Category: Health

SPCA's pet condoms campaign applauded by animal owners

Categories: Community, Health, World

Tags: Community, Health, World

petcondoms-220.jpg Has Frisky been a little more, well, frisky lately? You might want to stock up on pet condoms. That's the idea behind an SPCA ad campaign to raise awareness of spaying and neutering pets.

Mental patient costume sparks backlash, apology from U.K. retailer

Categories: Business, Community, Health, World

Tags: community, Storify

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A supermarket in the United Kingdom was offering a mental patient costume online that caught the attention of mental-health advocates, causing a social media storm.

E-cigarettes should be regulated, say 40 U.S. attorneys general

Categories: Community, Health

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si_ecig.jpgForty attorneys general are asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week to start regulating electronic cigarettes in the same way that it regulates other tobacco products.

SARS doctor Donald Low video ignites assisted-suicide debate

Categories: Canada, Community, Health

Tags: Canada, Community Reaction, Health

SARSdoctor-220.jpgA brain tumour may have taken Dr. Donald Low's life, but some of his last words are still spreading across Canada as thousands of people watch his posthumous plea for assisted suicide, sparking furious debate.

Vegans petition Starbucks to change pumpkin spice latte recipe

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PSL-220.jpgStarbucks' pumpkin spice latte may sound vegan-friendly, but its mix is chock full of condensed milk. This has sparked a petition on change.org to get Starbucks to change its recipe of the popular drink.

Electric Zoo cancellation re-sparks MDMA drug concerns

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si_electriczoo_molly.jpgIn a bold and controversial move this weekend, the City of New York decided to shut down one of summer's largest electronic music festivals after two attendees were reported dead and another six critically ill, likely due to the drug MDMA.

Disputed Zamboni MS theory ignites debate between CBC readers

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Some CBCNews.ca readers are split when it comes to whether or not the Zamboni technique to treat MS - recently knocked by a Canadian study - has any merit based on their experiences.

LuluLemon under fire for fat-shaming marketing

Categories: Canada, Community, Health

Tags: Canada, Community, Health

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Lululemon is facing an onslaught of criticism after some former employees revealed the company may be purposely shunning plus sized customers by relegating the brand's largest sizes -- 10 and 12 -- to unappealing heaps located at the back of stores.

McDonald's burger hailed cheapest, most nutritious food ever

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At 380 calories with 22 grams of protein and about a quarter of the daily recommended calcium and iron intake, McDonald's McDouble is "the cheapest, most nutritious and bountiful food that has ever existed" -- or so says Freakonomics reader Ralph Thomas.

Young cancer victim lives on in favourite game

Categories: Canada, Community, Health, Science & Technology

Tags: Canada, Community, Health, Science & Technology

ii-220-SarahJenner.jpgAn online gaming community is honouring one of its fallen members -- a 5-year-old gamer girl who recently lost her fight against cancer -- with a new action hero.