Beyond testosterone: Researchers looking at how performance of trans athletes changes after transition
Jillian Bearden, 39, runs through a series of tests in a lab in Colorado Springs, Colo. This is the third time she has been tested, […]
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Beyond Meat says its burgers are healthier than beef. Health experts aren’t so sure
Canadians are eating up U.S.-based Beyond Meat’s plant-based burger. But is it better for you than beef? (Elizabeth Chorney-Booth) Canadians can’t get enough of Beyond […]
FDA warns top marijuana company for making CBD health claims
Carla K. Johnson, The Associated PressPublished Wednesday, July 24, 2019 2:10AM EDT U.S. regulators warned a leading marijuana company for making unproven health claims about […]
Letterbox campaign helps Afghans cope with silent war of mental health
KABUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of Afghans, weary of war and unsure of the future, have joined a letter-writing campaign to share their feelings with the […]
Hospital ‘black boxes’ begin providing data that will help reduce distractions, errors in operating room
Inspired by aviation disasters, a Canadian research team is pulling back the curtain on a secretive high-risk environment by putting “black boxes” in operating rooms. […]
U.S. coal miners discouraged by black lung meeting with McConnell
A radiological technician looks at the chest x-ray of a retired coal miner who has complicated black lung disease, in St. Charles, Virginia, U.S., May […]
Ont. researchers hope to create pain relievers from potent cannabis ‘flavonoids’
Researchers at the University of Guelph have unlocked the process of manufacturing two pain-relieving molecules in cannabis that are said to be nearly 30 times […]
Compensatory strategies to disguise autism spectrum disorder may delay diagnosis
For the first time, compensatory strategies used by people with autism have been investigated and collated in a qualitative study using an online survey of […]
Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say the loss of a single gene two to three million years ago in our […]
Hit your head, lose your sense of smell
It’s long been known that people who suffer a major concussion can lose their sense of smell temporarily and also develop affective problems, such as […]