Reading Time: 4 minutesThe U of O campus has a lot to offer for all things fitness. Here’s how to make the most of its programs and facilities.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe globe celebrated a tremendous milestone in 2022: child mortality rates reached an all-timelow, with a 50% reduction in fatalities among children under the age of five since 2000. Thisaccomplishment demonstrates the value of investing in health and education. Despite theseachievements, 4.9 million children die each year from avoidable causes, highlighting thecontinuous need for action. …
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith an increase in COVID-19 cases and an unprecedented flu season, health care systems are at their limit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBreast cancer is the leading cause of death by cancer in Black women in the United States.
Reading Time: 4 minutesU of O professor Andra Smith has published a study looking into the impacts of early oral contraceptive use on brain development, structure, and function in users
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Planetary health is this realization that, for you and me to be healthy, for humanity to be healthy, it depends on a healthy planet as well.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesMany women are not aware of just how prevalent — and deadly — cardiovascular diseases are. According to Dr. Coutinho, heart disease and cardiovascular disease kill five times more women than breast cancer and twice as many women as all cancers combined globally each year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fulcrum sat down with Sonia Du, a registered dietitian in Ottawa to discuss the best tips for students to stay healthy, what unhealthy habits to avoid, and the best ways to make sure you’re eating nutritious foods during stressful times.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe university says some of its employees from Information Technology Services, Teaching and Learning Support Service and Protection Services who worked in the ceiling space at Simard Hall and the Power Plant may have been exposed to asbestos.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe incidence rate for shingles has been increasing among many age groups, but experts aren’t exactly sure why.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA year-long University of Ottawa study looked at the cognitive functioning in over 4,500 children analyzing the impact of screen time, sleep, and physical activity. Screen time was found to have the largest impact in a child’s cognitive development.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAugust 23, 2018 marked the first event of a yearlong campaign called Spill the Tea organized and hosted by MAX with support from ViiV Healthcare Canada. The campaign’s goal is to raise awareness and provide education and resources on safer party and play for “guys who are into guys” in the Ottawa Area.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHowever you decide to stay healthy next flu season, don’t forget that there are other plenty of fun and outlandish options beyond your ordinary flu shot.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome students have found the proposed construction plans a refreshing and welcome change, noting that they will allow for more time spent moving, and less time sitting.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this Q&A, we cover the basics of consent, how to navigate consent when alcohol comes into the mix, and what the U of O can do to foster a consent culture in a time where rape culture on campus remains a major issue.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe need to be more critical of the methods we use to measure health, especially since different people have different goals, from getting a good summer body to training for a powerlifting competition.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough the Canadian health care system covers all essential medical services for residents, medication and prescriptions are not covered by this plan.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile these spherical lounge chairs might seem like something from the future—or Google—it’s about time post-secondary education woke up to the benefits of helping students nap on campus.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhile on-campus experimentation encompasses a cornucopia of mind-altering substances, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and ecstasy are usually the most familiar to students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTake a few extra precautions to make sure that your transition into the world of sex wherever, whenever, is a safe one.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s best to prepare yourself with some healthier options in order to keep yourself in better shape this semester.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s best to perfect something that is healthy, quick, and easy to dish out in a pinch.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaintaining your perfect summer bod can be a daunting task, but the Tomato is here to help. Working out can be fun if you do it right, and with this list we guarantee that by the end of the summer you’ll be ready for your next Friends marathon.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMarketplace found that staff at several top restaurant chains were routinely pressured into wearing revealing uniforms. This is a travesty, and this is why the policy paper’s recommendations should be adopted as soon as possible.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEveryone knows that green smoothies are healthy, but this one is delicious and filling too.
