 10,000 acres on the border between Scarborough and Pickering, was vaunted as an urban national park by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government in its throne speech on Friday.

"In this, the 100th anniversary year of our national parks system, our government will create significant new protected areas. It will work with provincial, regional, municipal, aboriginal and community stakeholders toward establishing an urban national park in the Rouge Valley of eastern Toronto," the document said."

"Dancing ballet can relieve Parkinson's symptoms"

By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 04 June 2011 08:11

"They asked 24 people with the degenerative brain disease to take part in a series of classes where they learnt the steps to Rudolph Nureyev's Romeo and Juliet.

Over the course of 12 weeks they were temporarily transformed, rising out of wheelchairs during classes, smiling and rediscovering confidence on their feet."

Why men have poor sex drive

By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 04 June 2011 08:07

"For many women married to workaholic husbands, a lack of interest in the bedroom can be a problem. But researchers may have come up with the answer to a lack of sex – a good night’s sleep.
A study has found that men with poor sleep patterns have significantly lower levels of testosterone, which results in a lack of sex drive.

Experts say that reduced levels of the hormone can bring a host of other negative consequences for young men, including reduced libido and poor reproduction."

Dying from C. Diff

By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 04 June 2011 07:53

"One elderly patient has died and at least 11 others were sick with the C. difficile bacterium in an outbreak at St. Catharines General hospital.
The Niagara Health System said the outbreak started on Saturday, with 12 confirmed cases on different units at the hospital.
One of the infected patients, who can only be identified as being over the age of 80 because of patient confidentiality rules, died at the hospital on Monday.
It’s believed four of the people arrived at the hospital already sick from C. difficile, which can be found in stool and which can contaminate surfaces such as toilets, handles, bedpans and commode chairs."

"Jack Kevorkian, crusader for right to assisted suicide, dies aged 83"

By Rob Winters - Published on Friday, 03 June 2011 12:45

"DETROIT - Jack Kevorkian, the audacious doctor who spurred on the national right-to-die debate with a homemade suicide machine that helped end the lives of dozens of ailing people, died Friday at a Detroit-area hospital after a brief illness. He was 83.

Kevorkian died at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he had been hospitalized since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems, close friend and prominent attorney Mayer Morganroth said."

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