Taking a bite out of the dangerous notion that food is medicine
Pseudoscience and quackery love the food-is-medicine philosophy because it helps them sell their nutritional supplements, diet books and therapy sessions
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How do we make sense of, and manage, football’s violence?
Head-first tackles, helmet swinging and devastating hip injuries all add to a game’s growing reputation for chaos
How Sesame Place is helping children with autism
The organization has always been strongly committed to the growth, development and education of children from all walks of life
Medical marijuana can help end opioid crisis
A variety of studies show cannabis is a viable pain-killing alternative, and it has been successfully used to help addicts kick opioids
Three nutrition trends to stay away from
Skip the cleanses, alkaline diets and IV vitamin therapy; there’s no evidence they work and plenty of evidence they can be harmful
Cool the hype around genetics and health care
We are a long way from identifying definitive biomarkers to illness and personalized gene therapies are likely generations away
ADHD can stall your career
Millions of people are walking around unaware they suffer attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, or how it affects their live and careers
Health technology accelerator launches in Calgary
First cohort of startups in place to develop innovative technology to improve patient care
Body image issues begin early
How we can help our children be comfortable and happy in their own skin
