Category: Health

CBCNews.ca readers debate 'best before' dates

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: Canada, Community, food, Health

FishThe latest story from the Go Public investigative team got the CBC Community taking about food, grocery stores and what's safe to eat. 

Giant colon tour coils through UBC campus

Categories: Health

Tags: World

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It isn't always easy to grab the attention of busy university students, but there's something about a 40-foot-long, 8-foot-high colon that is difficult to ignore.

The replica was on campus Tuesday to raise awareness about colorectal cancer.

New weight-loss pump sucks food from stomach after meals

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: POV

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A new that device that lets people eat as much as they want, while still losing weight, is now available to consumers in Europe - but they'll need a pretty strong stomach to handle it.

Link between teen pot smoking and lower IQs questioned

Categories: Community, Health, World

Tags: Health, World

si-220-marijiuana.jpgA Norway-based researcher is raising questions about a widely-covered 2012 report that suggested teens who regularly smoke marijuana could see a long-term drop in their IQ.

Did scientific research affect your view of marijuana as a teen?

'January joiners' polarize gym crowd

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: storify

si_january_joiners.jpgMotivated by New Year's Resolutions, hoards of new members join fitness clubs every January much to the chagrin of regular gym-goers who chide them for taking up too much space and flaking off in February.

Should health regulators crack down on thermography clinics?

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: Community, Health, Politics, POV

ThermographyBreast cancer survivor Linda Venus says clinics that tout thermography as an early detection tool for breast disease need more stringent oversight. 

Should Health Canada and provincial governments crack down on misleading claims about the test?

Should warning labels be required on products other than cigarettes?

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: Canada, food & drink, Health, Politics

plain-cigarette-220.jpgThe Canadian Cancer Society says that Canada's cigarette package warnings now rank fourth in the world. 

In the comments of our story, some members of the CBC Community suggested other products that should have warning labels. Do you agree?

Marketplace 'superbug' hotel investigation grosses out CBCNews.ca readers

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: Canada, Community, Community Reaction, Health

marketplace-hotel-bugs-220.jpgCBC Community commenters and Twitter users had a strong reaction to a CBC Marketplace investigation that found antibiotic-resistant "superbugs," including C. difficile and MRSA, in hotel rooms across Canada. 

Should internet companies block access to suicide sites?

Categories: Community, Health, Science & Technology

Tags: Community, Health, Technology, World

instagram-suicide-220.jpgAn MP in Northern Ireland has called on internet providers in the U.K. to block searches about suicide and prevent customers from accessing sites that describe suicide methods. 

Should ISPs be required by law to block these sites?

Cancer fundraisers shave clean for Movember 1

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: Community, Health, Storify, Twitter

mike-brown-movember-220.jpgThe annual Movember campaign to raise money for men's health concerns kicked off Thursday, Nov. 1, with fundraisers shaving their 'staches clean off as per Movember's strict code of honour.