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Mothers with babies living in households with food insecurity -- inadequate or unpredictable access to food because of financial issues -- are less likely to...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) The incidence of all cancers combined was similar for Métis men and significantly higher for Métis women compared to non-Aboriginal men...

When considering taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in Canada, policy-makers should look at lessons learned from tobacco taxation, especially how taxation could increase inequalities and stigma, argues...

Canada's major medical journal, CMAJ, will champion the health of vulnerable populations with a special focus on groups that experience adverse health outcomes because of...

ANN ARBOR--Patients at risk for HIV need to be linked to services--such as mental health and syringe exchange programs--that will help them stay in care,...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 19 , 2018) - A small, daily dose of Viagra significantly reduces colorectal cancer risk...

Credit: Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard University Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically...

Credit: Anita Burgos/Grueber Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Columbia University researchers have identified the nerve cells that initiate a fly's escape response: that complex series ..

MANHASSET, NY -- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research scientists announced an experimental, rapid and non-invasive way to diagnose endometriosis, which may lead to earlier and...

(European Society for Medical Oncology) The decline in cancer of the intestines -- colorectal cancer -- is one of the major success stories of the...

Credit: CRCHUM It took eight long years of research, but now an international team led by neuroscientists at Université de Montréal has discovered a basic...

CHICAGO--Race and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) both affect leptin and adiponectin levels, and leptin levels in mid-pregnancy may be an important predictor of weight...

CHICAGO--Breastfeeding may protect high-birthweight infants from having overweight or obesity as children, new research from South Korea suggests. The results will be presented in a...

CHICAGO--Mothers who overeat during the period when they are breastfeeding may have children who are at increased risk of becoming obese and going through early...

CHICAGO--Studies have found an association between insufficient sleep and the development of insulin resistance, one of the factors that cause type 2 diabetes, and now...