Is seasonal affective disorder real? The truth is complicated

Growing questions about seasonal affective disorder (SAD) reveal issues at the heart of psychiatry.

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Would you re-consider that cookie if you knew it would take 20 minutes to run off?

Researchers are studying whether people might make better food choices if labels said how much exercise would be needed to burn off their calories.

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1st Ebola relapse recorded in Congo outbreak, WHO says

An individual in Congo is being classified as a relapse of Ebola Virus Disease, the first relapse documented in this outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.

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Cancer survivors face dilemma over banned breast implants linked to rare lymphoma

Canadian women with textured breast implants now banned by Health Canada over links to a rare form of lymphoma have to decide whether the cost of having them removed outweighs the risk of leaving them in.

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B.C. organization sorry for not telling Indigenous people about free HIV drug

Vancouver health organization Community-Based Research Centre, which disseminates information about HIV, has apologized in an open letter for not better informing Indigenous people it had coverage for the prevention drug PrEP.

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New vaping advertising limits coming, but no further restrictions on nicotine yet

CBC News has learned that Health Canada is preparing to take some new measures to crack down on teen vaping. However, it won't go as far as some health advocates want.

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Drop in tobacco use among males 'mark a turning point,' WHO says

World Health Organization projects that the number of males using tobacco is on the decline for the first time.

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