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living with obesity: 'for a large part of my life, i’ve felt that i take up way too much space and wished that i could just disappear.'

andrew locker knows what it's like to live with obesity, and as a teacher, he committed from the beginning of his career that kids would never experience in his presence what he went through, and have it create such a shame spiral of self-loathing.
robin roberts
sep 16 2022

dallas cowboys quarterback dak prescott fractures thumb in game against tom brady

during a throw, prescott’s hand was blocked by outside linebacker shaquil barrett, with prescott’s hand appearing to bend backwards.
chris arnold
sep 15 2022

we asked a urologist: is it bad to hold your pee, do kegels actually do anything, and other common myths about health 'down there'

dr. howard evans, a urological surgeon at the alberta urology institute in edmonton, sets us straight on some of the myths of urinary tract health.
robin roberts
sep 15 2022

'potentially life-saving': polyp discovered during ryan reynold's colonoscopy spotlights importance of screening

polyps were also found on the colon of reynolds' wrexham a.f.c co-chair rob mcelhenney during colonoscopies done on video for lead from behind, a colon cancer advocacy group.
karen hawthorne
sep 14 2022

manager's comment about thighs kicked off spice girl mel c's struggles with eating disorders

the singer started dieting when a manager commented on the size of her thighs, an things went downhill from there.
maija kappler
sep 14 2022

'shocking statistics': poll finds majority of breast cancer survivors felt unprepared for diagnosis

the breast cancer canada survey also found that most canadian women feel confident in the ability of doctors to diagnose and treat breast cancer, while more than half of men reported not knowing where to find information on breast cancer if they needed it.
emma jones
sep 14 2022

air pollution may explain why so many non-smokers get lung cancer

researchers find that small particles of air pollution can trigger lung cancer in cells with a specific mutation.
dave yasvinski
sep 13 2022

new vaccine could eradicate malaria by 2040

the illness, spread by mosquitoes, kills 400,000 people a year, most of them in africa, and most of them babies.
maija kappler
sep 13 2022
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diabetes canada
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canadian society for exercise physiology
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obesity canada

living with obesity: 'for a large part of my life, i’ve felt that i take up way too much space and wished that i could just disappear.'

andrew locker knows what it's like to live with obesity, and as a teacher, he committed from the beginning of his career that kids would never experience in his presence what he went through, and have it create such a shame spiral of self-loathing.
robin roberts
sep 16 2022

dallas cowboys quarterback dak prescott fractures thumb in game against tom brady

during a throw, prescott’s hand was blocked by outside linebacker shaquil barrett, with prescott’s hand appearing to bend backwards.
chris arnold
sep 15 2022

we asked a urologist: is it bad to hold your pee, do kegels actually do anything, and other common myths about health 'down there'

dr. howard evans, a urological surgeon at the alberta urology institute in edmonton, sets us straight on some of the myths of urinary tract health.
robin roberts
sep 15 2022

'potentially life-saving': polyp discovered during ryan reynold's colonoscopy spotlights importance of screening

polyps were also found on the colon of reynolds' wrexham a.f.c co-chair rob mcelhenney during colonoscopies done on video for lead from behind, a colon cancer advocacy group.
karen hawthorne
sep 14 2022
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canadian digestive health foundation

manager's comment about thighs kicked off spice girl mel c's struggles with eating disorders

the singer started dieting when a manager commented on the size of her thighs, an things went downhill from there.
maija kappler
sep 14 2022

'shocking statistics': poll finds majority of breast cancer survivors felt unprepared for diagnosis

the breast cancer canada survey also found that most canadian women feel confident in the ability of doctors to diagnose and treat breast cancer, while more than half of men reported not knowing where to find information on breast cancer if they needed it.
emma jones
sep 14 2022

air pollution may explain why so many non-smokers get lung cancer

researchers find that small particles of air pollution can trigger lung cancer in cells with a specific mutation.
dave yasvinski
sep 13 2022

new vaccine could eradicate malaria by 2040

the illness, spread by mosquitoes, kills 400,000 people a year, most of them in africa, and most of them babies.
maija kappler
sep 13 2022
powered by
diabetes canada

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