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Canada must take action now on dementia: Recommendations to help lower risks in an aging population
The recently released first volume of Navigating the Path Forward for Dementia in Canada: The Landmark Study predicts a significant increase in the number of Canadians living with dementia over the next three decades.
Alzheimer’s might not be primarily a brain disease. A new theory suggests it’s an autoimmune condition.
In July 2022, Science magazine reported that a key 2006 research paper, published in the prestigious journal Nature, which identified a subtype of brain protein called beta-amyloid as the cause of Alzheimer’s, may have been based on fabricated data.

Study tries to see if child vaccines and asthma are linked

A number of scientists have wondered if aluminum, a vaccine additive that has been used for decades, had a role in allergies and asthma in children.
Kale fail: Study examines fetal facial expressions after exposure to different flavours

3D ultrasounds showed researchers how fetuses' facial expressions changes when their mothers took capsules containing different foods.
Build your financial team. Lead it

Understanding the roles of members of a doctor’s good financial team and when they have a fiduciary duty.
HIV spike among B.C. drug users associated with COVID 19 lockdown, research says

The study, published in Lancet Regional Health, found that fewer people started HIV antiretroviral therapy or undertook viral load testing under lockdown.
QUIZ: Dealing with deadly poisons

Last month, a dozen people ended up in hospital after being accidentally poisoned at a restaurant north of Toronto. How much do you know about the offending substance in this case, and about other noxious ingredients?
Vaccines reduce risk of long-COVID in breakthrough infections by 41%

Non-vaccinated have much higher rates of persistent symptoms post infection
Memory problems during the pandemic? It’s just your brain trying to distinguish one day from the next

It’s not really clear what exactly causes these memory glitches, but well-established theories from cognitive psychology may be able to explain the phenomenon.
How is cannabis legalization going? Feds launch overdue review to find out

Federal health minister asks reviewers to apply a sex and gender lens to their investigation.

Canada must take action now on dementia: Recommendations to help lower risks in an aging population

Alzheimer’s might not be primarily a brain disease. A new theory suggests it’s an autoimmune condition.

Study tries to see if child vaccines and asthma are linked

Kale fail: Study examines fetal facial expressions after exposure to different flavours

Build your financial team. Lead it

HIV spike among B.C. drug users associated with COVID 19 lockdown, research says

QUIZ: Dealing with deadly poisons

Vaccines reduce risk of long-COVID in breakthrough infections by 41%

Memory problems during the pandemic? It’s just your brain trying to distinguish one day from the next

How is cannabis legalization going? Feds launch overdue review to find out