"Reducing acid in diet seen as boon to bones"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 16 Nov 2021

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

Some scientists have speculated that the high acidity of the modern diet may be one reason so many...
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"With Ontario now funding an expensive new treatment, a two-year-old is flourishing despite his rare"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 26 Dec 2021

Category: Access Stories

Rating: (2½ stars)

He's not even three years old, but the words pulse oximeter roll off Isaac McFadyen's tongue, as if...
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"Chemo regimen found inferior"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 18 Dec 2021

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

There are significant differences in breast-cancer recurrence rates depending on the type of...
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"Drug holds promise of new first-line AIDS treatment"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 25 Jul 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

Research into a new family of drugs to be unveiled next month at the International AIDS Conference...
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"Vaccine against cervical cancer approved"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 19 Jul 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Health Canada has given its approval to the first vaccine that can protect women from most cases of...
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"Period-free birth-control pill a step closer after study"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 27 Jun 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

The longest clinical study ever conducted for a continuous-use birth-control pill has found that...
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"Anti-smoking pill receives U.S. federal approval"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 12 May 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2 stars)

Associated Press
Washington - A Pfizer drug shown to help more than one in five smokers quit the...
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"Drug heightens suicide risk in seniors, study shows"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 01 May 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

There is more damning evidence that a popular class of antidepressants that includes Prozac, Paxil...
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"Osteoporosis drug scores in cancer test"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 18 Apr 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2½ stars)

An osteoporosis drug is as effective at preventing breast cancer as the commonly used tamoxifen,...
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"Vitamin D may help prevent breast cancer: studies"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 05 Apr 2022

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

Associated Press
Washington - Women who get lots of vitamin D are less likely to develop breast...
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