Life

Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The nation’s pediatricians keep saying that television can be harmful for babies and toddlers, but this time, they mean it literally.

If Matthew Stowe ever became Speaker of the House, chances are question period would become a whisper-quiet affair. British Columbia’s MLAs, like the rest of us, aren’t supposed to speak with their mouths full, after all.

The longboard, a recent arrival primarily reserved for high-speed downhill glides, is something lawmakers will soon likely have to deal with, says Vancouver Island’s chief medical health officer.

Tamara Lukie once went through 18 Band-Aids in one day after her two sons, Callym and Oscar, started skateboarding. But as far as Tamara is concerned, cuts, scrapes and bruises are just part of boyhood.

A study released this week gives a clear idea of just how much users can get attached to their devices.

SEATTLE — Taking fish-oil supplements or even eating too much fatty fish may be linked to an increased risk for prostate cancer, according to a new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

If you’ve ever accompanied a girlfriend to happy hour or a monthly book-club meeting, it’s hardly a secret, perhaps, that she can make a glass of chardonnay disappear before you can say “cocktail.

There isn’t a great deal of cocktail drinking on True Blood, the HBO series set in the vampire- and werewolf-infested town of Bon Temps. The vampires drink blood, or the synthetic version that gives the series its name.

Close your eyes and picture a person who pays for sex. Is it an able-bodied, middle-aged, white heterosexual man? University of Victoria researcher Chris Atchison says you’re wrong (at least much of the time).

Even without the colourful, eye-catching posters and banners, or volunteers wearing white branded T-shirts, it didn’t take long to realize you had just wandered into Ska Fest, Victoria’s bustling “festival of the people” at Ship Point last Wednesday.