Hear Paul Fromm -- The Fighting Side of Me: What Does Freedom Really Mean to You?

Written by Paul Fromm

Friday, 01 June 2012 01:01

Hear Paul Fromm -- The Fighting Side of Me: What Does Freedom Really Mean to You?<http://reasonradionetwork.com/20120515/the-fighting-side-of-me-what-does-freedom-really-mean-to-you> May 15, 2012 [image: Paul Fromm and Terry Tremaine]<http://reasonradionetwork.com/images/2012/05/Paul_Fromm_and_Terry_Tremaine.jpg> *Paul Fromm, Director Canadian Association for Free Expression, presents "Freedom Award"* *to math scholar, diver, blogger and ex-political prisoner Terry Tremaine* *Paul Fromm discusses:* - Further delays in political prisoner Terry Tremaine’s “hate” trial in Regina;*http://nspcanada.nfshost.com* <http://nspcanada.nfshost.com/> -- the website the censors want him to shut down*-- * - Dieudonne, anti-Zionist comic, done in by Jewish Lobby–shows canceled in Montreal

 

Health Watch -- Hepatitis And Superstition

Written by Paul Fromm

Thursday, 31 May 2012 04:38

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp265.net/z5YjqV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Watch Hepatitis And Superstition "Only 56 people received a liver transplant in B.C. last year. ... The cost of such drastic treatments, both personally ... and financially for the health care system, is now being addressed by the Chinese immigrant support group S.U.C.C.E.S.S. along with specialists from the University of British Columbia. They're launching a project today to educate Asian immigrants about the danger of undiagnosed hepatitis B and also improve its treatment. ... When someone is acutely ill with the disease, they may have dark urine, jaundice and fatigue, but it's far from deadly and 90 per cent of people beat the virus on their own. Only 10 per cent become carriers of the hepatitis B virus, meaning they can spread it through sexual contact, exchange of blood or childbirth, and up to one-quarter of those cases will develop cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer later in life. While those numbers sound small, they are magnified in a massive population like China's where about 50 per cent of its citizens have been exposed to the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis has been around for tens of thousands of years, notes Dr. Mel Krajden, an expert in the disease who works at the BC Centre for Disease Control. But it's only in recent decades that medical advances ... have pushed the number of hep B carriers down to about one per cent of the population. Compare that to up to 15 per cent of immigrants from China and Southeast Asia, most infected at birth from their mothers. Statistics from B.C. show the rate of chronic infection has dropped from 70 per 100,000 population in 2000 to 30 per 100,000 in 2009. Yet,Vancouver and Richmond - with their high number of Asian immigrants - accounted for more than double and triple the average rates of infection. Aboriginal people make up the next ethnic group with a higher rate of infection, but at only four cases in every 100,000. ... There is no cure for chronic hepatitis B. Worldwide, it's responsible for 60 to 80 per cent of all liver cancers. ... One of the main difficulties is getting people who don't feel particularly sick to seek treatment, said Dr. Raymond Kwan in his busy office at the edge of Vancouver's Chinatown. 'They say, I'm feeling fine. Why should I go see my doctor? Why does my doctor need to see me every six months? They are busy working. They have to make a living. [And] they don't like blood tests. Chinese people hate blood tests. Hey, you're taking blood away from them. Blood is precious. You draw the blood, they feel weak,' he explains." (Vancouver Sun, April 16, 2012) [This article appears in the May, 2012 issue of the CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE. Published monthly, the CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE is available by subscription for $30 per year. You can subscribe by sending a cheque or VISA number and expiry date to CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE, P.O. Box 332, Rexdale, ON., M9W 5L3.] _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp265.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqgjshgguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider

 

Health Watch -- Hepatitis And Superstition

Written by Paul Fromm

Thursday, 31 May 2012 04:33

*Health Watch* Hepatitis And Superstition "Only 56 people received a liver transplant in B.C. last year. ... The cost of such drastic treatments, both personally ... and financially for the health care system, is now being addressed by the Chinese immigrant support group S.U.C.C.E.S.S. along with specialists from the University of British Columbia. They're launching a project today to educate Asian immigrants about the danger of undiagnosed hepatitis B and also improve its treatment. ... When someone is acutely ill with the disease, they may have dark urine, jaundice and fatigue, but it's far from deadly and 90 per cent of people beat the virus on their own. Only 10 per cent become carriers of the hepatitis B virus, meaning they can spread it through sexual contact, exchange of blood or childbirth, and up to one-quarter of those cases will develop cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer later in life. While those numbers sound small, they are magnified in a massive population like China's where about 50 per cent of its citizens have been exposed to the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis has been around for tens of thousands of years, notes Dr. Mel Krajden, an expert in the disease who works at the BC Centre for Disease Control. But it's only in recent decades that medical advances ... have pushed the number of hep B carriers down to about one per cent of the population. Compare that to up to 15 per cent of immigrants from China and Southeast Asia, most infected at birth from their mothers. Statistics from B.C. show the rate of chronic infection has dropped from 70 per 100,000 population in 2000 to 30 per 100,000 in 2009. Yet, Vancouver and Richmond - with their high number of Asian immigrants - accounted for more than double and triple the average rates of infection. Aboriginal people make up the next ethnic group with a higher rate of infection, but at only four cases in every 100,000. ... There is no cure for chronic hepatitis B. Worldwide, it's responsible for 60 to 80 per cent of all liver cancers. ... One of the main difficulties is getting people who don't feel particularly sick to seek treatment, said Dr. Raymond Kwan in his busy office at the edge of Vancouver's Chinatown. 'They say, I'm feeling fine. Why should I go see my doctor? Why does my doctor need to see me every six months? They are busy working. They have to make a living. [And] they don't like blood tests. Chinese people hate blood tests. Hey, you're taking blood away from them. Blood is precious. You draw the blood, they feel weak,' he explains." (Vancouver Sun, April 16, 2012) [This article appears in the May, 2012 issue of the *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*. Published monthly, the *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE* is available by subscription for $30 per year. You can subscribe by sending a cheque or VISA number and expiry date to *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*, P.O. Box 332, Rexdale, ON., M9W 5L3.]