The StarPhoenix - Health

• Mental-health groups call for more access to psychological services
  A coalition of groups in the mental-health sector are calling on governments to improve Canadians' access to psychological health care.

  
  

  
  
  
• Skiers', snowboarders' noggins need better protection, says CMAJ
  Many ski and snowboard helmets sold in Canada provide about as much protection from brain injuries as toques, Canada's top medical journal is warning.

  
  

  
  
  
• Don't blame social media for 'twitching' outbreak, says professor
  The Internet and social media aren't tools of mass hysteria, a Simon Fraser University professor is arguing in the wake of speculation that an illness apparently spreading among American teens may be exacerbated by social media.

  
  

  
  
  
• Malaria kills twice as many as thought: Study
  Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research that questions years of assumptions about the mosquito-borne disease.

  
  

  
  
  
• Desk-bound lifestyles proving hazardous, researchers say
  Travis Saunders used to sit all day reading studies about how sitting all day was killing him.

  
  

  
  
  
• Eating together may put diners' bites in sync, a study finds
  The next time you're sitting across from someone, eating with them, take note: Are you both taking bites at the same time?

  
  

  
  
  
• Prescription for gym just what doctor orders
  Patients in the Edmonton-area communities of Leduc, Beaumont and Devon are getting access to a new kind of prescription -- one for exercise.