Abortion doulas help women with nowhere else to turn
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Abortion doulas help women with nowhere else to turn

A growing ring of volunteers are bringing abortion counselling to Newfoundland and Labrador amid an uptick in laws clamping down on reproductive rights south of the border. Nova…

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Abortion doulas help women with nowhere else to turn
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Abortion doulas help women with nowhere else to turn

A growing ring of volunteers are bringing abortion counselling to Newfoundland and Labrador amid an uptick in laws clamping down on reproductive rights south of the border. Nova…

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Homemade, natural sunscreens may leave you risking a burn
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Homemade, natural sunscreens may leave you risking a burn

Homemade sunscreens on Pinterest may look pretty and smell even prettier, but most of them won’t shield you from sunburn or skin cancer, new research shows. “Ninety-five per…

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Homemade, natural sunscreens may leave you risking a burn
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Homemade, natural sunscreens may leave you risking a burn

Homemade sunscreens on Pinterest may look pretty and smell even prettier, but most of them won’t shield you from sunburn or skin cancer, new research shows. “Ninety-five per…

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Sextuplets shock parents and doctors anticipating 5
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Sextuplets shock parents and doctors anticipating 5

 A 29-year-old Polish mother who gave birth to sextuplets has been able to leave her hospital bed and visit her babies in another ward, where the infants are…

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Sextuplets shock parents and doctors anticipating 5
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Sextuplets shock parents and doctors anticipating 5

 A 29-year-old Polish mother who gave birth to sextuplets has been able to leave her hospital bed and visit her babies in another ward, where the infants are…

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Living in a remote location is associated with avoidable death. Why is that?
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Living in a remote location is associated with avoidable death. Why is that?

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t…

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Food insecurity rising in Nunavut since launch of Nutrition North: study
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Food insecurity rising in Nunavut since launch of Nutrition North: study

Food insecurity in Nunavut has gotten worse since the introduction of the Nutrition North program in 2011, according to a study published today in the Canadian Medical Association…

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UN ‘very concerned’ about abortion access after recent Alabama, Missouri laws
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UN ‘very concerned’ about abortion access after recent Alabama, Missouri laws

The United Nations human rights office called on U.S. authorities on Tuesday to ensure that women have access to safe abortions, saying bans lead to risky underground abortions…

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‘Our culture is in everything’: This Indigenous chef is on a crusade for food sovereignty
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‘Our culture is in everything’: This Indigenous chef is on a crusade for food sovereignty

Every weekday, Jared Qwustenuxun Williams and his kitchen staff prepare lunch for over 100 elders at Cowichan Tribes on Vancouver Island. Traditionally, the Quw’utsun’ people would harvest clams…

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