U.K. will ban hymen repair surgery
Diana Nammi, executive director at the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation in Britain, doesn't believe anyone gets a hymenoplasty by genuine, un-coerced choice.
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Opinion: How two hospitals and a pharma company are coming together to improve clinical research
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No alcohol is good for your heart: World Heart Federation takes aim at alcohol industry ...
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How tired you are after housework or a walk may predict an earlier death
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The sizzle of eye contact: Are masks increasing intimacy?
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Why you shouldn't deliberately expose yourself to COVID 'to get it over with'
If you ask public health experts their advice on whether or not purposely getting COVID is a good idea, the answer is a resounding no.
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Opinion: COVID recovery will take years — and needs to be funded appropriately
We are at an interesting transition point in the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Omicron variant is having a profound impact on our community, there is a shift in headspace and talk of recovery as our community — and others around the country — look to rebound from the last almost two years and find a solid footing.
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Pfizer anti-COVID pill's dangerous interaction with common drugs will narrow its benefit, experts say
A component of Paxlovid can interact dangerously with a slew medications, pumping up the potency of blood thinners, heart-arrhythmia therapies, epilepsy drugs and others
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Third doses not high enough in Ottawa, health board hears
The city's board of health has asked Ottawa Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches to talk to provincial officials about requiring third doses for vaccine passports.
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Depression may make people more likely to believe COVID misinformation
They found that people with depression were 2.2 times more likely to endorse misinformation about the vaccines.
SHIFT: 'It's unclear how patient, family and caregiver partners were engaged during COVID-19'
If organizations don't value lived experience in a health crisis, exactly what is it going to take to patients and caregivers to the table?
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What it feels like: Living with GIST
Maureen went from feeling completely healthy to hearing a doctor tell her that she had gastrointestinal stromal tumours, a rare cancer that affects 1 in 100,000 people.
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First person: Savouring 'bubble' baby's second Christmas
Leader-Post digital editor Austin Davis reflects on the holiday season as his daughter Evelyn grows from infant to toddler in a pandemic.
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As Told To: My life with Hirschsprung disease and bowel incontinence
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Opinion: In pharmacare, affordability isn't always more important than access
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Ticks, humming, tantrums: How an infection caused a rare disorder in a three-year-old
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A robot helped relieve a Montreal boy of hundreds of seizures a day
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Asking For A Friend: My jaw is aching and my head hurts
If you are one of the 90 per cent of people who grind or clench their teeth, there are ways to ease your pain.
Plastics may affect infants' developing cognition
Specific phthalates have already been shown to interfere with the development and function of hormones in the body
