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Autism & Nutrition

For more information from North York General Hospital, click here.

For more information from the Geneva Centre, click here.

For more information from the Autism Treatment Network, click here.

Child Car Safety

For more information from Safe Kids Canada, click here.

For summer safety tips from Toronto EMS, click here.

Camp Oki

For more information, click here.

Inactivity Crisis

For more information on Participaction, click here.

For more information on SOGO Active, click here.

For tips on active living, click here.

Brain Stimulation

For more information on the deep brain stimulation research for patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, click here.

CPR

For more information on the American Heart Association's guidelines on CPR, click here.

Where to get CPR training:

Toronto EMS

St. John's Ambulance

Red Cross

Heart & Stroke Foundation

Energy Drinks

For more information about energy drinks and caffeine, click here.

Diabetes Research

For more information on the York University research, click here.

Protein Drinks

To read the full study from Consumer Reports, click here.

To see the chart about what's in your protein drink, click here.

For more information on these types of products from Health Canada, click here.

Salad Recall

For a complete list of products affected, click here.

Healthy Weight Loss

For Canadian clinical practice guidelines on the management and prevention of obesity, click here.

For recommendations from the U.S. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, click here.

Bottle Talk

For more on the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations on bottle feeding, click here.

Soccer Injuries

For more information on FIFA's injury prevention program, click here.

For more information on Extreme Fitness' Fit4Soccer program, click here.

Staying Cool

For more information on hyperhidrosis, click here.

Baby Food Study

To read the more on the study from the Journal of Public Health, click here.

Kids and Marketing

To read the study on "The influence of licensed characters on children's taste and snack preferences," click here.

Blood Donations

For more information on Canadian Blood Services, click here.

Pink Eye

For more information on pink eye, click here.

Drug Assisted Assaults

To read the complete study from the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, click here.

Exercise Caution

To read the full report on injuries from Statistics Canada, click here.

Short Life

To read to complete study from the European Heart Journal, click here.

For more information from the Heart & Stroke Foundation, click here.

Sun Damage

For more information from the Canadian Dermatology Association, click here.

Pesticide Concerns

To see the full list of what fruits and vegetables we eat have the highest, and lowest, amounts of chemical residue, according to the Environmental Working Group, click here.

Acupuncture

To read the full acupuncture study from Nature Neuroscience, click here.

For information from the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute, click here.

Eating Habits

For more details on the report from Statistics Canada, click here.

For more details about what's in store for Canada's heart health, click here.

Eye Protection

For more information on the CNIB's Shades of Fun Day, click here.

Sex in the Media

To read the full study on How Sources of Sexual Information Relate to Adolescents' Beliefs About Sex, click here.

Cancer Report

To read the full Canadian Cancer Society report, click here.

Deli Meat Study

To read the study from the Harvard School of Public Health, click here.

Cosmetic Surgery Rules

To read the complete guidelines from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, click here.

**NOTE: on Page 9, under the Heading 3.1.2 Procedures Not Accepted at OHPs, please note that under subsection “4) anticipated blood loss of greater than 500 cc” – the volume of 500 cc’s is under review by Premises Inspection Committee.**

Food Allergies

For more on the review of food allergy studies, click here.

For more information from Anaphylaxis Canada, click here.

Automated External Defibrillator

For information about heart health, click here.

For information from the Heart and Stroke Foundation on AED's, click here.

For information on the Mikey Network, click here.

For information about the Cardiac Safe City initiative, click here.

Face Blindness

For information on the condition, click here.

To read one man's story about being face blind, click here.

Children's Drug Recalls

For a full list of drugs being recalled, click here.

Information from drug manufacturers: for Johnson & Johnson, click here; for Motrin, click here; for Tylenol, click here; or call 1-888-222-6036.