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Canadian health minister Rona Ambrose thinks it’s too hard to read the nutrition labels currently found on most food items. Ambrose says that her plan is to make important nutrition information more visible. Ambrose says she came to that conclusion after consulting with families across the country. Her plan involves several significant changes, including adjusting […]
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You might not see them every day, but there are now more unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky than ever before. Now, Transport Canada says that they could pose a hazard to air traffic, and suggests it’s time to release new regulations designed to keep Canadians safe. The problem with unmanned aerial vehicles, like drones, […]
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Doctors in Mississippi who thought they had cured a baby girl of her HIV infection recently discovered that the child still has the virus. It’s considered a significant setback for HIV and AIDS research. The anonymous child inherited the HIV virus from her mother, who is HIV-positive and did not receive any treatment during her […]
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Here’s scary news for men who have undergone a vasectomy: new research shows that the procedure could increase the risk of developing deadly prostate cancer by an incredible ten per cent. The finding is based on a 24-year study (1986-2010) of 50,000 men aged 40 to 75 carried out by Harvard health researchers. Roughly one in four men […]
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A new report shows that it can be extremely difficult for people with serious mental illnesses to get a job. In fact, the report — which comes from the National Alliance on Mental Illness — says that just 17.8 percent of all people receiving mental health support were employed in 2012. In other words, about […]
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