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• Social Media Etiquette
  Two experts share their advice about online behaviour and how to avoid potentially embarrassing missteps By Marie-Josée Roy   The age of social media has to some extent sidelined traditional ways of communicating. Today, virtual family gatherings, Facebook events, and instant messaging are commonplace, for younger and older people alike. “Both age groups use social […]
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• Breast Cancer: a Genetic Test to Avoid Chemotherapy?
  Here’s what you need to know about the new genetic test   By Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University   Breast cancer treatment has come a long way, but one of the hardest questions has always been: who really needs chemotherapy, and who can safely do without it? Chemotherapy saves lives, but it also comes with […]
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• Good Deeds Are Good for You
  From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief   Unless you’re like the mean old Grinch who lives atop Mount Crumpit, you probably relish hearing good news, especially news of good deeds. Whether they happen next door or across the world, whether they’re small or momentous, heartwarming stories can make us weak in the knees and give us butterflies— […]
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• Key Facts About Skin Cancer
  When you know how to protect yourself, what to look for, and what to do if you see something unusual, you can reduce your risk By Wendy Haaf   Had Carol H., now 57, not experienced a minor mishap while scuba diving during a Caribbean vacation in the early 1990s, she probably wouldn’t be alive […]
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• Is Spraying Perfume on Your Neck Bad for Your Health?
  A spray of perfume on the neck is a familiar final step before leaving the house. But a viral Instagram post by a cancer specialist has singled out the neck as an area “worth thinking about” because it lies close to the thyroid gland.   By Ahmed Elbediwy, Kingston University et Nadine Wehida, Kingston University […]
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• Alan Doyle: A True Newfoundlander
  Even after all these years, the man from Petty Harbour still loves touring with his band—and coming home again By Peter Feniak   “I’m lucky, and I know it,” says Alan Doyle. Well, he may be lucky, but the man has talents and his legend just seems to keep growing. There are his high-energy concerts […]
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• A New Look for Aesthetic Medicine
  Beyond Botox injections and hyaluronic acid, aesthetic medicine is undergoing a transformation; the goal is to enhance natural beauty gradually—without surgery By Jessica Dostie   Natural beauty is in style, says Dr. Mirko Gilardino, a plastic surgeon and director of the clinic Le 1620 in Montreal. “More and more patients are choosing treatments that stimulate […]
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• Why Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer’s
  Here’s how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain.   By Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio   Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates […]
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• The Outlook for Investors
  Despite tariffs and turmoil, discipline, patience, and diversification should benefit your investment portfolio By Olev Edur   The past year and a half has been a crazy period of uncertainty for Canadian retirees, as we’ve endured the economic fallout from U.S. president Donald Trump’s whimsical on-again-off-again tariff onslaught, not to mention, more recently, the consequences […]
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• Takeaway Coffee Cups Release Thousands of Microplastic Particles
  By Xiangyu Liu, Griffith University   It’s 7:45am. You grab a takeaway coffee from your local cafe, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip, and head to the office. To most of us, that cup feels harmless – just a convenient tool for caffeine delivery. However, if that cup is made of […]
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