Bitter melon, also known as Momordica charantia, is a peculiar-looking vegetable that has piqued the interest of many for its potential health benefits, particularly in managing diabetes. Native to...
The implementation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)-based drugs for the treatment of obesity has been an incredible advance in the field, enabling up to 25% decreases in body weight in many...
The first glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)-based therapeutic was approved by Health Canada in 2011 for the treatment of hyperglycemia in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Little was it suspected at...
November 26th marks the 100th anniversary of a splendid dinner held at the University of Toronto to recognize perhaps the greatest Canadian achievement in science. A few weeks earlier, the Nobel...
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. It therefore timely to consider what diabetes actually is, why we should care, and how it can be treated. Diabetes, or more technically, diabetes...
Are you kidding me? 鈥淣ature鈥檚 Ozempic"? Really? That message is spreading like wildfire on TikTok about berberine, a compound found in plants such as barberry, golden seal and meadow rue that have...
Ready, Set, Go鈥�. for Ozempic. That鈥檚 what the incessant television ads suggest. 鈥淎sk your doctor about Ozempic,鈥� the ads advise, without mentioning what the drug is for. The marketer鈥檚 hope is that...
Pet birds are very popular and loads of people have bird feeders in their back yards. That makes for birdseed being a huge business! Most people of course don鈥檛 give much thought to what it...
Funny the things one remembers. Like 鈥淒on鈥檚 Fountain of Youth,鈥� a short cartoon I saw some time back in the 60s. 鈥淒on鈥� was Donald Duck and the story was all about taking his nephews on a Florida...
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