Up in smoke
When I was a young kid, my father told me that when he started smoking he and his friends always said they would quit once…
health
Get ‘er done
If you find yourself using any of these excuses for your lack of exercise, be prepared to read my glorious refutations and have the rug…
Mental health and well-being
In many ways, this week’s feature on student health and well being is the most important project that I’ve ever had the privilege of being…
Body size, health and fatphobia
With the health-care reform debate gearing up in the states, there has been a great deal of controversy over the current system of health insurance….
Ping-pong’s less classy alter-ego
As the seasons change and we enter what feels like a purgatorial transition into winter, I am reminded of warmer times. Times when you didn’t…
Letters to the Editor – November 11, 2009
RE: Parking at the U of M Regarding Jeff Hadley’s Comment of October 28, 2009: Nobody owes you a parking spot. Jeff Palmer RE: Bison…
Healthcare in the US, a private affair
On Feb. 18, 1971 President Nixon announced, “I am proposing today a new national health strategy. The purpose of this program is simply this. I…
Beer: the (legal) treat to beat
Ok, ok, I know: Candy is awesome, dentists be damned. However, a time comes in every kid’s life when they are “too old” to go…
Running for the cure
This year on Oct. 4, I took part in Winnipeg’s CIBC Breast Cancer Run for the Cure. At 9 a.m., everyone from infants to seniors…
Better know a prokaryote
One need only to look at the more than 100 pages of comments on Cbc.ca following the website’s story on the approval of the H1N1…