Author: Maria Gill

Children often frown when it comes to eating it. However, green vegetables are especially recommended for their health benefits. Nutrition experts recommend eating at least one type of green leafy vegetable every day. Here are five of them that are particularly beneficial for the body. Broccoli Rich in nutrients, including vitamin K, phosphorous, and calcium, this cruciferous vegetable is essential for bone health. Thus, women and men with osteoporosis or victims of recurrent fractures should eat it, raw or cooked, several times a week. The same advice for children, mothers and the elderly. Lettuce It may seem surprising that lettuce,…

“This investment is intended to promote Canadian women entrepreneurs, giving them greater opportunities and, ultimately, a better chance of succeeding on the global stage,” said Isabel Huddon, President and CEO of BDC. (Photo: BDC Courtesy) The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) will provide $500 million to create franchisees – a fund and lab for women that will help women’s businesses across the country. The Federal Reserve considers it “the largest investment platform of its kind in the world”. said Isabel Heddon, President and CEO of BDC. “This investment aims to strengthen Canadian women entrepreneurs by providing them with greater…

Roughly speaking, sea level rise is currently estimated at 3.7 mm per year – a number that varies from region to region in the world. By comparison, the authors of this new study estimate that between 2014 and 2020, the average rate of land ‘sinking’ or subsidence ranged from 1.1 mm for the least vulnerable cities to 16.2 mm – and some of the cities most at risk even in neighborhoods over 20 or even 30 mm per year during this period. Among them are Tianjin in China and Ahmedabad in India. Not far from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam or…

In fact, in normal times, summer there ends as early as August, and September is the time when winter snow begins to form again. Not this time: from September 3, several consecutive days of rain Melting accelerated Part of the ice sheet covering this island-continent. Melting eventually measured in tens of billions of tons of ice: it will be One of the most important meltdowns that occurred in Septemberfor 40 years that such data is harvested. And some weather stations recorded, between September 3 and September 6, their highest temperatures, not September, but this year. The immediate culprit: a stream…

A California judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit against McDonald’s, brought by a media mogul accusing the fast-food chain of not advertising enough for black-owned chains and seeking $10 billion in damages, could take the next step. The first complaint, filed in May 2021, was dismissed by the same judge a few months later on the grounds that it was not supported by sufficient evidence. But the judge accepted an amended version of the lawsuit in January and then rejected McDonald’s request on Tuesday to strike it down. Byron Allen, an African American, accuses the fast food giant of refusing…

His Excellency. That’s what Alexandre Castongue, a new professor at the University of Montreal’s School of Nursing Sciences, wanted to study when he began his academic career. Over the years, this idea has been refined to lead to health. “I thought to myself that if I studied in a field related to health, I would contribute in one way or another to the improvement of the human condition and to lessening the distress of people living in certain circumstances,” explains the professor, with his luminous gaze. Because of this conviction, he first obtained a BA in Psychology from UdeM, and…

A $2 million shortfall of unpaid music creators and publishers in Quebec has prompted a music rights management firm to file a class-action lawsuit against SOCAN. According to David Murphy et Cie, which intends to take the Society of Composers, Composers and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) before the courts, creators and publishers, collectively, have suffered a shortfall of 45% of the radio revenue distributed by Sokan. An unfair royalty distribution methodology, applied between 2019 and 2021, will be moot. In other words, for the $1 paid by Quebec radio stations to SOCAN, the latter gave a total of $0.55…

Donating your poo can greatly advance science. If the idea sounds awkward, and even completely eccentric, it is in any case the project organized by l”Enray (National Institute of Agricultural Research) and theInserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research)This is for a specific purpose. “French Gut” While the functioning of the human body still hides mysteries and chronic diseases are still numerous and difficult to eradicate, I’Inserm Serves as an introduction to scientific and technological research in France. You regularly get funding from several government agencies, Thus you can try Inserm to understand how our bodies react to diseases.…

The project led notably by Inrae and Inserm aims to advance knowledge of the French gut microbiome. For this, the main French are called to give their saddles.Contribute to scientific discoveries with a simple act. This is the goal of the donors of “Canal France”, an initiative led notably by Inrae, AP-HP, Inserm and AgroParisTech and launched in September. The scientists’ goal is to map and understand the French gut microbiome by receiving the faeces of volunteers. Officials want to collect 100,000 stool samples by 2027.Germs are “all microorganisms — bacteria, viruses, parasites, and non-pathogenic fungi” that “live in a…

– Registrations open for monkeypox vaccinationThe LGBT + Dialogai Association has opened a platform in cooperation with the Canton Medical Service. On the other hand, we do not know when the doses will be delivered to the cantons.Posted today at 9:30pm.Several countries close to Switzerland have already vaccinated populations at risk of developing monkeypox.Agence France-Presse / Pascal GuiotIf you are in danger, rest assured. The monkeypox vaccine is nearing time. Since last Thursday, LGBT + Dialogai’s Checkpoint Genève Health Center has opened waiting list For the famous vaccine. This platform was created in cooperation with the cantonal medical service.This is…