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How do cellphones affect young brains?

Cellphone safety warnings are generally designed for a large man with a big head who talks less than half an hour a day. The average toddler's head, however, weighs about half as much and is far more susceptible to the microwave radiation the phone emits, said environmental health expert Devra Lee Davis, founder of the Environmental Health Trust, which campaigns for safer cellphone use.

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Canadians make malaria breakthrough

Scientists in Saskatoon have developed an inexpensive malaria treatment that will help the million people who die every year from the infection.

Seaweed defense offers clues against malaria

U.S. panel: Ban on menthol smokes would help public

Banning sales of menthol-flavoured cigarettes would improve public health, U.S. advisers have concluded in a draft report released on Friday.

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Setting kids up for a healthy life a national priority

Like most kids his age, Ben McLaughlin’s favourite activities are watching TV, playing computer games and snacking. But last year, the 11-year-old Fredericton, N.B., resident noticed his weight starting to creep up and wasn’t sure what to do.

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What's for dinner? Knowing the answer can reduce stress and cut grocery costs

Ensure maximum weight loss benefit by timing meals and snacks around exercise

Women's Health

Where there's health, there's beauty

Time waits for no one, and for Xiaolan Zhao the feeling is mutual. She doesn't have much patience for daylight savings, either. "It is not civilized."

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PMS

B vitamin-rich food linked to lower risk of PMS

Senegal, Mali villages to ban female circumcision

Men's Health

Sleep apnea no fun for sufferers or their kin

The prevalence of sleep apnea is expected to grow with the rise in obesity and the aging population, because age and weight are two factors that increase the chances of developing the chronic condition in which the back of the throat relaxes and the airway becomes blocked.

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Depression

Depressed dads quick to spank babies

Key genital measurement linked to male fertility

Seniors

Crossing street while using cellphone more difficult for seniors: Study

Seniors may have mastered the art of small talk, but a new study suggests that, in the age of the cellphone, they can find themselves struggling to multi-task.

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Seniors relate to therapist's pigs

Exercise best anti-aging treatment, study suggests

Children

Earlier hitting in hockey leads to spike in kids' concussions: Study

Hockey Canada's decision to introduce bodychecking among nine- and 10-year-olds was followed by increases in hospital visits for concussions among all...

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Alcohol use

Teens from wealthier families may drink more

Attention deficit disorder often persists into adulthood

Mom gets sneaky with healthy vegetable soup recipe

We hope our Soup Stories series has helped get you through the dark days of winter.

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Meatless soup packed with protein

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Cycling

Former Tour cyclist promotes community rides

Former professional cyclist Axel Merckx knows the importance of fostering a love of sport in the next generation of athletes. The director for the Trek...

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If you want to get fit, find a fun activity

Why do some people hate to exercise? Probably because they think it’s not fun and not easy. If it were fun and easy, more than 15 per cent of us would...

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Health Club fitness diaries

Week 5: From the journals of our finalists

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Men's health

Quiz: Foods that enhance the male sexual experience

Leave it to Men’s Health magazine to conflate sex and nutrition. But what the heck, let’s do a quickie quiz on foods that purportedly enhance the sexual...

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Embryo ethics: Finding a home for Canada’s frozen 'orphans'

Tens of thousands of human embryos hang in cold storage in Canada’s fertility clinics, an unknown number of which are "orphans."

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Britain considers allowing 3-parent IVF technique

Britain is considering whether to approve a fertility treatment designed to prevent some incurable inherited diseases under which babies would be conceived...

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