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A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found an association between ultra-processed foods in early childhood and behavioural and emotional development. Specifically, the team found that …
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IBNS-CMEDIA: Dementia as a major public health issue appears to be receiving growing attention in Australia during the early months of 2026. Recent news reports suggest that dementia has emerged …
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IBNS-CMEDIA: In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 that approximately one in five children and adolescents met …
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Toronto/CMEDIA: Two travel-related cases reportedly of mpox clade Ib have been confirmed by the Toronto Public Health (TPH). These are the first cases of this mpox variant identified in Toronto and Ontario. Mpox activity in Toronto has only involved …
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The World Obesity Federation has warned on Wednesday that the world was set to miss the 2025 global target to halt the rise in childhood obesity. And despite the deadline now …
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Despite recent advancements in breast cancer treatments, new breast cancer cases in women are predicted to rise by a third globally from 2.3 million in 2023 to more than 3.5 …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced recommendations for the viral composition of influenza (or “flu”) vaccines for the 2026-2027 northern hemisphere influenza season. The announcement was made following a 4-day consultation examining …
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The largest ever study of non-meat diets and cancer risk has found that vegetarian diets are associated with lower risks of several cancers ‒ breast, prostate, kidney and pancreatic cancers, …
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Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds a study led by …
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Ottawa/IBNS-CMEDIA: Cervical cancer is now the fastest-rising cancer in Canada, prompting physicians and health advocates to call for urgent national action to reverse what they describe as a growing public …
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