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YYC Health Nut

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Passionate about disease prevention, fitness, health, nutrition, and wellness. Lover of nature.

 Calgary, Alberta
Joined June 2015
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Alzheimer’s may start shrinking two brain regions years before memory loss sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
Alzheimer’s may start shrinking two brain regions years before memory loss

Alzheimer’s may start shrinking two brain regions years before memory loss

Johns Hopkins scientists have uncovered hidden warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease that may appear up to a decade before memory loss begins. Brain scans revealed that two regions involved in memory...

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Scientists find a simple daily routine linked to less pain and depression sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
Scientists find a simple daily routine linked to less pain and depression

Scientists find a simple daily routine linked to less pain and depression

A simple change to your daily routine could make a surprising difference in how you feel, both physically and mentally. University of Missouri researchers found that older adults who followed...

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Quality sleep supports brain health in stroke, diabetes, heart disease medicalnewstoday.com/article…
Cardiometabolic disease: How sleep could support brain health

Cardiometabolic disease: How sleep could support brain health

Better sleep quality could lead to improved cognitive function in people with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, or stroke, according to new research.

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High Fat Diet Linked to Higher Colon Cancer Risk, Early Research Shows healthline.com/health-news/h…
Colon Cancer: High Fat Diet May Raise Risk, Animal Study Shows

Colon Cancer: High Fat Diet May Raise Risk, Animal Study Shows

A high fat diet may increase the risk of colon cancer by altering intestinal stem cells and potentially leading to tumor development, a new mouse study suggests.

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Without this protein, damaged muscle fills with fat and scar tissue sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Without this protein, damaged muscle fills with fat and scar tissue

Researchers have uncovered a surprising hidden function of a protein that may hold the key to repairing damaged muscles and treating muscular dystrophy. Known for protecting chromosomes, TRF2 also...

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Scientists trick cancer cells into making the drugs that kill them sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
Scientists trick cancer cells into making the drugs that kill them

Scientists trick cancer cells into making the drugs that kill them

Scientists have developed a promising new cancer-fighting strategy that uses carbon monoxide naturally produced by tumor cells to manufacture powerful drugs inside the cancer cells themselves. Early...

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Energy drinks linked to 11 times more reports of cardiac arrest sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
Energy drinks linked to 11 times more reports of cardiac arrest

Energy drinks linked to 11 times more reports of cardiac arrest

A new study found that energy drinks and stimulant supplements were linked to disproportionately frequent reports of serious heart problems, including 11 times more reports of cardiac arrest and 4.5...

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Common medications may change your gut for years sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
Common medications may change your gut for years

Common medications may change your gut for years

Common medications may reshape the gut microbiome long after the last dose is taken. In a study of more than 2,500 people, researchers found lasting microbial changes linked not only to antibiotics,...

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Alzheimer’s may have early warning signs outside the brain sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Alzheimer’s may have early warning signs outside the brain

A surprising discovery suggests that some early signs of Alzheimer’s disease may begin outside the brain. Using miniature laboratory systems made from human cells, scientists found that genetic...

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Vitamin D status and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with cancer: a systematic review with exploratory quantitative synthesis pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4299…
Vitamin D status and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with cancer: a system...

Vitamin D status and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with cancer: a system...

Low vitamin D status may be associated with greater CIPN risk or severity, particularly when measured before treatment or at baseline. The evidence remains hypothesis-generating because of small...

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Epinephrine nasal spray now available nationwide without prescription ctvnews.ca/health/article/ep…
Epinephrine nasal spray now available nationwide without prescription

Epinephrine nasal spray now available nationwide without prescription

Canadians with severe allergies will now have greater access to what experts have called a game-changing treatment that delivers epinephrine without the use of a needle.

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Prophylactic dexamethasone for prevention of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients: a randomised controlled trial (DEX-OINV Trial) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4299…
Prophylactic dexamethasone for prevention of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients:...

Prophylactic dexamethasone for prevention of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients:...

CTRI/2026/02/104005, prospectively registered on 16 February 2026.

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Critics warn of health data privacy concerns as Ottawa ramps up AI strategy cbc.ca/news/health/health-da…
Critics warn of health data privacy concerns as Ottawa ramps up AI strategy | CBC News

Critics warn of health data privacy concerns as Ottawa ramps up AI strategy | CBC News

The Canadian government wants to ramp up the development and adoption of AI systems, starting with the health sector, but experts warn that proposed measures to address privacy concerns have critical...

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‘Do not buy or use’: Health Canada finds dangerous bacteria in seized drugs from China ctvnews.ca/health/article/do…
‘Do not buy or use’: Health Canada finds dangerous bacteria in seized drugs from China

‘Do not buy or use’: Health Canada finds dangerous bacteria in seized drugs from China

Canadians are being warned to “not buy or use” unauthorized peptides after potentially dangerous bacteria were discovered in seized drugs from China.

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