A review of scientific literature published this week isn’t offering new advice, according to one expert in the field of gynecology who has 30 years experience studying menopause and who helped author guidelines for women looking for relief. The study just published in the Canadian Medical Association reinforces a shift already underway, that hormone replacement therapy should be the first treatment offered to menopausal women to help manage symptoms, and it also highlights the overstated risk of HRT from two decades ago. We reached Dr. Jennifer Blake, Professor and past CEO of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

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Spring has sprung as bird watching takes ‘flight’ with more of us paying more attention to ‘tweets’ and NOT the twitter variety!

50 million birds will visit Toronto this spring and there are dozens of events on the calendar for bird enthusiasts who learned this week that, after 50 years, Ontario removed bald eagles from its at-risk list. Ironically, while the hobby grows in popularity, bird populations are declining. Jody Allaire is Director of Community Engagement with Birds Canada.