Canadians like to have beer when they watch hockey, drink wine at dinner, and sometimes have cocktails after work. But health officials say they underestimate how much they drink and the cumulative, negative effects on their health. The Canadian Centre… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Botanists to collect plants from far northern land
Four people have travelled by helicopter to a remote and underexplored area of Nunavut in Canada’s north to survey and collect hundreds of plants. They are part of an ambitious project by the Canadian Museum of Nature to create a… »
Consultants help parents get babies to sleep
Canadian parents often complain they have a hard time getting their babies to sleep and to sleep right through the night. This can disrupt parents’ lives and make them quite miserable. Adults rarely live with their own parents or extended… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadians underestimate alcohol consumption
Canadians underestimate how much alcohol they drink and that hinders their understanding of the health risks and makes it difficult for health officials to plan how to avert disease and accidents, say researchers at the University of Victoria. Scientists discovered… »
Health calculator predicts hospital stays
You can use a new internet tool to predict how much time you will spend in hospital depending to your current lifestyle, thanks to some researchers in Toronto. The biggest factors that will make a difference are whether you smoke,… »
Pregnancy can increase road accident risk
Women in the second trimester of pregnancy have a much higher risk of being in a vehicle crash than they were before their pregnancy, according to Canadian scientists. They do not recommend women stop driving, but they do advise them… »
Too few children get early dental care: dentists
Canadian dentists recommend children first see a dentist by the age of 12 months but a recent study shows less than two per cent has seen one by the age of two. That could be why almost half the children… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Lyme disease increasing and mishandled: advocate
As Canada gets warmer more disease-carrying ticks are spreading Lyme disease and advocates say not enough is being done to help those who are stricken. A government website says most people infected with Lyme disease get a bull’s-eye rash, but… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Depressed young men become more sedentary: study
Young men who reported depressive symptoms at age 20, four years later reported spending more time on computers or watching television, according to research at McGill University. The same was not true for women. Sedentary behaviour is associated with adverse… »
Canada must test all newborns’ hearing: doctors
Newborns in Canada are routinely tested for thyroid problems and some rare genetic conditions, but doctors say not enough of them are being screened or followed for hearing problems. In Canada, health care is administered by each province or territory,… »
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