Some people enjoy adding an olive to their martini. Others like to have tiny umbrellas jazz up a tropical drink. But one person in Manitoba didn’t plan to have extra glass fragments floating around in his or her vodka cooler. Woody’s Mexican Lime vodka coolers have been removed from store shelves across the country after the [...]
Most of us can’t begin the day without at least one hit, something to the get the blood flowing, a stimulant. We often don’t want to admit that we can’t go a day, let alone a few hours, without it. We get another hit after lunch; another when we get home from school; something to [...]
Jennifer Leslie was told she was pregnant by an emergency room doctor she had never met before. She had no family doctor, and when the one at the emergency room informed her she was a “high risk,” she was scared. “This was my first child. I was going on the word of this ER doctor, [...]
It was at my initial visit to Mercy Hospital’s New England Eating Disorder program when I heard some of the most startling facts about my body. Gloria, one of the nurses, looks at me and said “Hun, I don’t know how you are still standing. I can’t find your pulse anywhere.” I knew I was [...]
Twenty-four more tests for lead in its water at St. Thomas University are in the clear. The company, RCP Science and Engineering, sampled 24 additional fountains and sinks in Vanier Hall, Harrington Hall, and Holy Cross Hall for lead last week and every test result came back “well below guideline levels,” according to Jeffrey Carleton, spokesperson [...]
Over two hundred thousand Canadians are registered donors on OneMatch, Canada’s bone marrow network. In spite of this, many who suffer from leukemia and other life-threatening diseases won’t find a match within the country, if at all. Ruth Hoyt’s donor lives in Germany. Her marrow came in a small plastic bag, which was carried [...]
I’m Alex Vietinghoff. I’m currently studying Journalism, as well as Drama and French Communications at St. Thomas University. I have an extensive background in theater, and I record voice overs and narrations professionally.
Christmas is a very hectic time for everyone between spending time with family, holiday parties and extended hours at the shopping mall. The toughest part is keeping up on sleep and staying awake through it all. Jason Cassidy takes a closer look at what some people might be doing this Christmas to stay awake and [...]
In New Brunswick, 80 per cent of nurses trained here decide to stay. But do our hospitals need more than we can give?
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection that has become more common over the past few years. But with recent negative reports surrounding the vaccination for HPV, some women are debating whether or not they should get it. Gardasil is a vaccine created to help prevent HPV and cervical cancer. When it was [...]
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