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After getting a warning from physicists, Santa has now had his card marked by doctors: sleep deprivation and the temptations of booze laid out by grateful families could turn him into a public menace.
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Women's Health
Role of mom's choice in C-section rise questioned
Caesarean section rates have been rising steadily in the developed world over the past 30 years, but a new analysis of data on nearly 20,000 women from around the globe suggests it's not because women are asking for them.
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Men's Health
Staying positive while coping with MS
Aaron Thompson has loved sports since he was in high school. Then, he was a keen basketball player. As a young adult, he continued to enjoy an athletic lifestyle, working out daily even after being diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), a disease of the central nervous system, when he was 23.
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Seniors
Bodily and mental awareness was her path to good health
Back in the ’70s Sheila Southon loved ashtanga yoga. She loved the observances, restraints, purification and meditation that it offered and practised faithfully while concentrating on her own personal growth and development.
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Children
Breastfeeding benefits academic performance 10 years later
Breastfeeding infants for at least six months appears to give children an advantage in school, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics...
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Turkey dinner
It's Christmas, and you want the full-on turkey dinner. Who can deny you that?
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Canadian researchers help link moms’ rheumatoid arthritis to unborn children
Janine Pigeon has had rheumatoid arthritis for half her life and was happy to act as a research subject in a study of the disease. But she said she was...
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Energy drinks can increase alertness but may not be healthiest choice
End-of-term exams, marathon Christmas shopping, the hamster wheel of everyday life: what wouldn’t you give for a little extra energy? But chugging down...
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Fitness
Skiing can be a family affair
Neil Reimer had never tried downhill skiing until his sons took lessons two years ago. Now the Calgary dad, 37, his wife Adrienne, 35, and their two school...
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Food addiction frontier looms
Not surprisingly, nutrition found its way into plenty of headlines again this year, as populations continue to age and the health problems from not eating...
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Stretching is important to your fitness regime
Stretching and flexibility exercises come in many different forms, from yoga to simple stretches. For the best results, you should stretch daily. The ...
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HIV/AIDS
New kind of HIV drug stalls infection in trial
A new kind of experimental HIV medicine can halt one of the earliest stages of HIV infection and may lead in future to a novel class of drugs to fight...
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Teen moms on TV — the new birth control?
The rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States has dropped to its lowest level in 70 years and some experts pinpoint a surprising catalyst: the popularity...
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Alberta syphilis outbreak still missing broad prevention campaign
A springtime report by one of Alberta’s top doctors that called for “concerted immediate and long-term actions” to stem a syphilis outbreak that has infected...
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