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3 weeks ago | 
nationalpost.com | Sharon Kirkey
Advertisement 1Exposure to wildfire smoke drifting across the country has been linked to increased risks of heart, lung and brain problemsArticle contentIn addition to hearts and lungs, wildfire smoke may mess with the human brain, emerging research suggests.
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4 weeks ago | 
thesudburystar.com | Sharon Kirkey
Researchers who followed nearly 12,000 preteens over three years found as time spent on social media increased, so did signs of depressionChildren on their phones. "Parents can lead by example," notes the lead author of a new study.
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4 weeks ago | 
nipawinjournal.com | Sharon Kirkey
Researchers who followed nearly 12,000 preteens over three years found as time spent on social media increased, so did signs of depression Any potential link between social media use and kids' mental health often comes down to a what-came-first conundrum: does more time glued to TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram make youth more depressed, or are distressed kids just more likely to spend more time on social media? Recommended Videos A new study suggests it's the former, not the latter, at play.
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4 weeks ago | 
nationalpost.com | Sharon Kirkey
Advertisement 1Researchers who followed nearly 12,000 preteens over three years found as time spent on social media increased, so did signs of depressionArticle contentAny potential link between social media use and kids’ mental health often comes down to a what-came-first conundrum: does more time glued to TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram make youth more depressed, or are distressed kids just more likely to spend more time on social media?
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1 month ago | 
nationalpost.com | Sharon Kirkey
Advertisement 1The vast majority of measles cases today are among unvaccinated children and youth, as vaccine hesitancy, and outright refusal, growsArticle contentPublic confidence in vaccines has dipped since COVID’s first surges, the proportion of parents “really against” routine childhood immunizations has grown and one third of Canadians believe the discredited claim that the measles vaccine causes autism, surveys show.
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1 month ago | 
lfpress.com | Sharon Kirkey
The gaps threaten to widen and feed a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases like the ongoing outbreak of measles, say those who study the phenomenon. But vaccine hesitancy goes beyond autism. The motives of parents opting out are “often far more complex and nuanced than the pro-side would like to admit,” according to the authors of a recently-published paper on English-speaking Canada’s growing anti-vaccine movement.
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1 month ago | 
nationalpost.com | Sharon Kirkey
Advertisement 1Cortisol 'detoxes' are trending, but scientists say most people don't need to worry they're producing too much cortisolArticle contentGoogle searches for cortisol, the body’s main stress hormone, are soaring, up 110 per cent in the U.S. in the past year alone, with “cortisol trigger foods” and “how to do a cortisol detox” ranking as top trending related searches, according to Google Trends.
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1 month ago | 
nipawinjournal.com | Sharon Kirkey
According to a new review, mind blanking is a distinct conscious state in which our minds go 'nowhere' because they seem devoid of content The human mind really can go blank during consciousness, according to a new review that challenges the assumption people experience a constant flow of thoughts when awake. In experiments with healthy volunteers, the brain shows signs of "deactivation" and an increase in sleep-like slow brain waves during a reported mind blank.
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1 month ago | 
healthing.ca | Sharon Kirkey
Home / Brain Health / Mind blanking: This is what happens in your brain when you go blank Sharon Kirkey, National Post The human mind really can go blank during consciousness, according to a new review that challenges the assumption people experience a constant flow of thoughts when awake.
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2 months ago | 
winnipegsun.com | Sharon Kirkey
Author of the article:Postmedia NewsSharon KirkeyPublished Apr 26, 2025 • Last updated 9 minutes ago • 3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The Ontario Court of Appeal is seen in Toronto in 2019. PNimgArticle contentOntario’s top court has ruled the province must cover the cost of a penile-sparing vaginoplasty for a transgender resident who does not identify as exclusively female or male and who wishes to have both genitalia.
