Healthy lifestyle
A healthy lifestyle is one which helps to keep and improve people's health and well-being.Many governments and non-governmental organizations have made big efforts in healthy lifestyle and health promotion.
Mental Health
Mental health can be considered a very important factor of physical health for the effects it produces on bodily functions. This type of health concerns emotional and cognitive well-being or an absence of mental disorder.
Public health
Public health can be defined in a variety of ways. It can be presented as "the study of the physical, psychosocial and socio-cultural determinants of population health and actions to improve the health of the population.
Reproductive Health
For the UN, reproductive health is a right, like other human rights. This recent concept evokes the good transmission of the genetic heritage from one generation to the next.
Health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
dimanche 14 janvier 2018
Fruit flies can taste calcium: Does that mean humans can?
Scientists can't agree on whether there are more fundamental or basic tastes, like sweet, sour, bitter, salty and savoury. But after discovering fruit flies can taste calcium, some wonder if humans can too.
'Increased urgency' in dementia research as Canada's population continues to age
Nalini Sen, director of research for the Alzheimer's Society of Canada said huge investments are being made into research and teams are beginning to examine dementia through a "multi-dimensional" approach.
samedi 13 janvier 2018
Flu activity in Canada 'high' and continuing to rise, latest public health numbers say
The number of people stricken by flu continues to rise across the country, with 15,572 laboratory-confirmed cases for the season as of Jan. 6, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.
Debt, pain and more surgery: The true cost of gastric band procedure hyped as weight-loss fix
The commercial made it seem so easy — "You're in, you're out and you're shopping … what could be better?" But Barbara Litt's gastric band surgery couldn't have gone worse. It left her in debt and in pain. And she's not alone.
British surgeon fined, avoids jail after burning initials onto livers of patients
A British surgeon who burned his initials onto patients' livers during transplant operations has been fined the equivalent of $17,100 Cdn and ordered to perform community service.
5 more dogs test positive for canine influenza in Canada
Five dogs in Canada that came into contact with two others with H3N2 canine influenza have also tested positive.
Trudeau says pot purchasers are funding gangs, organized crime and must be charged
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians who buy pot are funding gangs and organized crime and will continue to be charged until marijuana is legal.
vendredi 12 janvier 2018
Canada's opioid crisis crosses 'entire spectrum of society,' poll says
One in eight Canadian adults says they have family members or close friends who have become dependent on opioids in the last five years, an Angus Reid poll says.
Alcohol may be 'very damaging' to people with 'Asian glow'
Why does drinking alcohol boost your risk of cancer? By damaging the DNA in your stem cells, a new study suggests. And if your face flushes red after you sip half a bottle of beer, like many Asians, you could be getting way more DNA damage than other people.
Anonymous donor gives Centre for Addiction and Mental Health $100M
Canada's largest mental health hospital has been given $100 million by an anonymous donor, with the goal of developing cures for psychiatric conditions that affect almost seven million Canadians.
What to do if your dog catches the flu
The Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown is telling pet owners to keep an eye out for signs of canine influenza or dog flu.
Sale of controversial 'miracle' tonic results in dozens of charges
A B.C. man and an Alberta woman face dozens of Food and Drug Act charges related to the promotion of a so-called miracle tonic touted as capable of curing everything from AIDS to autism. The charges come after Health Canada spent years trying to crack down on the sale of sodium chlorite.
jeudi 11 janvier 2018
Newborns with opioid withdrawal do better cared for by mom, versus stay in intensive care
With the opioid crisis leading to a rising number of babies suffering withdrawal symptoms from exposure to the drugs while in the womb, the Canadian Paediatric Society is issuing recommendations to doctors and hospitals on how to better care for these vulnerable newborns and their mothers.
E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce apparently over, Ottawa says
An outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce "appears to be over," according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Group that brought dogs with influenza to Canada says it had 'no way of knowing' animals were sick
Staff at MotorCity Greyhound Rescue in Detroit, Mich. say they took all necessary precautions before importing greyhounds with a highly infectious canine flu from South Korea.
Canadian doctors slam Gwyneth Paltrow-endorsed coffee enema
Medical experts say the do-it-yourself coffee enema promoted on Paltrow's Goop website is not only scientifically unsupported, but potentially dangerous.
Source of health problems affecting 8 Canadians in Cuba still a mystery
Eight Canadian diplomats or members of their families have experienced mysterious symptoms in recent months, but Global Affairs officials say they still have no idea what is causing them.
Don't use cotton-tipped swabs to clean inside your ears, experts urge
Many patients don't realize that their efforts to clean their ears can cause damage, says a Canadian ear, nose and throat specialist who studied U.S. emergency department records and found cotton-tipped applicators were involved in many ear injuries.
Mother tells Trudeau autism care is a 'human rights issue'
A Nova Scotia activist and mother of a nine-year-old boy with severe autism asks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about his government's stance on a national autism strategy during his town hall meeting in Lower Sackville, N.S.
New contender for world's most expensive drug costs $850,000 US
There's a new candidate for a place on the list of the world's most expensive drugs.
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