1: Do Teens Turn to AI for Mental Health Advice?

A national survey of 42 million US youth found that ~20% of adolescents use AI chatbots for mental health advice. Among those who sought AI chatbot advice, 42.8% did so at least monthly, though 63.3% had not disclosed their use to anyone. While 91.7% rated the advice as helpful, parents and clinicians still need to discuss chatbot use with adolescents to promote safe use and appropriate expectations.

2: The Sleep Factor in Surgical Success

A multispecialty cohort study of 38 surgeons performing more than 7K surgeries found that sleep timing regularity plays a role in patient outcomes. Major adverse effects were more likely to occur in operations where surgeons had >2 hours of social jet lag — a measure of sleep regularity calculated by the difference between midsleep times on free days and workdays. Additionally, surgeons with burnout had more irregular sleep timing. These findings highlight the importance of regular sleep timing for surgeons and strengthen the case for a consistent bedtime.

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1: 💉 Ozempic and Wegovy may be getting more company. Phase 3 trial results suggest that retatrutide, a triple-action weekly injection for type 2 diabetes, can significantly reduce both blood sugar and body weight. Patients lost 11.5%–15.3% of their body weight over 40 weeks, compared with 2.6% on placebo. Unlike current GLP-1 drugs, retatrutide also targets the glucagon receptor, which may help increase energy expenditure. Researchers say the added mechanism could offer another option for patients who need more intensive metabolic treatment.

2: 🥛 Got milk? Maybe not for fracture prevention. A new review of 69 trials involving more than 153K participants found little to no meaningful benefit from calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplementation for preventing fractures or falls. That doesn't mean patients should ditch supplements prescribed for deficiency, osteoporosis, long-term corticosteroid use, or certain bone or endocrine conditions. But for routine prevention in adults, bone-health advice may need another look.

3: 🍷 The latest science on alcohol and health hasn't been easy to swallow in Canada, but in the US, some still can't wash it down. A government-commissioned alcohol report that was ultimately excluded from the latest US dietary guidelines has now been published in Nature Health. Its conclusion: alcohol provides no overall health benefit, and even low levels of consumption may increase the risk of several diseases and causes of death. Critics argue the report was methodologically flawed. Supporters say it was sidelined because its findings were… distasteful.

4: ✈️ A former Air Canada captain has been arrested and charged with fraud after allegedly piloting 100s of commercial flights with a counterfeit licence. Peel Regional Police say the man posed as a fully licensed airline captain for years, passing routine checks undetected. Air Canada confirmed his employment has been terminated and says it is cooperating with investigators. Transport Canada is also involved. How someone flies hundreds of transatlantic-level flights on forged credentials without anyone catching it is, to put it mildly, a question worth asking.

1.5 million: the number of people who die each year from unsafe food worldwide. WHO estimates another 866 million people get sick annually, with Africa and South-East Asia carrying nearly 60% of deaths. Climate change is making contamination risks harder to control, and antimicrobial resistance means some foodborne infections may only get harder to treat.

3,546: how many World Cup tickets the City of Toronto purchased through host-city privileges to resell for revenue. With less than 70 unsold, it appears the city's multimillion-dollar investment may have paid off. Precisely how much remains undisclosed.

225 km/h: the top speed of autonomous "bullet buses" being explored by California transit officials to cut San Francisco-to-LA travel times down to 3 hours. However, critics note that current highways aren't engineered for those speeds, and a crash wouldn’t just be bad — it could be “catastrophic.”

AI is reshaping how doctors work, but most of the conversation skips past the harder questions. This free 45-minute webinar from MDBriefCase cuts through the noise with a practical ethical framework built specifically for Canadian clinicians. Using the SPECTRAILS model, Dr. Joshua Skorburg walks through the real trade-offs of adopting AI tools in clinical practice, from documentation and AI scribes to patient-centred care and accountability. You'll leave with a structured way to evaluate AI in your own setting rather than just absorbing the hype. Free and worth your lunch break.

🍰 Make: these ube cake bars. Purple yam, coconut, sweetened condensed creamer. The colour alone is worth it.

📖 Read: about why whey protein is running out. Some suppliers are sold out for the rest of 2026. Blame the people putting it in Eggo waffles.

⚽ Cheer: for whoever you want, no matter who’s predicted to win. The World Cup kicks off in Canada this week, and the favourites are (probably) exactly who you'd expect.

🧴 Learn: whether collagen supplements are worth it. Nearly 8,000 participants, one very large review, and finally some actual answers.

🌲 Visit: this glamping spot in Quebec 2 hours north of Montreal. Lakefront cabins, hiking, canoeing, s'mores, and tent sites only reachable by canoe. Rates start at $144 a night.

👀 Watch: the history of football on a map: from Chinese feather-ball games in 300 BC to 3.2 billion viewers in 2010. 

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