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What is “lean PCOS”? Can you get pregnant with PCOS? Is it curable? PCOS affects millions, yet symptoms are often missed. @namshine.bsky.social talks with actor Andrea Lewis and researcher Kendall Soucie (@uwindsor.bsky.social) on (MIS)Treated about living with PCOS and the research shaping care.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
What is “lean PCOS”? Can you get pregnant with PCOS? Is it curable? PCOS affects millions, yet symptoms are often missed. @namshine.bsky.social talks with actor Andrea Lewis and researcher Kendall Soucie (@uwindsor.bsky.social) on (MIS)Treated about living with PCOS and the research shaping care.
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery.”
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Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery.”
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"Most venture capital investors are men... And they don't want to talk about vaginas in a business setting." — Marina Gerner, author of "The Vagina Business," tells @namshine.bsky.social on (MIS)Treated. Is #femtech the answer to the underfunding of women's health and investor bias?
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Most venture capital investors are men... And they don't want to talk about vaginas in a business setting." — Marina Gerner, author of "The Vagina Business," tells @namshine.bsky.social on (MIS)Treated. Is #femtech the answer to the underfunding of women's health and investor bias?
But how is this safe? Face recognition for children??
“The company had previously announced the age estimation tool, which is provided by a company called Persona, in July. It requires players to take a video selfie that will be used to estimate their age.“
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“The company had previously announced the age estimation tool, which is provided by a company called Persona, in July. It requires players to take a video selfie that will be used to estimate their age.“
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Roblox introduces new safety guidelines to verify user's ages, group users into age-based chats | CBC News
The rules will make it so kids and teens can only message people within a similar age group to their own. The moves come as the popular gaming platform continues to face criticism and lawsuits over ch...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
But how is this safe? Face recognition for children??
“The company had previously announced the age estimation tool, which is provided by a company called Persona, in July. It requires players to take a video selfie that will be used to estimate their age.“
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“The company had previously announced the age estimation tool, which is provided by a company called Persona, in July. It requires players to take a video selfie that will be used to estimate their age.“
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Women in Canada spend 24% more time in ill health than men. That’s from McKinsey Health Institute’s report “Closing the women’s health gap: Canada’s $37B opportunity.” @namshine.bsky.social talks with Marie-Renée B-Lajoie about why this matters, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Women in Canada spend 24% more time in ill health than men. That’s from McKinsey Health Institute’s report “Closing the women’s health gap: Canada’s $37B opportunity.” @namshine.bsky.social talks with Marie-Renée B-Lajoie about why this matters, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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“I was desperate.” @evelynscott.bsky.social lived with severe pain for 15 years from endometriosis, her symptoms dismissed as "just period" pain, before having a hysterectomy — then the symptoms returned. Hear her story on (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“I was desperate.” @evelynscott.bsky.social lived with severe pain for 15 years from endometriosis, her symptoms dismissed as "just period" pain, before having a hysterectomy — then the symptoms returned. Hear her story on (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
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Double your impact this #GivingTuesday! Until Dec. 2, every dollar to @wearetvo.bsky.social is matched up to $250K. Join @namshine.bsky.social in keeping media literacy in focus with journalism, documentaries and podcasts like [MIS]Treated. Give today: givingtuesday.tvo.me
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Double your impact this #GivingTuesday! Until Dec. 2, every dollar to @wearetvo.bsky.social is matched up to $250K. Join @namshine.bsky.social in keeping media literacy in focus with journalism, documentaries and podcasts like [MIS]Treated. Give today: givingtuesday.tvo.me
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Wrapped my day with my Author Talk at Pickering Library, hosted by the incomparable @namshine.bsky.social. My heart is so full!
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Wrapped my day with my Author Talk at Pickering Library, hosted by the incomparable @namshine.bsky.social. My heart is so full!
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We don't know what causes endometriosis, there's no cure and no one medication to treat it. On the next (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social speaks to @evelynscott.bsky.social about her 15-year struggle to be diagnosed, after her symptoms were repeatedly dismissed. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We don't know what causes endometriosis, there's no cure and no one medication to treat it. On the next (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social speaks to @evelynscott.bsky.social about her 15-year struggle to be diagnosed, after her symptoms were repeatedly dismissed. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
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@namshine.bsky.social is doing such critical work with (MIS)Treated.
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@namshine.bsky.social is doing such critical work with (MIS)Treated.
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Women were excluded from clinical trials until 1997?!?
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Women were excluded from clinical trials until 1997?!?
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I spoke with @namshine.bsky.social on her TVO podcast (Mis)Treated about the historical lack of medical research on women and why that matters.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I spoke with @namshine.bsky.social on her TVO podcast (Mis)Treated about the historical lack of medical research on women and why that matters.
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Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
How a hostile America undermined its Black WWII veterans
Servicemembers were attacked, discredited, and shortchanged on GI benefits—with lasting implications.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
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This is such an important episode. It explains a lot of experiences we have living in women’s bodies.
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is such an important episode. It explains a lot of experiences we have living in women’s bodies.
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Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
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"My health concerns were dismissed," said Dieulita Datus at a panel hosted by @namshine.bsky.social. Nam speaks with @keariedaniel.bsky.social (Black Women's Institute for Health) about Canada’s first national health survey of Black women and girls on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"My health concerns were dismissed," said Dieulita Datus at a panel hosted by @namshine.bsky.social. Nam speaks with @keariedaniel.bsky.social (Black Women's Institute for Health) about Canada’s first national health survey of Black women and girls on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
“A CNN review of nearly 70 pages of chats between Shamblin and the AI tool… found that the chatbot repeatedly encouraged the young man as he discussed ending his life – right up to his last moments.”
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‘You’re not rushing. You’re just ready:’ Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“A CNN review of nearly 70 pages of chats between Shamblin and the AI tool… found that the chatbot repeatedly encouraged the young man as he discussed ending his life – right up to his last moments.”
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After years of not leaving home and countless ER trips, @evelynscott.bsky.social learned her "period pain" was endometriosis. "You've been gaslit so long, you kind of feel vindicated." On a future (MIS)Treated she talks disability and her upcoming book "A Bloody Scandal" with @namshine.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
After years of not leaving home and countless ER trips, @evelynscott.bsky.social learned her "period pain" was endometriosis. "You've been gaslit so long, you kind of feel vindicated." On a future (MIS)Treated she talks disability and her upcoming book "A Bloody Scandal" with @namshine.bsky.social
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Zohran Mamdani’s opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
The Mamdani Era Begins
His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
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"PCOS is really more than just a gynaecological issue." — Dr. Kendall Soucie of @uwindsor.bsky.social’s HEAL Lab on why more funding is needed and why some want a name change. On this week's (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social: youtu.be/p9EV9ErdqHY?...
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"PCOS is really more than just a gynaecological issue." — Dr. Kendall Soucie of @uwindsor.bsky.social’s HEAL Lab on why more funding is needed and why some want a name change. On this week's (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social: youtu.be/p9EV9ErdqHY?...
Robert Munsch donates his personal archives to the Guelph Public Library
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Robert Munsch donates his personal archives to Guelph, Ont. library
Beloved Canadian children’s author Robert Munsch has decided to donate his personal archives to the Guelph Public Library.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Robert Munsch donates his personal archives to the Guelph Public Library
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“More Ontarians are missing mortgage payments than at any time since credit agency Equifax started tracking them in 2012, according to June data…..He found powers of sale have soared across the city, to almost one per cent of new listings in Toronto.”
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She fell behind on her mortgage, now she’s losing her home. Inside the heartbreaking surge of forced sales in the Toronto area
Lenders are seizing more homes, especially in GTA suburbs where up to 1 in 10 listings are a power of sale.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“More Ontarians are missing mortgage payments than at any time since credit agency Equifax started tracking them in 2012, according to June data…..He found powers of sale have soared across the city, to almost one per cent of new listings in Toronto.”
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“The number of Irish citizens deported from the United States has risen by more than 50% so far in 2025 compared to the previous year…”
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Number of Irish citizens deported from US up by more than 50%
New figures show more Irish citizens are being deported from the US, amid a crackdown by immigration officials.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“The number of Irish citizens deported from the United States has risen by more than 50% so far in 2025 compared to the previous year…”
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In Canada it can take 5 to 15 yrs to get diagnosed with PCOS. On the next (MIS)Treated, we speak to a researcher about the myths surrounding PCOS like weight gain, the lack of funding, whether Ozempic can treat it & why women with PCOS are at a higher risk of stroke, type 2 diabetes & heart disease
An estimated 70% of people with PCOS may go undiagnosed. Dr. Kendall Soucie of @uwindsor.bsky.social’s HEAL Lab explains why — and busts myths about weight, pregnancy, and cures — on the next episode of (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In Canada it can take 5 to 15 yrs to get diagnosed with PCOS. On the next (MIS)Treated, we speak to a researcher about the myths surrounding PCOS like weight gain, the lack of funding, whether Ozempic can treat it & why women with PCOS are at a higher risk of stroke, type 2 diabetes & heart disease
“According to statistics, more than 7,500 people use the Barrie Food Bank every month.
“They’re doing everything right…They’ve gone to school, they’re working, they just can’t get a break. The safety net has eroded to the extent that they find themselves here.”
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“They’re doing everything right…They’ve gone to school, they’re working, they just can’t get a break. The safety net has eroded to the extent that they find themselves here.”
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Rising levels of poverty and hunger becoming normalized, new report says
There is a troubling report from Food Banks Canada indicating that rising levels of poverty and hunger are becoming normalized. This underscores the challenges faced by countless people right here at ...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“According to statistics, more than 7,500 people use the Barrie Food Bank every month.
“They’re doing everything right…They’ve gone to school, they’re working, they just can’t get a break. The safety net has eroded to the extent that they find themselves here.”
www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/artic...
“They’re doing everything right…They’ve gone to school, they’re working, they just can’t get a break. The safety net has eroded to the extent that they find themselves here.”
www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/artic...