A few weeks ago, River Smith visited his primary care doctor in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area because he needed a new prescription for testosterone and the estrogen blocker he took as part of his gender-affirming care. That’s when he learned some news that upset him.
“They weren’t prescribing any medication,” the 40-year-old tells TODAY.com. “With the laws just passing … they were waiting for the Florida medical board to come up with their plan of action.”
In May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law that made headlines for banning trans children from receiving gender-affirming care. But the new…
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If You Cannot Do It – Can You Teach It? – PHE America
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People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he…
Ontario has $4B more for health care than needed for current programs: FAO
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Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026.
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario says the excess money could be used for new programs
The Canadian Press · Posted: May 31, 2023 11:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: May 31
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health…
ER physicians encourage Albertans to choose a party that will prioritize health care
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The South Health Campus adult acute care hospital in Calgary on April 1, 2020. An open letter signed by nearly 200 ER doctors said Alberta’s health care system was deteriorating.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
Nearly 200 emergency-room doctors are urging Albertans to vote for a party that will prioritize fixing what they say is a deteriorating health care system causing patients and care providers to speak languish without support.
An open letter released Wednesday morning, just five days ahead of the May 29 vote, said lack of access to primary care, limited hospital capacity and a…
Minden ER to close in 1 week, but residents say fight for ‘safe and accessible’ health care not over
An emergency department in Minden, Ont., is slated to close in one week but residents say they will keep up the pressure on the province to make sure the closure is not permanent.
“We are not statistics,” Richard Bradley, a resident, told CBC Toronto on Thursday.
“We are determined. The only statistic we want to be is the town that saves its ER. We pay the same taxes as everybody else does. We deserve and demand that we have safe and accessible health care.”
Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS) announced in April that it would close the emergency department at…
‘People’s referendum’ puts spotlight on health care privatization
Organizers in Thunder Bay are urging residents to participate in a ‘people’s referendum’ they hope will demonstrate widespread opposition to the Ford government’s moves to deliver more health services through private clinics.
THUNDER BAY — Advocates are urging Thunder Bay residents to have their say in a ‘people’s referendum’ campaign looking to build opposition to the Ford government’s moves to expand the role of for-profit clinics in Ontario’s health system.
Organizers with the Ontario Health Coalition are soliciting votes in-person and online on Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay and across the province.
The ‘referendum’ is not officially sanctioned and…
Senior physician warns of a crisis in one of BC’s busiest ERs
The most senior emergency physician at one of British Columbia’s busiest hospitals has come forward to warn the public about the ongoing crisis inside the emergency department, saying the situation has deteriorated to the point where some patients are waiting as many as three days to be admitted to other wards.
Dr. Urbain Ip said the understaffing and overcrowding problems in the emergency room at Surrey Memorial Hospital have him and his colleagues regularly going home “worried sick” about their patients.
“Right now, if my loved one got sick, I’m not sure if I would send [them] to my hospital…
States with abortion bans could drive away young doctors, especially OB-GYNs, a survey finds
Medical students say strict abortion laws are driving them away from pursuing careers as doctors in states where the procedure is banned.
The finding comes from a survey of third- and fourth-year medical students, conducted from August through October of last year — just after the June 2022 Supreme Court Dobbs decision that overturned Roe V. Wade, which for nearly 50 years granted the right to an abortion across the US
The reluctance to be a medical resident — young doctors who train in hospitals or clinics after graduating medical school — in states with abortion bans could further strain…