For Canadians, free health care doesn’t come without a price

BY: NADIA ZAIDI  One of the most important relationships is the one you have with your doctor. It could very much save your life. But when waiting rooms are swelling with sick people, doctors sometimes speed through check-ups, and can…

There’s now a patch that can stop peanut allergies

BY RHIANN MOORE If you’ve spent your life forced to envy the simplistic, yet delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich, those days could soon be behind you. A treatment for the menacingly common peanut allergy is being proven to work by…

These cringe-worthy pimple popping videos are disgustingly good and it’s totally normal to think so

BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO If you’re listening to Justin Timberlake’s Sexy Back while watching tweezers extract a squishy substance from an outlined piece of flesh, there’s a good chance you’re stuck in the worm hole that is Dr.Pimple Popper videos. Dr.…

The ultimate guide to giving blood: Where to go, what to do, and who you’re really helping

BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE Canadians are some of the most frequent donators of blood in the world, with each person donating around twice a year to organizations like the Red Cross or the Canadian Blood Services who then send it to…

This timeline shows how weed has been stirring up controversy for over a century (infographic)

Marijuana has been a prevalent part of society for over a century, yet the debate still rages on over whether or not it should be legalized. Today, marijuana is largely known for its healing properties, often used as a natural…

3D printed micro-rockets will soon deliver drugs to your body

BY: LISA MICHAELS Recent experiments from research scientists at the Chemical and Biological Engineering department of the University of Sheffield, England have led to an exciting medical innovation. Their work has leveraged the use of new 3D inkjet printing technology…