Cart is empty A glass of milk a day could help keep bowel cancer away—or so finds a study by Oxford University and Cancer Research UK. The research suggests that increasing daily milk intake by as little as one glass could have a significant impact on lowering the likelihood of developing bowel cancer.
Ontario is profiting from online betting, but at what cost to problem gambling?
In April 2022, Ontario became the first province in Canada to regulate online gambling and sports. This opened the door to an industry that brought in $1.4 billion in revenue over the next year, making Ontario one of North America’s top five online gambling industries.
‘Generational problem’: Youth still struggling in pandemic’s shadow
Like many other young people, Amelie feels that the COVID-19 pandemic—and its procession of lockdowns and restrictions—marked a “turning point” for her mental health.
COVID’s origins reviewed: Lab leak or natural spillover?
Whether COVID-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals remains an enduring, fiercely contested mystery.
Vaccine misinformation: a lasting side effect from COVID
A fringe anti-vaccine movement took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to bring conspiracy theories to a much wider audience, propelling dangerous misinformation about life-saving jabs that still endures five years later, experts warn.
Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There’s a new option for tough cases
Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure—until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys.
Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat.
Beyond hard hats: Mental struggles become the deadliest construction industry danger
Frank Wampol had a dark realization when he came across some alarming data a few years ago: More than 5,000 male construction workers die from suicide annually—five times the number who die from work-related injuries, according to several studies. That’s considerably more than the suicide rate for men in the general population.
US health dept providing Moderna $590 mn to speed mRNA bird flu vaccine
US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against influenza, including advancing the company’s bird flu vaccine, as fears of a new pandemic grow.
Global study: HIV patients face underestimated heart disease risks
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, posing a particularly significant threat to people with HIV (PWH). To address this, CVD prevention plans rely on prediction models like atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk scores to estimate the risk of heart disease.