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1. Independent Review of Exposure of Workers to Alpha Radiation at Bruce Power Reactor Released (October 26, 2011)
   The independent review by the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada of exposure of workers to alpha radiation at Bruce A Restart, Reactor Unit 1 has been completed and released. http://www.brucepower.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/RSIC-Final-Report
2. See the Ability: National Down Syndrome Awareness Week is November 1-7, 2011 (October 25, 2011)
   The Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS) is proud to announce National Down Syndrome Awareness Week (NDSAW), November 1-7, 2011. National Down Syndrome Awareness Week celebrates the lives of Canadians with Down syndrome.
3. "Business Leaders Shaping the Future of Health and Safety in BC" Conference (October 24, 2011)
   CEOs and senior executives will discuss and agree upon BC’s first Health and Safety Charter pledging their commitment to improving health and safety in their own companies and lead by example.
4. "Radon Daughter Exposure in Mines- The Risks and the Regulatory Requirements" (October 21, 2011)
   Presentation to Mining Legislation Review Committee, Sudbury
5. New Student Journalism Award for Excellence in Lung Cancer Reporting (December 6, 2010)
   The Canadian Lung Association and Lung Cancer Canada, in partnership with the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC), are launching the first Canadian Lung Cancer Student Journalism Award to recognize excellence in student reporting on lung cancer.
6. Anavex appoints contract research organizations to initiate Phase I/IIa clinical programs, regulatory strategies in Alzheimer's disease (August 10, 2010)
   Anavex Life Sciences Corp signs a definitive master services agreement with Genesis BioPharma Group and ABX-CRO Advanced Pharmaceutical Services to begin clinical studies and regulatory filings for its lead compound for the treatment of Alzheimer#s.
7. What Bhopal Started (June 15, 2010)
   Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power. The ongoing BP spill in the Mexican Gulf -- with estimates ranging from 30,000 to 80,000 barrels per day -- tops off a quarter of a century where corporations could (and have) done anything in the pursuit of profit, at any human cost.
8. Join the SOURCES Affiliate Program (March 28, 2010)
   Benefit yourself and benefit your clients, associates, customers, members, readers, and visitors to your website by introducing them to SOURCES' powerful publicity and marketing tools.
9. Sources Calendar (October 29, 2009)
   Listings of events of interest to journalists, editors, researchers, publishers and others working in the media and in publishing, covering Canadian and international events, press conferences, meetings, festivals and holidays, as well as award deadlines.
10. Sources News Releases (October 29, 2009)
    News releases from organizations and companies on a wide range of topics. Includes an extensive topic index, an archive of releases going back to the 1970s, and links to experts and organizations knowledgeable about the issues covered in the releases. Available via RSS feed as well as on the Sources.com website.
11. 5 Things the Corporate Media Don't Want You to Know About Cannabis (September 23, 2009)
    Recent scientific reports suggest that pot doesn't destroy your brain, that it doesn't cause lung damage like tobacco -- but you won't hear it in the corporate media.
12. The misbegotten 'war against cancer' (September 21, 2009)
    
13. Meet the Real Death Panels (September 18, 2009)
    Harvard-based researchers found that uninsured, working-age Americans have a 40 percent higher risk of death than their privately insured counterparts, up from a 25 percent excess death rate found in 1993.
14. South Africa: Redouble Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality (September 10, 2009)
    Maternal health has been under the spotlight in South Africa after an analysis of maternal deaths was released in July showing an increase in the country#s maternal mortality rate. Researchers found that nearly four out of every 10 deaths (38.4 percent) were avoidable. They identified non-attendance and delayed attendance as common problems, together with poor transport facilities, lack of health care facilities and lack of appropriately trained staff.
15. Health Care Around the World (August 31, 2009)
    Overview of the various ways health services are provided around the world, as well as accompanying issues and challenges. Topics include health as a human right, universal health care, and primary health care.
16. Israeli Doctors Collude in Torture (June 30, 2009)
    Israeli human rights groups charge that Israel#s watchdog body on medical ethics has failed to investigate evidence that doctors working in detention facilities are turning a blind eye to cases of torture.
17. Helping you reach the media (May 14, 2009)
    Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity like advertising. SOURCES makes it possible for organizations, institutions, companies, and individuals to reach the media effectively, consistently, and inexpensively. SOURCES has been helping organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals get media attention for over 30 years.
18. Testimony of David U. Himmelstein, M.D. before the HELP Subcommittee (April 23, 2009)
    A single-payer reform would make care affordable through vast savings on bureaucracy and profits. As my colleagues and I have shown in research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, administration consumes 31 percent of health spending in the United States, nearly double what Canada spends. In other words, if we cut our bureaucratic costs to Canadian levels, we'd save nearly $400 billion annually - more than enough to cover the uninsured and to eliminate co-payments and deductibles for all Americans.
19. Ottawa wanted U.S. to accept more lenient meat inspection regime (March 31, 2009)
    The Canadian government strongly opposed tougher U.S. rules to prevent listeria and lobbied the United States to accept Canada's more lenient standards.
20. Noise Busters (March 1, 2009)
    Good neighbors keep their noise to themselves.
21. Sources media training (2009)
    Media training to ensure that you are ready to handle media interviews. Topics include Message making, Staying newsworthy, Safe spokesperson techniques, Preparation and relaxation techniques, Media ethics and expectations. Simulations of all media venues including talk shows, double enders, stand-up interviews and scrums, print columnists, videographers, and editorial boards.
22. Sources News Release Archive 2009 (2009)
    News releases from 2009.
23. Sources Select Authors (2009)
    Authors available to take media calls about their area of expertise.
    
24. Sources Select Speakers (2009)
    Speakers available to take media calls about their area of expertise, and available for speaking engagements.
25. Sources Select Universities, Colleges, and Institutes (2009)
    Academic experts available to take media calls about their area of expertise.
26. Wikipedia's article about Sources (2009)
    
27. Sources Archived News Releases 1977 - 2008 (December 31, 2008)
    News releases from 2008 and before.
28. Sources News Release Archive 2008 (2008)
    News releases from 2008.
29. Sources News Release Archive early 2008 (2008)
    
30. Sources (portal for journalists and writers) - Wikipedia article (2008)
    An information portal for journalists, freelance writers, editors, authors, and researchers, focusing especially on human sources: experts and spokespersons who are prepared to answer reporters# questions or make themselves available for on-air interviews.
31. Sources Archived News Releases 2007 (December 31, 2007)
    
32. Noise Pollution: A Modern Plague (2007)
    Environmental noise pollution, a form of air pollution, is a threat to health and well-being. It is more severe and widespread than ever before, and it will continue to increase in magnitude and severity because of population growth, urbanization, and the associated growth in the use of increasingly powerful, varied, and highly mobile sources of noise. It will also continue to grow because of sustained growth in highway, rail, and air traffic, which remain major sources of environmental noise. The potential health effects of noise pollution are numerous, pervasive, persistent, and medically and socially significant.
33. Sources Archived News Releases 2006 (December 31, 2006)
    
34. First Aid (2006)
    A practical manual presenting the specific knowledge, skills and practices that First Aiders should have to act safely and effectively when caring for people caught up in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, such as internal disturbances and tensions.
35. Sources Archived News Releases 2005 (December 31, 2005)
    
36. Disaster and Mental Health (2005)
    The continuing Israeli military occupation of Gaza is the cause of deep and widespread trauma for Palestinian children and adults.
37. Health Disparities By Race And Class: Why Both Matter (2005)
    This essay examines three competing causal interpretations of racial disparities in health. The first approach views race as a biologically meaningful category and racial disparities in health as reflecting inherited susceptibility to disease. The second approach treats race as a proxy for class and views socioeconomic stratification as the real culprit behind racial disparities. The third approach treats race as neither a biological category nor a proxy for class, but as a distinct construct, akin to caste. The essay points to historical, political, and ideological obstacles that have hindered the analysis of race and class as codeterminants of disparities in health.
38. Sources Archived News Releases 2004 (December 31, 2004)
    
39. The Truth About the Drug Companies (2004)
    The combined profits for the ten drug companies in the Fortune 500 ($35.9 billion) were more than the profits for all the other 490 businesses put together ($33.7 billion) [in 2002]. Over the past two decades the pharmaceutical industry has moved very far from its original high purpose of discovering and producing useful new drugs. Now primarily a marketing machine to sell drugs of dubious benefit, this industry uses its wealth and power to co-opt every institution that might stand in its way.
40. Sources Archived News Releases 2003 (December 31, 2003)
    
41. Sources Archived News Releases 1979 - 2002 (December 31, 2002)
    
42. Medicine Wars Will Alternative and Mainstream Medicine Ever Be Friends (2001)
    
43. Abandoning the Public Interest (October 7, 2000)
    The neo-liberal drive to cut red tape is costing lives. Exposing the hidden costs of deregulation and privatization.
44. MUZAK: Music to Whose Ears? (December 14, 1998)
    For many people background music, or #muzak" as it is commonly known, is both irritating and frustrating. For the UK#s 8.7 million deaf and hard of hearing people background muzak often causes pain, discomfort and unnecessary distress.
45. Ten Health Care Myths (September 17, 1995)
    Medicare's opponents have launched a sustained ideological attack on medicare. Their propaganda relies on myths and misrepresentations.
46. 10 Health Care Myths - Chinese Text (September 17, 1995)
    
47. Adverse Health Effects of Noise (1995)
    The effects of noise are widespread and impose long-term consequences on health.
48. Community Noise (1995)
    Critically reviews the adverse effects of community noise, including interference with communication, noise-induced hearing loss, annoyance responses, and effects on sleep, the cardiovascular and psychophysiological systems, performance, productivity, and social behaviour.
49. Sources Archived News Releases - Pre 1979 (December 31, 1979)