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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

  • A girl looks at the moon through a telescope in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. The best day to spot five planets, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars, lined up in the night sky is Tuesday, March 28, 2023, right after sunset. The five-planet array will be visible from anywhere on Earth, as long as you have clear skies. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

    Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week

    Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout.

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.