A new large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows older age and smoking are the two most important risk factors associated with a relative and absolute five-year risk of developing any cancer. ...
Aug 3, 2022
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The prevalence of hypertension and obesity has been on the increase globally, despite the targeted effort at promoting weight loss, increasing physical activity, and decreasing sedentary time in the general population. This ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Recent data from Statistics Canada on our country's demographic shift to an aging population highlights Canada's evolving future. How we respond to these changes will determine our long-term success as a nation, especially ...
Jul 15, 2022
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In 2017, the University of Wollongong (UOW) Early Start was awarded $1.25 million in funding from the Ministry of Health Prevention Research Support Program (PRSP). This grant allowed Early Start researchers, led by Senior ...
Jul 6, 2022
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When it comes to talking about death, we have no shortage of euphemisms. This is perhaps most famously illustrated in Monty Python's dead parrot sketch from 1971. A pet shop worker insists to a customer that his new parrot ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Spain will offer a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to its entire population, most likely at the end of the year, Health Minister Carolina Darias said Thursday.
Jun 16, 2022
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An intensive training schedule is linked to a heightened risk of non-allergic asthma in competitive cross-country skiers, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Open Sports & Exercise Medicine.
Jun 13, 2022
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So you could have become a pro footballer when you were younger, you say? Or you were really good at chess? Perhaps you could have been a world-renowned chef?
Jun 13, 2022
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Social isolation is linked to lower brain volume in areas related to cognition and a higher risk of dementia, according to research published in the June 8, 2022, online issue of Neurology. The study found that social isolation ...
Jun 8, 2022
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A promising avenue of research into chronic lung disease treatment has hit a speed bump, with a new study showing that 3D manufacturing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may not be the panacea hoped for by researchers.
Jun 6, 2022
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