Signs and Symptoms of Myofascial Pain

The condition of myofascial pain syndrome is considered a chronic pain disorder. In this condition, pressure on trigger - or sensitive - points on your body result in pain in areas of your body that seem to be unrelated. This is known as referred pain.

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http://www.chronicbodypain.net/signs-and-symptoms-of-myofascial-pain/

Ombudsman asked to probe WSIB treatment of mentally ill

Mentally ill workers are being systematically denied benefits because of discriminatory and unconstitutional practices at the province’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, according to a new complaint sent to Ontario’s government watchdog.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/14/ombudsman-asked-to-probe-wsib-treatment-of-mentally-ill.html

Headaches After Traumatic Brain Injury

Headache is one of the most common symptoms after traumatic brain injury (often called post-traumatic headache). Over 30% of people report having headaches which continue long after injury.

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http://www.msktc.org/tbi/factsheets/Headaches-After-Traumatic-Brain-Injury 

Canadian Food Bank Use Is On the Rise: Report

OTTAWA — More Canadians are relying on food banks to feed themselves, a report released Tuesday suggests.

The report by Food Banks Canada says last March some 863,492 people turned to a food bank, a 1.3 per cent increase over March 2015 and a 28 per cent rise over 2008.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/11/15/report-suggests-more-canadians-are-using-food-banks_n_12979380.html?ncid=tweetlnkcahpmg00000002

Insurers must provide a Reason if they request an Examination Under Oath

In Aviva Insurance Company of Canada v. Frank McKeown (2016), Aviva brought an application to determine whether an insurer is obligated to state their reason for an examination under oath (EUO) in order to compel a person claiming statutory accident benefits (SABS) to attend an EUO, if requested by their insurer, pursuant to subsection 33 (2) of the SABS. Aviva was seeking a legal order to compel the named respondents to attend their respective EUOs.

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http://www.personalinjurylawyerservice.ca/blog/insurers-must-provide-a-reason-if-they-request-an-examination-under-oath

Insurance company offers girl $8 for mileage to hospital instead of $50K for eye injury

One of Canada's largest insurance companies has done an about face and offered payment to the mother of a girl who lost eyesight after a serious soccer accident.

Nancy Desrosiers was featured in a CBC Go Public story yesterday, after Industrial Alliance insurance refused to honour an accident insurance policy that would have awarded a $50,000 payout.

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Lawyer says accident insurance almost ‘never pays’

By Erica Johnson, CBC News Posted: Nov 07, 2016 2:00 AM PT Last Updated: Nov 07, 2016 1:09 PM PT

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/injured-soccer-girl-gets-insurance-payout-1.3842023?cmp=rss

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/insurance-company-refuses-claim-for-severe-eye-injury-1.3834953 

Insurance industry uses Trump tactics to pump up fraud

If juries have become cynical it is because the insurance industry spends inordinate amounts of money, and uses Trump tactics, to launch ad campaigns to tell the public about so-called rampant insurance fraud.

The public has come to believe that nearly everyone is fraudulent without hearing the perspective of accident victims

Most injured parties have to take on their insurer via a legal battle to receive the income replacement and rehab benefits they require and are obliged to sign "privacy" or confidentiality agreements so they can't divulge the settlement or how they were treated at mediation or in an examination for discovery.

Source/more: http://deniedbenefitclaims.com/blog.html

Justice system verges on crisis as judicial shortages cause delays: TLA

The Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) says a crisis in the justice system is looming because of an "unprecedented" number of judicial shortages and is urging Federal Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould to take “immediate action."

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http://www.advocatedaily.com/none-justice-system-verges-on-crisis-as-judicial-shortages-cause-delays-tla.html

Drug company billionaire pulls out of Liberal cash-for-access fundraiser

The billionaire chairman of pharmaceutical giant Apotex has pulled out of an elite “cash for access” fundraiser at which Finance Minister Bill Morneau is the star attraction – two days after the Liberal Party sent a letter to cabinet announcing it plans to ban business executives or others from attending fundraisers if they are lobbying the government.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chairman-of-canadian-drug-maker-apotex-pulls-out-of-cash-for-access-fundraiser/article32694874/?cmpid=PM1116

Scrutiny of opioid prescriptions bad news for patients in pain, doctor warns

Dr. Ellen Thompson says a rising number of misconduct investigations by the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario into doctors who may be over-prescribing opioid medications such as morphine, oxycodone and fentanyl will discourage doctors from prescribing the painkillers even in cases where they are beneficial.

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http://ottawacitizen.com/storyline/scrutiny-of-opioid-prescriptions-bad-news-for-patients-in-pain-doctor-warns