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'Faster, better, cheaper': Canadian geneticist pioneers breast-cancer research 'pipeline'

Beating that first bout of depression that can come with a breast cancer diagnosis is key to surviving longer, a new study suggests.

A Canadian geneticist hoping to crowdsource a cure for breast cancer and police forces combing through social-media websites for potential trouble spots in their communities are among the things being forecasted for 2011 and beyond by the World Future Society.

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Anti-smoking crusader's family lauds use of death-bed image

Seventeen-year-old Mackenzie Tarbox says she hopes a picture of her emaciated mother dying of lung cancer stops people from smoking when it appears on cigarette packages.

Graphic cigarette warnings ignore contraband problem: Tobacco company

But one tobacco company is questioning whether Thursday's announcement evades a bigger problem — the sale of contraband cigarettes.

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Mindfulness therapy may not be effective for managing fibromyalgia

Quitting smoking linked to lower levels of 'bad' cholesterol

Dairy products' fatty acids may help lower risk of diabetes

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New guidelines say vaginal birth OK after C-section

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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Lust for lashes

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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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Cycling may have impact on sperm health: Study

Boys today may be hitting puberty earlier

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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Exercise, vitamin D tied to fewer falls

Canadian researchers help link moms’ rheumatoid arthritis to unborn children

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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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Folic Acid

Goodbye to folic acid deficiency?

Less sugar, equal taste from healthy cereal

Family history of alcoholism raises obesity risk

Women most at risk. Findings might help explain obesity epidemic

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Dozens of drug recalls among hundreds of health and safety advisories in 2010

At least 70 drugs used by people were among more than 500 products recalled by Canadian governments during 2010, according to an organization that tracks...

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At McGill University, Rikki Bowles performs a walk out, one of four exercises using a towel, a decidedly no-frills piece of exercise equipment that is easily accessible to everyone.

Fitness: Cheap towel wipes big-ticket items

Linen closet is where you'll find surprisingly good exercise equipment

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HealthWatch's Top 10 stories of 2010

This edition of HealthWatch recaps the top 10 stories from a year filled with important scientific developments and unique insights that can have ...

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Healthy eating

Forget deprivation, diet books focus on healthy eating

If living without pasta and bread, or giving up cheese and bacon make losing weight difficult, the latest diet books may provide some incentive to drop...

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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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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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