Author Archives: health

Who gets to decide when a 14-year-old wants to change gender? The child, the hospital, the battling parents?

In many ways, Max is a typical 14-year-old. He eschews soft music in favour of rock and heavy metal, likes to wear hoodies, giggles when he’s nervous and has a flair for drawing animals. He can be opinionated and sarcastic one moment, shy and withdrawn the next. His insecurities, however, run deeper than run-of-the-mill teenaged… Read More: Who gets to decide when a 14-year-old wants to change… »

Fun Corporate Event Ideas That Your Team Will Love

When throwing a birthday party, you always strive for something that will top the previous one and make it extraordinary. But when it comes to planning a corporate event, there’s no way you’d want to repeat yourself over and over again and let your co-workers down with the same old ideas. Your vision of everything… Read More: Fun Corporate Event Ideas That Your Team Will Love »

What to know about hypokalemia

Hypokalemia describes a person having too little potassium in their blood. If it is severe, it can lead to muscle weakness, which can have many health consequences. The cause is usually a person’s body excreting too much potassium. Hypokalemia is always a symptom of another illness or a side effect of a medication. It is… Read More: What to know about hypokalemia »

Got milk? Not so much. Health Canada’s new food guide drops ‘milk and alternatives’ and favours plant-based protein

At a technical briefing in advance of today’s release of Canada’s updated food guide, Dr. Hasan Hutchinson was asked why anything dairy appeared to be largely absent from the composite plate and snapshots of “healthy eating.” “Certainly in the picture of the composite plate you’ve got, ah, yogurt — that’s right there in the protein… Read More: Got milk? Not so much. Health Canada’s new food guide… »