Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here's what's in it
Nov 04, 2018 14:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
If youve ever thought your poo is just a bunch of dead cells, think again. Most of it is alive, teeming with billions of microbes. Heres what studies in healthy adults reveal makes up our poo. Water Our faeces is...
Get the flu shot – to lower your risk of a heart attack
Nov 04, 2018 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Were the members of the legendary musical group Bon Jovi medical visionaries? How else do you explain Shot to the Heart? This prophetic song predicted the protective benefits of the flu shot against heart disease more than...
Study hard and you might lower your chances of dementia
Nov 04, 2018 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Every year hundreds of elderly students gather in Toronto for convocation, in-person and online, anxiously awaiting their diplomas. Some are in their nineties; some have dementia. One graduate, who completed 15 courses...
Protein wars: Why men love meat
Nov 04, 2018 14:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Nov. 1 is World Vegan Day and apparently Canada is going meatless, unless you are a white older male, that is. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, because many Canadians still need a regular meat fix. In fact, many...
Tick-tock – for healthy mums and kids, dad’s age counts
Nov 04, 2018 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Women are regularly reminded of their ticking biological clock. It turns out men should also pay attention to age when it comes to having a family. A new study published today in the British Medical Journal provides...
Nov 04, 2018 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. This saying is particularly apt in medicine where doctors treat nearly every condition from depression to hypertension with a pill. If your doctor...
Nov 04, 2018 13:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Health
There arent many jobs where an employees potential sacking is everybodys business. But in the high-stakes world of elite sport, the jobs of those in charge the managers, coaches and leaders seem to be fair game and a...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects