Disordered eating is a male problem too
Antidepressants may reduce severity of COVID-19
(Nick Zagorski/ Psychiatric News) — While effective COVID-19 vaccines continue to be approved and distributed worldwide, these injections are only one step of a multistep process to control the devastation caused by the pandemic. Even with millions of people receiving COVID-19 vaccines, the virus will continue to …
This doctor dad and teen want you to know climate change already harms health
(Brandie Weikle/ CBC News) — Sadie Vipond was just seven years old when she first experienced the negative effects of extreme weather, the kind expected to happen more often with climate change.
Her Calgary neighbourhood was evacuated because of severe flooding in 2013, the most destructive in Alberta’s history. …
Walking can help mild to moderate postpartum depression: study
(Melissa Couto Zouber/ CTV News) — As little as 15 minutes a day of brisk walking could help many women who struggle with postpartum depression, a study from a Canadian university says, though some severe cases may still require traditional medical care.
The study from Western University, published Wednesday by the Journal …
Eye conditions may increase risk of dementia
The research, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology , found that age-related macular degeneration, …
We still stigmatize mental illness, and that needs to stop
(Valerie A. Lapointe, Nessa Ghassemi-Bakhtiari/ The Conversation) — Many people struggle with mental illness — in any given year, one in five people in Canada experience a mental health problem or illness — but it is still heavily stigmatized. This seems to happen because of three things: the creation of stereotypes, …
The race to stop ageing: 10 breakthroughs that will help us grow old healthily
(Andrew Steele/ Science Focus) — Ageing is the single largest cause of human suffering. It might sound counter-intuitive, but it makes sense when you think it through: all of the biggest killers in the modern world, from cancer to heart disease to dementia, affect older people far more often than younger ones.
We’ve even …
Hand-washing, no yelling ‘trick-or-treat’: Quebec offers up pandemic Halloween rules
(Morgan Lowrie/ CTV News) — Quebec kids are being asked not to yell ‘trick-or-treat’ as they go door-to-door for candy and to keep a bottle of hand sanitizer handy this Halloween.
The province’s Health Department today published a list of guidelines to help celebrate the holiday safely amid the ongoing …
