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Taking care of your body

Gill Deacon has published a great guide for those who want to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals commonly found in shampoo, lotions, makeup and toothpaste.

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Doctors fear 'pill scare' arising from birth control class-action

Two birth control pills targeted in class-action lawsuits in Canada pose no greater risk of blood clots than other oral contraceptives, says a national doctors group that worries a "pill scare" could ...

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Eating lots of red meat ups women's stroke risk

Women who eat a lot of red meat may be putting themselves at increased risk of stroke, a new study in more than 30,000 Swedish women hints.

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New guidelines say vaginal birth OK after C-section

Role of mom's choice in C-section rise questioned

Caesarean section rates have been rising steadily in the developed world over the past 30 years, but a new analysis of data on nearly 20,000 women from around the globe suggests it's not because women...

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Lust for lashes

For most of her life, Winnipegger Lorrie Sudoski has been on a quest for long, sweeping eyelashes — the kind of "big, bold, look-at-me lashes" she’s seen Hollywood starlet Drew Barrymore coo about in ...

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Overcoming real-life on "the Pill"

Oral contraceptives boast annual unintended pregnancy rates well below 1 percent -- if used correctly and consistently, that is.

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Canadian researchers help link moms’ rheumatoid arthritis to unborn children

Janine Pigeon has had rheumatoid arthritis for half her life and was happy to act as a research subject in a study of the disease. But she said she was stunned to learn she may have inherited it from ...

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Desperate Canadians resort to world's baby farms

Six years after Canada outlawed the buying and selling of human eggs and sperm and the "renting" of women's wombs, a new international baby-making business is flourishing. It's being called "reproductive...

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Girls who walk, bike to school do better in tests

Girls, but not boys, who walk or bike to school instead of getting a ride perform better in tests of verbal and math skills, according to a new study of teens living in Spanish cities.

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Manitoba recognizes breast cancer as firefighting hazard

In what is believed to be a global first, Manitoba will recognize breast cancer — a disease that largely affects women — as an occupational hazard for firefighters.

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Inuit midwife delivers in the outback

Remote regions of Australia are fertile ground for a revolution in maternity care. Leading the way is Mina Tulugak, an activist from Canada's Arctic.

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Lifestyle changes help change a life

If Sarah Fanara could pinpoint the exact moment she knew she wasn't bulletproof, it was that cold December day last year when she rear-ended another driver.

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Thinner is better, say preschool girls

Girls as young as three have already absorbed the idea that thinner is better, reveals a new study that is the first to examine body image in children this young.

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