Oh, sweet — the ‘nanny state’ is back! Fast-food chains and coffee shops in New York City would have to slap a warning on menu boards and packaging under a new rule from the Adams administration. The city Health Department’s first-in-the-nation edict will mean labels warning on food and drinks with more than 50 grams … Read more
Amidst the controversy surrounding Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s diabetes treatment in Tihar jail, Delhi minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused the Central government of conspiring to kill an elected CM. Bharadwaj highlighted a letter from the DG of Tihar jail to AIIMS requesting a diabetologist, contradicting BJP’s claims of adequate medical … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday moved a fresh application seeking direction to jail authorities to administer insulin and allow him to consult with doctors through video conferencing daily for 15 minutes for his acute diabetes and fluctuating blood sugar levels.The plea also stated that the Delhi Chief Minister’s wife Sunita Kejriwal … Read more
Nearly a year after graduating from Carleton University with a degree in engineering physics, Surya Nareshan is still struggling to find employment. Nareshan, who lives in Ottawa, has applied for dozens of positions since May — mostly in software engineering and optics. While he’s made it through multiple rounds of interviews, including elaborate proficiency testing, he hasn’t yet found … Read more
Nigerian actor Amaechi Muonagor is dead. He died on Sunday at the age of 62. His colleague, Kingsley Orji, broke the news on social media Sunday evening. Kingsley drew the public’s attention to Amaechi’s plight earlier in the month when he shared a video of the late actor on his Instagram, saying the illness affected … Read more
The City of North Bay, Ont. and the Department of National Defence (DND) are set to begin a $20-million project this spring to remediate a site contaminated with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — often referred to as “forever chemicals.” From the early 1970s to mid-1990s, DND conducted training exercises at the city’s Jack Garland Airport with aqueous film-forming foams that contain … Read more
NEW DELHI: Adults living in extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries, or LMICs, have health conditions like hypertension and diabetes that can lead to heart disease, according to new research published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Researchers examining the relationship between poverty and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) discovered that CVD risk factors were highly … Read more
A new regulation proposed in the Denver City Council would mandate that restaurants list just two drink options on their menus as part of combo meals for children: Water or milk? The proposal aims to sideline sodas and sugary drinks and help drive healthier dietary choices for young Denverites at a time when health care … Read more
Cassie Gray says she doesn’t want diabetes to define her, but it can take a toll. “I feel defeated sometimes, like it takes over my life,” the 14-year-old said. For her mother, Tara, the cost of Cassie’s medication brings an added worry. “We tried to hide some of our stress from our daughter because she … Read more
The mission was simple: a restaurant rumble – gourmet versus mainstream. I spent £35 in critically-feted restaurant Leroy – a Shoreditch eatery with a strong Italian influence that won a Michelin star in 2019 and retained it until February 2024 – and then in high-street equivalent Prezzo, a popular Italian family chain. Why? I wasn’t hoping … Read more
