Latte, pour-over or double double: no matter how you grind or brew it, many Canadians start their day with a cup of coffee.
Coffee — more specifically, caffeine — can be a great way to feel more alert and awake. But what else is that cup of coffee doing to our health?
According to experts, it depends.
“In popular press, one day coffee is good for you, another day it’s bad for you, another day it doesn’t do anything,” said Sara Mahdavi, a clinical scientist at the University of Toronto.
But whether a certain level of caffeine has health benefits,…
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Carleton Place bets on unique one-stop-shop health center in bid to draw doctors
At first, Peter Hamer thought the empty lot in Carleton Place, Ont., was destined to become a standard medical clinic.
With an estimated 4,000 residents in the area without a family doctor, the project would help address a need.
But as the work progressed, Hamer began to see the outline of “something much more interesting.”
“Instead of just bringing doctors in one building, we also want to bring in other health service providers,” said Hamer, the executive director of the Ottawa Valley Family Health Team.
“All the ancillary health service providers that are in the geographic area under one roof.”…
What do you do if your pet eats weed?
Reports of cannabis-induced toxicosis in pets have increased “significantly” in North America since 2018, after marijuana was legalized for recreational use in Canada and several US states, according to a 2022 study conducted by researchers at the University of Guelph and data from the Pet Poison Helpline.
University of Guelph researchers surveyed 251 veterinarians in Canada and the United States—191 of whom practiced in Canada—between January and April 2021. According to the survey data, published in PLOS ONE on April 20, 2022, cannabis poisoning were most commonly reported in dogs and most likely to be caused by edibles that pets…
Sask. the health minister responds to claims of a ‘culture of fear. among health care workers
During the question period on Wednesday, NDP MLA Meara Conway brought up a memo sent to all Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) staff that was leaked on Tuesday, showing the state of Saskatchewan’s hospitals.
“Yesterday, I asked the health minister about his government’s ‘hush memo’ and the culture of fear he’s created in our public health care system,” Conway said.
Conway said as usual, the minister downplayed the situation and said health care workers don’t have anything to fear when it comes to speaking out.
“If that’s the case, then why did the three nurses speaking to CTV News yesterday feel…