In 1945, the British Labour Party won by a landslide and introduced a public health system, public ownership of industry and educational reform. It聽had been聽generally assumed that whichever political party won in postwar Britain would do the same thing.聽聽 Not so, argued 91亚色 history Professor Stephen Brooke in his 1992 book, Labour鈥檚 War: The Labour […]
91亚色 history Professor Marc Stein grew up in the suburbs of New 91亚色 City in the 1960s and 1970s with a passionate聽faith in the聽US Constitution and US Supreme Court as strong聽protectors of聽freedom, equality and democracy in the post-war era. That faith was shaken in the 1980s when the Supreme Court justices upheld state sodomy laws, […]
Drug has been linked to neurodevelopmental defects associated with autism A 91亚色 study has shown for the first time how the drug misoprostol, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental defects associated with autism, interferes with neuronal cell function. It is an important finding because misoprostol is similar in structure to naturally occurring prostaglandins, which […]
Molly Ladd-Taylor, 91亚色 history professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and co-editor of the anthology Women Health and Nation: Canada and the United States Since 1945, discussed the impact of the birth control pill since it came on the market 50 years ago,on CBC Radio鈥檚 鈥淢etro Morning" in Toronto May 5. […]