Gluten-Free Crackers Made with Hemp Flour and Decaffeinated Green Tea Leaves
A team of food scientists from University of Novi Sad in Serbia and Guelph Food Research Centre in Canada found that hemp flour, a by-product … Read more
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Female Coyotes Can Have Mixed Wolf-Coyote Pups
Scientists have successfully produced hybrid pups between a male western gray wolf and a female western coyote in captivity. By artificially inseminating a female western … Read more
Bright lights breed stronger emotions
The next time you want to turn down the emotional intensity before making an important decision, you may want to dim the lights first. A … Read more
Urban bees using plastic to build hives
Once the snow melts, Canada’s bee population will be back in business — pollinating, making honey and keeping busy doing bee things. For at least … Read more
Canadian study finds flu vaccine working well against H1N1
Canadian researchers today released a preliminary estimate that this year’s influenza vaccine reduces the risk of infection from the 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) virus by … Read more
Anti-cancer lysine deacetylase inhibitors protect against diabetes
New research shows that low doses of a cancer drug protect against the development of type 1 diabetes in mice. At the same time, the … Read more
U.S. ranks near bottom in efficiency of health care spending
A new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and McGill University in Montreal reveals that the United States health care … Read more
Fear of being single leads people to settle for less in relationships
Fear of being single is a meaningful predictor of settling for less in relationships among both men and women, a new University of Toronto (U … Read more
Graphic labels on cigarettes could lead to 8.6M fewer US smokers
A research paper published in the scientific journal Tobacco Control, “Cigarette graphic warning labels and smoking prevalence in Canada: a critical examination and reformulation of … Read more
Some ‘healthy’ vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease
Some vegetable oils that claim to be healthy may actually increase the risk of heart disease, and Health Canada should reconsider cholesterol-lowering claims on food … Read more
Research finds that giving money to the poor reduces poverty
The classic proverb says: If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will … Read more
