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Government of Canada and Chief Nursing Officer hosted the Nursing Retention Forum to address workforce health challenges

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June 14, 2023 | Toronto, Ont. | Health Canada

As Canada’s largest group of health professionals with more than 400,000 members, nurses are critical to Canada’s health care system, but many are leaving the profession given the challenges – such as increased workloads, high incidences of burnout, stress, anxiety and depression, and in some cases, abuse – that they face on the job.

Health workers are the backbone of the health care system, and the Government of Canada is working with provinces and territories, as well as the Coalition for Action for Health Workers and other key partners to address

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Canadians have the right to a healthy environment with the passage of new laws

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Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act enshrining the right to a healthy environment have passed into law.

The federal government has been working on the legislation for several years, and introduced the latest version in the Senate in February.

It also adds a sentence to the act guaranteeing that every Canadian has the right to a healthy environment and makes it a duty of the government to protect that right.

The government now has up to two more years to define how that right will be implemented when it comes to enforcing the act.

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Amanda Bynes arrested by police for mental health evaluation

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Amanda Bynes was detained this weekend for a mental health evaluation, following the psychiatric hold she was put under earlier this year.

According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Police Department took the former actor, 37, into custody Saturday morning after receiving a call for a woman in distress. Eyewitnesses noted to the outlet that Bynes appeared calm in the presence of the police.

It’s not yet known whether the actress was released or placed on another 5150 psychiatric hold.

Amanda Bynes attends an appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court on July 9, 2013 in New York City. Bynes was facing charges

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Study finds less social networking, better mental health

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University students who limited their use of social networks to around 30 minutes a day afterward performed better on tests measuring anxiety, depression, loneliness and fear of missing out, US researchers reported.

Other tests showed that they apparently approached life more optimistically, according to the study published in the journal Technology Mind and Behavior.

Mental health benefits were seen even in participants who sometimes exceeded the 30-minute daily limit.

The study really helps to demonstrate that reducing the time spent on social networks is responsible for improving young people’s psychological well-being, according to Professor Caroline Fitzpatrick, a Université de Sherbrooke

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the influence of vitamin K on the diet-microbiome-health axis

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In a recent narrative review published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers explored how Vitamin K dietary supplementation could promote healthy aging.

Study: Vitamin K and Hallmarks of Aging: Focus on Diet and Gut Microbiome. Image Credit: ratmaner/Shutterstock.com Study: Vitamin K and Hallmarks of Aging: Focus on Diet and Gut Microbiome. Image Credit: ratmaner/Shutterstock.com

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Dietary vitamin K is a diet-microbiome-health axis modulator; thus, researchers are pursuing evidence of how it impacts the gut microbial composition and metabolic activities implicated with host health outcomes, especially in the older adults of the general population.

People aged 60 years outnumbered children below five years in 2020, and this aged population will nearly double to 2.1 million, outnumbering young people

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Mayo Clinic Minute: How low testosterone can affect men’s health

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Millions of men live with a testosterone deficiency. If left unchecked, this treatable condition may contribute to serious health problems like osteoporosis and lowered red blood cell production.

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Dr. Gregory Broderick, a Mayo Clinic urologist, encourages men with symptoms of low testosterone to speak with their health care team.

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Testosterone is a key male hormone that is responsible for characteristics like hair growth, muscle mass and deepening of the voice. As men age, testosterone levels gradually decline, particularly over 40.

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“The main complaint I see as a urologist is a lack of interest in sexual functioning,” says

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Experts advising N95 mask to beat wildfire smoke

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University of Waterloo commentary discusses ways to mitigate the harmful effects of smoke from the forest fires

Northern Ontario residents are worried about the impact of forest fire smoke can take a less-than-glamorous approach to feeling healthier and perhaps safer.

Try the N95 face mask.

The cellulose, paper and polypropylene-fibre masks were made popular at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but masking appeared to have become something no one wants to go back to.

That said, the University of Waterloo has issued a health news release to let people know there are actions to take to mitigate the effects

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TikTok and Instagram influencers top list of trusted news sources for today’s youth: report

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The next generation is trusting their news-gathering and fact-checking to TikTok and Instagram personalities rather than mainstream media and journalists, according to a report.

A study conducted for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, part of Britain’s University of Oxford, found 55% of TikTok users and 52% of Instagram users get their news from “personalities” on the respective platforms.

The figure of those who get their news from mainstream media and journalists on those same platforms falls to just 33% on TikTok and 42% on Instagram, as per the 2023 Digital News Report.

Nic Newman, a senior research

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