Concerns raised about the rise of drug-resistant strains of HIV in Africa

Drug resistant strains of HIV in Africa is a very real threat and is occurring for a number of reasons.
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Vitamin D – Miracle Drug

Vitamin D has long been touted as a cure for bone loss and health but there is more and more research showing its beneficial effects. Read more

Fruit and How You Eat It Could Save Your Life

We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It’s not that easy. It’s important to know how and when to eat fruit. Read more

Drug Studies Cut Up and Recycled Lead to Misleading Conclusions

Carving up data from clinical trials into smaller bite-sized pieces and then using those slices to write several papers in competing academic journals distorts the medical literature. This practice, known as ’salami slicing’ is on the rise. Read more

#1 New Year’s Resolution: Get fit and Lose Weight…but How?

If you are like most people, losing weight and getting fit are your new year’s resolutions. Now is the time to make a difference for 2010. Read more

800,000 doses of children’s swine flu vaccine recalled; potency dipped below required levels

Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children manufactured by French drug company Sanofi Pasteur have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday. Read more

Lululemon Trying to Cash at the Expense of Canada’s Olympics

Lululemon launches line for ‘Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place Between 2009 & 2011′ and it has more than a few people very upset. Some feel the release is nothing short of ambushing marketing of the Canadian Olympic events.
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Bullying Website Geared At Helping Victims

With the issue of bullying increasing and the topic being at the forefront of academic and social institutions, more and more articles, publications and websites are cropping up. As parents we all know that the affect that bulling can have on children and young adults can be devastating. Cyberbullying is a new issue but one the schools have to deal with on a daily basis.

With the awareness increasing as to the need to stop bullying in its tracks, we will do our best to provide information as we get it. In that in mind we introduce the following websites developed in Canada by a parent and teacher who sent us this information in response to one of our bullying articles.

A Canadian teacher and parent named Bill Belsey is President of a website developed to address issues with bullying. President of Bullying.org, this organization wanted to share some educational resources that might be helpful to parents, educators and students in their efforts to better address bullying.

Regardless of where you live, bullying and its affects are the same and this website and its resources may be very helpful.

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Why Canada Can’t Stop Bullies

Canada can’t stop bullies. In fact, we rank 36th out of 40th for abuse in schoolyards.

Some would blame it on a culture where violence is glorified while some say it is lack of real policy and monitoring success of any such policy. Either excuse, shame on Canada.

Children everyday are being bullied in schoolyards without much being done at the school and board levels. Read more

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