While this year’s flu enters its mid-season, medical professionals debate whether or not the unpredictable illness has reached its peak.
Section: Science & Health
Canada’s new Food Guide favours plants over meat and milk
Canada’s new Food Guide scraps the old dairy and meat categories, and instead introduces “protein foods.”
Stroke disproportionately affects more women than men: report
Dina Pestonji didn’t smoke, didn’t do drugs, ate healthy food and ran marathons. Yet she had two strokes by the age of 29.
Artist and young elder explores East York’s icy origins
Though much of the history of Indigenous peoples is passed down through oral means, researchers have found traces of bones and weapons from 13,500 years ago.
Assisted dying could one day be an option for kids
The report in the Journal for Medical Ethics is “intended as a road map through the still-emerging legal and ethical landscape of paediatric MAID.”
Leaside resident steps up to fight bladder cancer
Leaside resident Deanne Puder’s eyes teared up as she addressed the close to 400 people gathered at Wilket Creek Park on Sept. 23 for Toronto’s ninth annual Bladder Cancer Canada Awareness Walk.
It was Puder’s first time organizing the walk in honour of her father, Ingo Puder, who died of bladder cancer in October of 2017.
Local hospital braces for more emergency room visits from marijuana use
While Toronto waits for marijuana legalization on Oct. 17, one doctor in East York is already taking action.
100 people brave storm for March for Science rally
Although the Toronto weather called for ice rain and snow in the forecast, that didn’t stop participants from showing their support at the 2018 March for Science.
If you see a raccoon acting strangely, it could have this
There have been hundreds of cases of raccoon distemper in the last few years in Toronto. The virus had led many people to believe that the cause was rabies.
Embracing South Africa’s paradise of plants
There are over 22,000 species of plants in South Africa, and Anna Leggatt set out to see them all.
Leggatt shared her recent journey with the East York Garden Club, as well as her encounters with other life forms along the way.