If you watched Lifetime’s Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren’t alone. “Where is Wendy Williams?” premiered over the weekend and featured numerous scenes…
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We Freeze People, Don’t We?
By KIM BELLARD Perhaps you’ve heard about the controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling about in-vitro fertilization (IVF), in which the court declared that frozen embryos were people. The court stated…
Why microchip?
Each year thousands of lost and abandoned animals are taken in by shelters and humane societies across North America. Microchipping is a reliable, permanent, one-time procedure that helps give you…
Lucienne Ide, Rimidi
Luci Ide is a physician running Rimidi, a company helping health systems manage patients with chronic conditions. They extract data from EMRs and transfer this into workflow for care teams,…
AI Is Turning Social Media Into the Next Frontier for Suicide Prevention
“We stumbled upon your post…and it looks like you are going through some challenging times,” the message begins. “We are here to share with you materials and resources that might…
Isabella’s happy tail
Isabella arrived at the Humane Society of Durham Region fearful of everything and everyone. Coming from a hoarding situation, she was fearful and anxious. With time, patience and lots of…
Ximena Cibils-Stewart: Silicon and endophyte defences in tall fescue reduce feeding and weaken immunity of an insect herbivore.
Ximena Cibils-Stewart completed her doctoral dissertation at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, and works as an adjunct scientist at the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria in…
Transformative cleft palate surgery changes life for abandoned puppy
When animal control services discovered a helpless puppy roaming a parking lot in Ajax, they brought him to the Humane Society of Durham Region for help. In August 2022, HSDR…
To Live Longer, Women Need Half as Much Exercise as Men
Women need to exercise only half as much as men to reap the same longevity benefits, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of…
The 7 Decade History of ChatGPT
By MIKE MAGEE Over the past year, the general popularization of AI orArtificial Intelligence has captured the world’s imagination. Of course, academicians often emphasize historical context. But entrepreneurs tend to agree with…