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Breaking news coverage for Allergic Living from the 2016 AAAAI conference. Precautionary allergy labels are widely misunderstood and causing confusion, which in turn is leading to a lack of caution among consumers who live with food allergies, according to a recent study. Researchers surveyed more than 6,600 food-allergic consumers and caregivers in the U.S. and Canada, finding that […]
Breaking news coverage for Allergic Living from the 2016 AAAAI conference. Early introduction of major allergenic foods may help to protect babies from developing food allergies, according to new findings from the researchers behind the groundbreaking LEAP and LEAP-On studies. While highly positive results were seen for early peanut and egg introduction, more study is needed to gauge […]
Breaking news coverage for Allergic Living from the 2016 AAAAI conference. Each academic year, one in every six U.S. schools will have a student or staff member experience anaphylaxis, according to a nationwide survey that further supports the need for stock epinephrine auto-injectors in schools, and training for staff on when and how to use them. The latest […]
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What is your clientele like? Our clients range in age from 19 to 70. Because you need a prescription, they are either avid [medicinal] cannabis users, or people who have been sick for a while and are trying cannabis for the first time because they are seeking an alternative remedy. What […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Neurological Conditions campaign published in the National Post on March 11, 2016. When some people look at seven-year-old Jaxson, they see a brain tumour survivor who is now unable to breathe, eat, or stand on his own, but Candace Breynaert simply sees her son. Jax was just a toddler when he started vomiting profusely and […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women’s Health campaign published in Maclean’s magazine in March 2016. In the age of hand sanitizer and antibiotics, many avoid bacteria in order to stay healthy, but research indicates that not all bacteria are bad. “A probiotic is actually a substance made by a microorganism including bacteria and even fungi,” says Dr. Marla Shapiro, an […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women’s Health campaign published in Maclean’s magazine in March 2016. New medical imaging is taking mammography from 2D to 3D, providing physicians with a better picture of cancer. The main screening tool for breast cancer, one of the most common cancers among Canadian women, is currently 2D mammography, which takes two X-ray images of the […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women’s Health campaign published in Maclean’s magazine in March 2016. The parasitic infection, caused by an organism called Trichomonas vaginalis, is more common than chlamydia and gonorrhea combined. In the U.S., an estimated 3.7 million people have trichomoniasis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but only 30 percent of patients will show signs of […]
Written for Mediaplanet’s Women in Business and Tech campaign published in the Maclean’s magazine on February 10, 2016. During Kirstine Stewart’s first week at CBC as the Head of English Language Services, a co-worker stopped her in the hall and handed her a piece of paper. Assuming the new executive was an assistant, they asked, “Can you give […]
Ishani Nath 