Category: Health
-
Georgetown runs for hospital equipment
BY KENNEDY COLTHERD On average 68 Canadian women are diagnosed with breast cancer every day. Last Sunday a Georgetown residents pulled together and held a run to raise money for a key piece of diagnostic equipment for their local hospital. The hospital currently shares Sentinel node probe with the Milton hospital, which means that sometimes patients have…
-
St. Paddy’s Day: binge drinking can have lasting effects
BY JASMINE ANTHONY This St. Patrick’s Day, it’s important to remember that the “luck of the Irish” is not enough to get you home safely. With many pubs and bars promoting their venues using cheap beer and green beverages, it is easy to forget your one-drink-a-day rule and let loose for the night. And that’s…
-
Bringing dyslexia into the open
BY NICOLE CALHAU Despite being very common, dyslexia can still carry a damaging stigma for students and adults who have it. Although 85 per cent of Ontario students who are identified as having a learning difference have dyslexia, most of the public do not know what it is. The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as…
-
Campaigning to end mental illness stigma
STORY AND ILLUSTRATION BY JESSICA ROVEDA Despite media campaigns, stigma against mental illness is alive and well. According to the Canadian Medical Association, only 49 per cent of Canadians say they would socialize with a friend who has a serious mental illness, and 27 per cent say they are fearful of being around those who…
-
End-of-year student stress
STORY BY NICOLE CALHAU AND STEFAN LEE A healthy mind and body are critical for students coping with December stress, experts say. As Christmas approaches, most students are doing everything but celebrating. Stress for students comes from an array of sources: staying awake all night to get final projects done, family problems or even gift shopping.…
-
Dealing with End of Term Stress
STORY BY AMANDA STRAPP Christmas and the end of the fall term are rapidly approaching. All over the school, the Christmas spirit is being shown: event posters on the walls, Christmas trees at the residence buildings, and garland decorating the book store windows. However, most students do not hear the sleigh bells ringing. Instead, those…
-
Mo Moustache
STORY BY ROSS ANDERSEN Across campus, students are putting down the razor and growing moustaches. The Movember movement is underway, and students are ready to participate. During moustache month men around the world raise money for men’s health research. “It’s a way for men to support a cause, similarly as women would for breast cancer,”…
-
-
Experts shed light on insomnia
STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE It’s 4 a.m. and you’re wide-awake. You have an 8 a.m. class tomorrow. You’ve been lying in your bed for hours, fighting with yourself, trying to turn off your mind and fall asleep. Now with frustration setting in, it’s not likely that you’re going to even get a couple hours of…
-
Torontonians fall back into fitness
STORY BY KELSEY LYONS AND OLIVIA LITTLE Fit for Fall took over the Distillery District Sunday, October 4, with Torontonians working up a sweat at free outdoor fitness and relaxation classes. Top Toronto fitness instructors from studios such as Spynga, Stott Pilates, and Yoga Tree taught the sessions – which included yoga, meditation and high intensity…
