(Daniela Galvez/ Latina) — Argentina has the second-highest mortality rate for breast cancer in Latin America, second to Uruguay.
This surprising fact has brought Argentine breast cancer organization Movimento Ayuda Cáncer de Mama (MACMA) to launch the #TodosAmanLasTetas, or #WeAllLoveBoobs, campaign, to raise awareness of …
(Nancy Brown/ HuffPost) — The story seems like fiction.
A 9-year-old boy in Latin America loses his mother to a stroke. His six older siblings raise him, providing the guidance and financial support to become the only member of their generation to attend college. Then he goes to medical school. Decades later, he’s known around …
(IFL Science) — Until recently, diabetes came in two distinct varieties. However, a third major type exists, a fact that’s only come to light relatively recently – and it’s far more prevalent than people realized.
New research indicates that this means that plenty of people with the new Type 3c are being misdiagnosed as …
(Aaron Derfel/ Montreal Gazette) — The number of Quebec doctors who have opted out of medicare — billing patients directly for medical services — has jumped by nearly 50 per cent since Health Minister Gaétan Barrette implemented his sweeping reforms two years ago, the latest government figures suggest.
Although the number of …
(CBC News) — The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is launching a new specialized centre for autismresearch, thanks to a major donation from the Azrieli Foundation. The $16-million donation will allow the Neuro to open up new and innovative avenues of autism research until now funded, said the institute’s director, …
(Kayla Redig/ Refinery 29) — I’ve always been a rule-follower. It wasn’t just that I was a good girl who wanted to please people in authority positions — I was raised by two teachers. Not doing what was asked literally never even occurred to me. …
(Meera Senthilingam/ CNN) — The number of obese children and adolescents rose to 124 million in 2016 — more than 10 times higher than the 11 million classified as obese 40 years ago, in 1975.
A further 213 million children and adolescents were overweight in 2016, finds a new study published October 10 in The Lancet. Looking …
(BBC News) — French scientists say they may have found a potential cause of dyslexia which could be treatable, hidden in tiny cells in the human eye.
In a small study they found that most dyslexics had dominant round spots in both eyes – rather than in just one – leading to blurring and confusion.
UK experts said the research …
(Daphne Bramham/ Vancouver Sun) — Women face economic disadvantages throughout their lifetimes, but it is near the end of their lives that it is most acute.
Nowhere is that more evident than in Metro Vancouver, which has Canada’s highest percentage of people living in low-income households. The 2016 census data for the region …
(Rachel Lau/ Global News) — Sleep can be an elusive concept that is often lost on Quebecers, according to a recent survey by Léger Marketing.
According to the study, conducted online from Dec. 5 to 8, 2016 with responses from 1,523 Canadians, one in four Quebecers don’t get the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep a night for adults. …