Men, are you so dumb you can’t work a dishwasher? So immature that your life revolves around sports and Doritos? The trend isn’t new, but television and advertising portrayals of men as clueless lunkheads seem to be the gift that keeps on giving —and it must, otherwise product hawkers would be taking a different […]
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Tailor-made drug molecules are closer to becoming a reality, thanks to supercomputing
Personalized or precision medicine is changing the way health care will be carried out, with the development of tailor-made drugs being at the forefront of that advance. And as new research from the University of Washington shows, having access to the data-crunching and modelling power of supercomputers is proving key to the development of this […]
Look out meat-eaters, Canada’s new Food Guide will turn you into a vegetarian
Health Canada just released its preliminary draft of Canada’s new Food Guide, the first such overhaul of the country’s nutrition policy in ten years. The changes are long overdue, say health care experts, many of whom see the proposal as a step in the right direction. Yet, with its new emphasis on a plant-based diet, […]
Global warming could turn polar bears into maneaters, study finds
A new study on polar bears has concluded that far from being the man-eating killing machines of common lore, polar bears are not prone to attack humans. But that could change, as loss of sea ice due to global warming is hurting the bears’ ability to hunt for food — and, as the historical evidence […]
This Toronto hospital has a plan to curb the worrying rise in C-section births
The number of Caesarian births across Canada is becoming a growing concern, say health care experts, but one Toronto hospital has a plan in place to combat the trend. And it’s working, says a new study on a C-section reduction strategy employed by Markham Stouffville Hospital in Ontario. Canada’s C-section rate has jumped over the […]
New study finds surprising reason why old get less sleep
A new study has confirmed for the first time in humans the sentinel theory of sleep —the idea that members of a group naturally sleep at different times, so that there’s always someone awake to keep watch over the rest. The findings suggest that for many of us who endure fitful sleeps, that impulse may […]
New study has good news for women on antidepressants who are expecting
A comprehensive new study has concluded that the use of antidepressants by pregnant women does not increase the risk of intellectual disability for infants. An international team of researchers from the United States, Canada and Israel looked at data on 179,007 children born in Sweden in the years 2006 and 2007 and linked it up […]
Squirrels with early birth months do better, Guelph researchers find
There are benefits to being older and wiser, it seems, especially for red squirrels. Researchers from the University of Guelph have concluded that squirrels from litters born earlier in the year have a higher survival rate than those born later, since they’re more likely to leave the nest earlier and find a territory to claim […]
Para athletes need better concussion protocols, experts say
Concussions in pro sports have been put under the spotlight in recent years, but one group of athletes still remains particularly vulnerable: para athletes. Now, a group of medical experts is calling for a “heads up” on concussion in para sports, saying that its concussion testing remains inadequate in comparison to the revamped guidelines and […]
Crop yields across North America are damaged by a warming Arctic, study finds
Global warming is heating up the Arctic, which in turn is causing cooler, drier weather for the rest of North America. That’s the conclusion of a new study which finds that over the past three decades, years in which the Arctic experienced abnormally warm weather translated into “more frequent and more intense” cold spells for […]
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