/oss/taxonomy/term/475/all en /oss/article/medical/feeling-tired-mind-your-sleep-hygiene <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-measles-are-back-blame-complacency">The Montreal Gazette</a><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-feeling-tired-mind-your-sleep-hygiene">.</a></em></p> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:12:01 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 9866 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-health/end-pandemic <p>On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 could be<a href="https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020"> “characterized as a pandemic,”</a> meaning that this new disease was now spreading all over the world. One day, we will be able to declare this pandemic over. The questions are: what needs to be in place to get us there and how will we know when we have reached this destination?</p> Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:49:30 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8487 at /oss /oss/article/health/nix-hansdshake-and-cheek-kiss <p>The custom of double kissing on the cheek as a form of greeting has always bugged me. Microbugged me. Do we really need to punctuate an encounter by exchanging oral microbes? What’s wrong with a good old-fashioned firm handshake? As it turns out, plenty!</p> Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:49:50 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8166 at /oss /oss/article/health-pseudoscience/holistic-dentistry-full-ofwholes <p>Definition of <strong>Holistic</strong></p> <p><b>UK</b> /həˈlɪs.tɪk/ <b>US</b> /hoʊlˈɪs.tɪk/</p> <p><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dealing"><b>dealing</b></a><b> with or </b><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/treat"><b>treating</b></a><b> the </b><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/whole"><b>whole</b></a><b> of something or someone and not just a </b><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/part"><b>part</b></a><b>.</b></p> Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Mark Grossman BSc, DDS, Contributor 8082 at /oss /oss/article/health/hygiene-and-health <p>We’ve grown up with the idea that dirt is bad. If you drop food on the floor, don’t dare to pick it up and eat it. Sanitize your kitchen and bathroom with “germ killers.” Filter your water. Purify your air. Sterilize your babies’ bottles. Well, maybe all that attention to fastidious cleanliness isn’t serving us so well. Maybe our immune system needs the exercise of dealing with microbes.</p> Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:57:23 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1657 at /oss /oss/article/quirky-science/these-cakes-are-not-eating <p>They may be a mystery to the ladies, but they’re very familiar to gentlemen. They’re called “urinal cakes” and are commonly seen at the bottom of urinals. Their purpose?</p> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:51:31 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1838 at /oss