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  • Alisha Minielly is photographed at her home in New Hamburg, Ont., on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Minielly is hoping proposed regulations by Health Canada to require the cosmetics industry to disclose 24 fragrance allergens on product labels will provide some relief for people like her. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

    Cosmetic brands will have to disclose fragrance ingredients — a welcome change for those with allergies

    Alisha Minielly was mystified as rashes suddenly started appearing all over her body, including one that persisted on her left leg for six months.

Human Interest

  • This photo provided by Gianluca Masi shows asteroid 2023 DZ2, indicated by arrow at center, on March 22, 2023. On Saturday, March 25, 2023, the asteroid, big enough to wipe out a city, will harmlessly zip between Earth and the moon. While asteroid flybys are common, NASA said it’s rare for one so big to come so close _ about once a decade. Scientists estimate its size somewhere between 140 feet and 310 feet. (42 meters and 94 meters). (Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project via AP)

    Large asteroid coming close, but zero chance of hitting us

    An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies.

Elaine Chin

Elaine Chin, MD, MBA (U of Toronto)

North American trailblazer of Precision Medicine, founder of Executive Health Centre, a premiere personalized medicine practice in Canada and Innovation Health Group, offering virtual health testing, consultation services, enterprise and well programs. She is the former Chief Wellness Office at TELUS Communications. Presently, she is an expert contributor to CP24 and consultant at Good Housekeeping Magazine in New York. She is the author of a 2015 top-ten book “Lifelines – unlocking the secret of your telomeres for a longer, healthier life” and a 2021 book, “Welcome Back! How to reboot your physical and mental well-being for a post-pandemic world”, cited as a Top 10 Wellness Book by Indigo Books. At the start of the pandemic, Dr. Chin launched the Masking Together Challenge and has helped to raise close to $500,000 so far to secure safe housing for house staff, support research at the University of Toronto and distribute masks and offer her newest book, WELCOME BACK for frontline healthcare workers in Canada. Dr. Chin’s mission is to make personalized medicine accessible to all and help people of all ages bring their physical and mental health into harmony.