Archive for the ‘Diet & Fitness’ Category
February 5th, 2012 | 
Author: Canada’s highest court is set to hear arguments over whether it’s a crime for people with HIV to keep their condition from their sexual partners if the risk of transmission is low.
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Milford Bay Trout Farm Inc. is recalling its Smoked Trout Fillet because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
After 60 years of rules against full facial hair, Disney recently decided to allow its male front line employees to greet vacationers at its theme parks with neatly-groomed beards. Josh Visser explores what this says about modern man at CTVNews.ca.
Intermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations (or hypoxia) can improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetics, however exercise while under hypoxic conditions provides greater improvements in glycemic control than intermittent exercise alone, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)…
A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida.
Today is World Cancer Day and this year’s theme is "Together it is possible."
Travellers in Northern California can now find their inner calm in the Yoga Room at San Francisco International Airport.
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home after undergoing a transplant of six organs to remove a tumour that was spreading throughout her abdomen.
The Obama administration’s decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.
A U.S. company that sells a thalidomide-based drug into Canada has agreed to lower the price of the medication.
Peer support holds great promise in the struggle against mental illness. Now, reports, there’s a plan to provide something it sorely lacks: credibility
What should we do?
Be sure to engage your core when doing the side-lying glute and inner-thigh scissor lift
After sparking a huge outcry, the breast-cancer organization promises to fund existing grants
Along with flowers and jewelry, sugar is a go-to gift for Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re giving candy to a sweetheart or indulging your own sweet tooth, follow these tips from registered dietitian Karen Ansel.
A Canadian doctor who is being hailed for his work in medical ethics comes by his knowledge honestly — as a Parkinson’s disease patient whose experience with the health-care system hasn’t always been positive.
Gem Hebert is not shy about baring her backside for medical science. She’s one of about two dozen Alberta patients helping test a new technology called Smart-e-Pants, a custom electric underwear aiming to prevent bed sores.
Study suggests disease ‘jumps’ from neuron to neuron
He hates what he calls the "medical model", including psychologists, and refuses to see a professional. Is there any way to help him with his depression?
Much of its power lies in its ability to elicit emotional reactions and enhance mood
Pressure sores can cause no end of trouble for patients with spinal cord injuries. A new undergarment device prevents them from forming
Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other’s behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE. This behavior was found to be more prominent at the beginning of an interaction than at the end…
Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer…
Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center…
