Health
It sounds extreme, but here's how I learned to live on just one meal a day
Fasting isn't as loony as it first seems — there are scientifically-backed arguments to suggest we are suited to eating much less regularly
Cancer overtakes heart disease as the biggest killer in wealthy countries
Cancer now kills twice as many people as heart disease in high-income countries and may soon become the leading cause of death worldwide
Is the 'autism epidemic' real? Researchers say over-diagnosis to blame for spike in number of cases
In the 1960s, severe autism was thought to affect up to 10 children in 10,000. By 2014, it was one child in 59. But diagnostic criteria are more loosely applied
'It's just one study': Why experts say it's not time to give up on fluoridation
There are good reasons that a scientific paper — even a very good one — shouldn't form the basis of policy
Ottawa mayor Jim Watson: After 40 years, I'm opening the closet door
I was elected to Ottawa City Council when I was 30, and for most of my public life, my sexuality was not an issue. But in hindsight, not coming out ...
Scientists can now manipulate sperm to determine the sex of cattle. Will they do it with humans?
'Sex skewing in humans would be an ethical minefield with the potential for unpredictable and disruptive social consequences'
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Dark chocolate lowers the risk of depression, British study finds
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Trudeau vows to protect Canadian drug supply as U.S. to allow imports of cheaper prescription medications
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WatchWhy everybody is suddenly allergic to everything
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Beyoncé's 22-day, 100 per cent plant-based diet 'embraces food myths' and promotes crash dieting, experts say
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'Orthorexia' vying for classification as mental disorder as more people become obsessed with 'clean eating'
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Researchers are working on a pill for loneliness, as studies suggest the condition is worse than obesity
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Bio-warfare experts question why Canada was sending lethal viruses to China
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Tea before bed does not affect quality of sleep, study shows
'Doc, do you mind if I video this?' Smartphone recordings creating headaches in the ER
A new study finds that most doctors aren't in favour of allowing people to record their own procedures in the emergency department
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'It keeps me awake at night' sperm donor believes he's the father of at least 50 kids
'I would never have agreed to it if they had told me it was going to be 50 to 100 ... I am in therapy' -
WatchThe first chiropractor was a Canadian who claimed he received a message from a ghost
Daniel David (DD) Palmer invented the field of chiropractic care. He said the idea for chiropractic care came to him from the 'other world' during a séance -
Would you drink water out of a can? Pepsi wants to find out
Pepsi also plans to sell its carbonated water, Bubly, in cans and to put Lifewtr, a purified water with electrolytes, in bottles made from recycled plastic -
Concerns over Canada's insulin supply as soaring cost in U.S. has Americans heading north
'I do not want to be a bad neighbour," American Quinn Nystrom said. "I would never come to Canada if there was a drug shortage' -
Alberta father accused in son's death says boy wasn't sick enough to worry about
David Stephan, who is acting as his own lawyer, has been telling his story to a court in Lethbridge in what amounts to a monologue
The dubious science behind Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's $5K anti-radiation ‘tinfoil tent’
Since the 1990s, a whole subculture has emerged made up of people who believe they're being harmed in one way or another by exposure to electromagnetic fields
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Study links inattentiveness and bad behaviour in kindergarten to lower incomes in Canadian adults
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Medicine shortages feared as Trump backs Florida, Colorado laws to import Canadian drugs in bulk
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The Beyond Meat of fish is coming
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SickKids scientist calls for 'national strategy' to get genome sequencing covered in Canada
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Aging Capt. Kirk — William Shatner — undergoes 'restorative' stem cell therapy
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Sixth finger not a useless mutation, scientists say after brain scans of mother and son
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Harvard study: Just swapping red meat for nuts may reduce chances of early death by 19 per cent
Syringes, IV tubing, saline bags, packaging: Canada's hospitals couldn't function without single-use plastics
Justin Trudeau’s pledge to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021 may have noble intentions, but not all plastics are evil, experts sayRead the Full Story →
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How to be happy: In 2017, I quit my job and began cycling to Bhutan
Christopher Boyce, an unhappy happiness researcher, travelled more than 16,000 kilometres over 18 months to see how people found bliss -
WatchHow to live to 100 (according to science)
Among centenarians, one constant is that they’re often super active well into their 90s
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WatchCanadian MDs to restart hearts of the recently dead as new source of donor hearts
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Ten-minute scan may become universal screening tool for prostate cancer
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Teen boys' eating disorders may focus on muscle gain, not weight loss
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‘Search and destroy’ radiotherapy for prostate cancer being hailed as a game changer
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'Opioid epidemic:' Pharmacists want to restrict low-dose codeine products like Tylenol 1