Federal Retirees raises concerns about Alberta health-care changes - National Association of Federal Retirees

Retirees who have accumulated little net worth are at increased risk of poor health, according to a study by the Quebec observatory on inequality (OQI) published Tuesday. The study, conducted in 2025 and 2026, was based on an analysis of Statistics Canada data as well as qualitative data obtained from 20 semi-structured interviews with Quebec seniors and more than a dozen people who work with the elderly.

IntroductionWhy nutrition advice often falls shortWhat is culinary medicine? How cooking skills influence healthCulinary medicine in clinical practiceTeaching future healthcare professionalsChallenges and future directionsConclusions: Bringing nutrition science into everyday practiceReferencesFurther reading What happens when dietary advice becomes a cooking lesson? Teaching kitchens offer a setting to examine how food-preparation skills connect nutrition science to everyday patient care.

Review finds ADHD drugs may ease perimenopause brain fog and improve daily focus, but objective cognition gains remain unclear; larger safety and efficacy studies needed. According to a new review, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may help improve brain fog in perimenopausal women. Investigators underwent a scoping review to better understand the potential of ADHD medications as a novel, targeted therapy to improve executive dysfunction experienced during women’s perimenopause period. They specifically looked at original research studies involving the ADHD medications lisdexamfetamine and atomoxetine, and their effects on cognition and ADHD symptom severity. Inclusion criteria included biological women 45 to 60 years of age with a last menstrual period less than 10 years ago. Exclusion criteria included transgender women, disordered sleep, surgical menopause, primary ovarian insufficiency, premature or early menopause, and previous or current cancer diagnosis. “Many women at perimenopause notice changes in focus, memory, and organization that look a lot like ADHD, and the two can be hard to tell apart.

Maternal infection: A new study found only a modest association between having influenza during pregnancy and having a child with a neuropsychiatric condition, such as autism. The analysis used two cohorts with more than 2.7 million mother–child pairs, including more than 47,000 children exposed to maternal infection. A sibling-comparison assessment weakened the link to the point of not being statistically significant, suggesting that familial factors play a larger role than maternal infection. Another recent paper reported that COVID-19 infection during pregnancy does not increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions in children. The Transmitter has previously reported on the slight increase in autism likelihood observed with maternal infection. “Preserved intrinsic neural timescale organization with hierarchical variation in autism spectrum disorder” Cerebral Cortex