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Unbroken Dreams
After years of incremental progress, spinal cord repair is edging closer to reality
Research & Ideas
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Meditate Your Troubles Away
Mindfulness alters brain activity and improves mood, researchers find
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Toxins Could Reduce Fertility in Offspring
Pollutants found in cigarette smoke, fumes from wood stoves, can reduce fertility in female offspring
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A Fad Worth Revisiting
Salba may reduce the risk of heart disease in people with Type 2 diabetes
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Untangling Alzheimer’s
A U of T centre is hunting down the genes that cause this debilitating brain illness, and moving us closer to a cure
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Are You at Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s?
Genetic testing may provide an answer - but it's rarely decisive and can have unexpected consequences
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Cancer Killer
Implant infused with drugs can treat ovarian cancer, minus the chemo side effects
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The Problem of Pain
A pioneering Toronto clinic takes a new approach to a baffling medical problem
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HIV on the Rise in Ontario
U of T study finds rate of increase in HIV diagnoses highest among heterosexuals
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A Twist of Fate
Raymond Reilly was looking for a better way to diagnose breast cancer. Instead, he discovered a new way to treat it
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Pinpoint Delivery
Professor Christine Allen uses nanotechnology to ensure cancer-fighting drugs get where they need to go
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Rinse May Identify Risk of Gum Disease
New oral rinse developed by Professor Michael Glogauer at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry
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Placental Problems Linked to Heart Disease
U of T study led by Dr. Joel Ray of the department of medicine
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The Soldier
Then a soldier, full of strange oaths... jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel
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The Sixth Age
The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered Pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side
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The Last Scene
Last scene of all...is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything
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Can Diabetes be Prevented?
Even modest changes in diet and exercise reduce risk for Type 2 Diabetes by more than half, study finds
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Highs and Lows
The Glycemic Index, developed at U of T, offers a dietary plan for controlling diabetes
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Doctor on Call
Between her teaching and her practice, Dr. Miriam Rossi has dispensed a huge dose of guidance and inspiration to minority students
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Is Oscar Good for Your Health?
A study has found that Academy Award winners live an average of four years longer than their less well known peers
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Why People Turn to Euthanasia
Loss of social connections plays a major role, researchers find
