Health
Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless: Dentist explains why and how best to protect them
At an auction in England in 2011, one of John Lennon's teeth sold for just over US$31,000.
May 4, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why diversity in nature could be the key to mental well-being
By the time you have finished reading this article, at least one species on our planet will be lost forever.
May 4, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Personalized mRNA vaccines: A new approach in melanoma treatment
A personalized mRNA vaccine to treat melanoma has now reached late-stage trials in the UK. This is just the latest step in improving the cure rate of cancer.
May 4, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lessons from COVID-19: Preparing for future pandemics means looking beyond the health data
The World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 5, 2023. In the year since, only two provinces—Alberta and Ontario—have published proposals for dealing with future health emergencies.
May 4, 2024
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Medications
Despite a 10-fold increase in ADHD prescriptions, too many New Zealanders are still going without
The number of people accessing medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Aotearoa New Zealand increased significantly between 2006 and 2022. But the disorder is still underdiagnosed and under-treated ...
May 3, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mexico emerges as a destination for Americans seeking reproductive health services—not for the first time
When its six-week abortion ban went into effect on May 1, 2024, Florida joined nearly two dozen other U.S. states that ban abortion or greatly restrict it.
May 2, 2024
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Health
Alarming decline in children's health and well-being predated pandemic, research reveals
The COVID pandemic affected several aspects of children's health and well-being. The number of children referred to specialist mental health teams in England has soared by more than 50% in just three years, for example. But ...
May 2, 2024
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Health
Here's how you can talk to your kids about gendered violence, and seven ways to model good behavior
Children and young people may be seeing news headlines about men murdering women or footage of people rallying to call for action. Perhaps they or their friends have even gone to the protests.
May 2, 2024
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Health
Public health heavily influenced by corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods
You go to the gym, eat healthy and walk as much as possible. You wash your hands and get vaccinated. You control your health. This is a common story we tell ourselves. Unfortunately, it's not quite true.
May 2, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat—a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within
Brain cancers remain among the most challenging tumors to treat. They often don't respond to traditional treatments because many chemotherapies are unable to penetrate the protective barrier around the brain. Other treatments ...
May 2, 2024
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