Category: Health & Medicine

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5356217.1573567133!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/canada-cannabis.jpg This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. A new study suggests cannabis Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5366599.1574365834!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/voula-sardelis.jpg Mary Sardelis wasn’t allowed to visit her 97-year-old mother’s Ottawa retirement home for almost a year. Sardelis lives less than five minutes away from her mother Voula, but the home prevented Sardelis from seeing her, using sections of Ontario’s Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4331235.1507160680!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/madagascar-plague.jpg This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. It’s not a headline that Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5370003.1574449377!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/dominic-cardy.jpg New Brunswick’s education minister is making rare use of the Canadian Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to ensure his new legislation on mandatory vaccinations won’t be overturned by court challenges. Dominic Cardy introduced the bill, his second attempt to eliminate non-medical Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5368966.1574438424!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/leo-namen.jpg It has the makings of a mountaineering first when an Edmonton heart attack survivor attempts to summit the highest mountain on Earth next spring. But the climb will also provide an opportunity for a University of Alberta researcher to Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5369463.1574435876!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/teens-exercise-in-cambodia.jpg Teenagers worldwide are jeopardizing their health by failing to get enough exercise to reduce their risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, warns a World Health Organization-led study released Friday. The study, based on data from 1.6 million people in 146 Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5365147.1574190564!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/fountain-pop-cfb-halifax.JPG Cafeterias at Canadian Forces Base Halifax are no longer serving fountain pop and have fewer sugary treats in an effort to promote better nutrition among military members and civilian employees. Effective two weeks ago, the number of desserts has Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5214518.1570731591!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/doctors-doctor.jpg When Dr. Annie Lu learned of a chronic anesthesiologist shortage at Yarmouth Regional Hospital earlier this year, she thought she might be able to help. Lu, a family practice anesthetist (FPA) based in Ontario, saw the situation in Yarmouth, N.S., as an Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5368775.1574373721!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/hidden-camera-investigation.jpg It’s no secret that we’re spending more time in front of screens than ever before. Canadians say they spend almost 11 hours a day in front of them — at their desks, on their laptops and especially on their smartphones. Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.2943888.1423000598!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/measles-vaccine.jpg Infants are more vulnerable to measles infection than previously thought, a new study suggests. The findings debunk notions that most babies are protected for much of their first year by maternal antibodies passed on through pregnancy. In fact, Toronto researchers Read more …