"Tofu, nuts lower cholesterol: study"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 14 Mar 2022

Category: Other

Rating: (3 stars)

Toronto (AP)- Maybe your doctor should write up a grocery list to help lower your cholesterol,...
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"Heart-helping statins don't cut cancer risk, clinical analysis finds"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 04 Jan 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

The hope that popular heart drugs might also reduce the risk of cancer seems to have been dashed....
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"OccuLogix prepares to roll out AMD treatment"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 03 Jan 2022

Category: Other

Rating: (1 star)

Joe Christian is watching an Ocean's Eleven DVD from his bed at a Veris Health Sciences AMD clinic...
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"Yoga best way of easing pain in lower back, group study says"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 23 Dec 2021

Category: Other

Rating: (3 stars)

Exercise, not bed rest, is the best way of easing chronic lower back pain, according to a...
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"Herceptin debate comes amid skepticism about all drugs"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 24 Nov 2021

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (4½ stars)

The world's top medical journal said Herceptin might be a cure. A rival publication said the data...
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"New vaccine sparing kids, seniors from strep ills"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 08 Nov 2021

Category: Other

Rating: (1½ stars)

A new childhood vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae -- a bacterial infection that is a major...
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"Food for Thought: Go easy on vitamin E pills"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 13 Jul 2022

Category: Other

Rating: (3½ stars)

Over the past 15 years, vitamin E supplements have become a common addition to many medicine...
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"Chemo may avoid castration for testicle cancer"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 22 Jul 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

Testicular cancer can be treated just as effectively with a single drug treatment as with three...
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"New anti-psychotic drugs worrying, study shows"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 13 Sep 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Sales of anti-psychotic medications have soared in recent years, spurred by the arrival of a new...
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"Colon-cancer tests sought by too few, doctor says invasive procedure may be unpleasant but it works"

Source: Globe and Mail

Published: 11 Oct 2021

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (4½ stars)

A colonoscopy -- with a flexible, camera-equipped tube guided into the colon as a means of looking...
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