Babies are not often swaddled in Canada and other western countries, unless it is in done by parents who come from places where the practice is traditional. Some parents say babies sleep better and longer when they are wrapped tightly,… »
Highlights / Environment and Health
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Diamond mine closure is planned years ahead with sustainability in mind
When diamond Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories closes, enormous circular craters will be left in the tundra. But instead of leaving the land and surrounding areas permanently scarred by industrial mining, the company decided to plan for closure while… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadians eat far more sugar than is deemed safe
While the World Health Organization (WHO) this week urged people to limit their intake of so-called free sugars to less than five per cent of their diet, most Canadians eat at least double that. The average Canadian consumes 26 teaspoons… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Brain training and exercise together better?
We know that physical exercise is good for the brain and that mental exercise is good too, but some Canadian scientists are researching whether doing them in quick succession is even better. As Canadians get older many choose to exercise… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
New vaccines for respiratory viruses in seniors
Canadian researchers just got $12.39 million to develop innovative, new vaccines that would help the elderly fight off respiratory viruses. Scientists now know that traditional vaccines for children and adolescents don’t necessarily work as well for older people. Dr. Brian… »
Hockey player suffers stroke, raises awareness
Hockey player Kris Letang felt dizzy and nauseous in late January and doctors found he had had a stroke. This sudden loss of brain function can be caused by an interruption of the flow of blood to the brain or… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Experiment reduces allergic reactions to peanuts
Using an experimental therapy, scientists have succeeded in feeding small amounts of peanut flour to allergic children and reducing their reactions over time. More children in industrialized countries are becoming allergic to peanuts and other foods, and sometime the reaction… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Taking fever meds can increase flu’s spread
Widespread use of medication that brings down a fever could actually increase the number of influenza cases by tens of thousands, according to a new study from McMaster University in Ontario. Flu season in Canada lasts from November to April… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
New pesticide contaminates wetlands: study
Wetlands are being contaminated by pesticides used on fields surrounding them. © Jim Devries Wetlands pepper the landscape in western Canada and a biologist says a pesticide is contaminating them and threatening the ecosystem. Christy Morrissey of the University of Saskatchewan… »
Land purchase to enable grizzly bear sex
A threatened population of grizzly bears in the Selkirk Mountains of western Canada may have an easier time hooking up with other grizzlies in the Purcell Mountains now that a conservation group has purchased some land there. It’s important for… »
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