Canadian legislators lagging on public health
A Canada-wide ban on partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of industry-produced trans fats, went into effect Sept. 7. The ban is long overdue, having…
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Mumps on Fort Garry campus
Manitoba health officials are urging University of Manitoba students to take care after a number of students have been diagnosed with mumps. The province’s chief…
Recent findings that Harvard research was funded by sugar industry isn’t anything new
Newly revealed documents show that the sugar industry funded research in the 1960s that cast blame for coronary heart disease on fat, with results more…
Health and lifestyle apps for students
With only a month left in this semester midterms have been written, GPAs are being cemented, and studying for finals procrastinated on. It may be…
Sick notes are not proof of illness
There’s been a lot of discussion around the use of sick notes with the introduction of Bill 202, the Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (Sick…
New research links children who wheeze to asthma development later in life
Researchers at the University of Manitoba and the University of British Columbia have found a connection between wheezing in infants and young children and the…
Zika virus re-emerges
Only two years after the Ebola crisis in West Africa caused thousands of deaths and worldwide fears of its rapid spread, a new epidemic looms…
Coffee reduces DNA breakage: study
Coffee’s place in a healthy diet has always been a divisive topic. If you’re one of its fans, you’re in luck: recent studies have shown…
E-cigarettes contain chemicals linked to lung disease: study
E-cigarettes have exploded in popularity in a very short time. What started as a possible alternative to smoking and a tool to help people break…
Psychiatry professor sheds light on PTSD with federal research grant
University of Manitoba psychiatry professor Jitender Sareen received just under $2 million from the federal Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) this summer to fund…