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You may not like spicy and sharp flavours of chili peppers and ginger, but new research suggests the ingredients, when paired together, work to lower your cancer risk. Researchers show in mouse studies that the pungent compound in ginger, 6-ginergol, could counteract capsaicin’s potentially harmful effects. In combination with the capsaicin, 6-gingerol could lower the risk of cancer, they say. ... Read More »

Forty-one per cent of Canadians say their mobile devices are their preferred method of playing video games, according to a new survey from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada. “There’s no doubt anymore that video games are entrenched in popular culture and entertainment,” said Jayson Hilchie, President and CEO of ESAC. “Mobile games have exploded in popularity; top charts for ... Read More »

The sugar industry paid Harvard researchers in the 1960s to bury research linking sugar intake to heart disease and to instead make fat the culprit, according to a study of archival documents. An analysis of those papers by researchers at UC San Francisco appears Sept. 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The internal industry documents, which were found in public archives, ... Read More »

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the lead federal agency responsible for preventing the spread of animal diseases within Canada, confirmed the presence of whirling disease in the upper Bow River, downstream from the confluence of the Bow River and Cascade River within Banff National Park. The province says a three-point action plan was developed after whirling disease was found ... Read More »

Currently available on PC, Xbox One and PS4, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, is also coming to the PlayStation 4 Pro (PS4 Pro) computer entertainment system, Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal announced. With PS4 Pro, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has had a whole new layer of detail added to it: overall resolution increased, aliasing reduced, reflective surfaces improved, and more detailed lighting ... Read More »

The Edmonton SmartTravel app can save you from getting speeding tickets and prevent you from being in traffic collisions. Using the app doesn’t replace safe driving. The app meets all the requirements of the distracted driving legislation. Coun. Bev Esslinger said Monday the Edmonton Smart Travel App gives drivers verbal warnings to alert them to changes on the road. “If ... Read More »

Hillary Clinton led Donald Trump in a poll released Sunday, a continuation of surveys giving the Democratic nominee a narrow edge. Hillary Clinton has a 5-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump among likely voters, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released on Sunday. When looking at all registered voters, Clinton’s 46 percent to 41 percent lead opens to a 10-point ... Read More »

Samsung is increasing the urgency of replacing your Galaxy Note 7 with a new device. The warning, issued in a news release, came amid recent news that lithium-ion batteries in certain Note7 devices had resulted in fires. “When these batteries overheat and burst, the results can be dangerous,” the CPSC said in its statement. “These incidents have occurred while charging ... Read More »

Alexis Arquette, a transgender actress and member of a famous Hollywood family, died Sunday morning at the age of 47, according to her family. A cause of death was not immediately released. Alexis, born Robert, announced that she was a transgender woman in 2006, and underwent sex reassignment surgery. “Alexis was a brilliant artist and painter, a singer, an entertainer, ... Read More »

Nissan is recalling more than 134,000 vehicles due to the danger that a bad seal in the brake system could cause an electrical fire. Recalled are the 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima and 2015-2017 Murano, both equipped with intelligent cruise control, and 2015-2016 Nissan Murano Hybrids. Read More »

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can result in a number of physical, neurological and mental conditions that range in severity. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, some of that alcohol easily passes across the placenta to the fetus. The body of a developing fetus doesn’t process alcohol the same way as an adult does. The alcohol is more concentrated in the ... Read More »