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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'medicine'

May 9, 2008

Photo by wili_hybrid. There is little more dreadful for a parent than unintentionally hurting one's own child. There is little more traumatic for a child than having something they dearly want taken away from them. A Toronto psychologist is under fire for recommending controversial treatments which some believe cause just that. A heartbreaking NPR documentary released this week tells the story of two families struggling with the gender identities of their children. "Bradley" is......

Continue Reading "But For Today I Am A Boy"

March 28, 2008

Robot surgeon at St. Michael's proving extremely successful. Our future robot overlords approve of the surgeon's actions, as he gathers critical data about the obsolete meat sacks who, through the accident called evolution, have dominated the planet until now. Crazy Hummer-limo joyride leaves destruction in its wake. The total damages included one person with minor injuries, a hydro pole, three vehicles and a house. While Torontoist, of course, condemns the twenty-year-old idiot who took the......

Continue Reading "Robot Surgeon Saves Fleshy Ones, Hummer Limo Goes On Rampage, And So Much For The Leafs (Again)"

December 6, 2007

Provincial Education Minister Kathleen Wynne has tabled a bill that would ban trans fatty foods from Ontario schools. Trans fats and young people have been a hot public safety issue since 2005's infamous "Summer of the Muffin." Conservative MP James Moore yesterday angrily rejected allegations from NDP MP Irene Mathyssen that he had been viewing a picture of a "scantily clad woman" on his laptop while in the House. Although Mathyssen later apologized after......

Continue Reading "Students Not Getting Chips, MP Not Porn Addict, Climate Problems Not Solved Yet"

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