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Canada

Treat childhood obesity by reducing stigma, adding options, say new Canadian guidelines

Brenndon Goodman was faced with a harsh reality at just nine years old when a doctor told him that if…

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Health

New US dietary guidelines to be announced as HHS, USDA look to ‘ensure transparency’

The “Make America Healthy Again” commission recently held its inaugural meeting with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert…

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World

Federal school DEI guidelines clarified to say Black History Month doesn’t violate order

The Department of Education recently clarified that observances such as Black History Month are not in violation of an order…

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US Election 2024

PA Education Department agrees to cancel requirement for teachers to adopt guidelines deemed ‘woke’

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has recently settled a lawsuit that forced schools to implement teaching guidelines that were…

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Canada

Ottawa shirked own guidelines when it reopened commercial cod fishery, say scientists

Fisheries scientists say the federal government ignored its own guidelines when it hiked cod quotas off the northern and eastern…

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Health

Ontario’s new iron deficiency guidelines may change lives: doctors

A years-in-the-making adjustment to guidelines covering how iron deficiency is measured in Ontario lab results will be a game changer for…

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Health

IUD insertions can hurt — a lot. Can Canada learn from new U.S. pain management guidelines?

The first time Devon Cantwell-Chavez had a long-lasting form of birth control inserted — an intrauterine device, or IUD —…

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Nova Scotia

Update to guidelines on supporting gender-diverse N.S. students still in limbo

The Nova Scotia government says it’s still working on new guidance for public educators about gender-diversity in schools. But after more than…

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Politics

Canadian doctors are using ‘outdated’ guidelines to screen for cancer, experts warn

Carolyn Holland can’t help wondering how many years of her life she’s lost because her breast cancer was diagnosed late. The…

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Health

Who needs Paxlovid now? New guidelines suggest only highest-risk groups should get COVID drug

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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