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How does waiting on prostate cancer treatment affect survival?

An important clinical trial shows that many patients can delay it safely for years.

close-up photo of a vial of blood marked PSA test alongside a pen; both are resting on a document showing the PSA test results

Prostate cancer progresses slowly, but for how long is it possible to put off treatment? Most newly diagnosed men have low-risk or favorable types of intermediate-risk prostate cancer that doctors can watch and treat only if the disease is found to be at higher risk of progression. This approach, called active surveillance, allows men to delay — or in some cases, outlive — the need for aggressive treatment, which has challenging side effects.

In 1999, British researchers launched a clinical trial comparing outcomes among 1,643 men who were either treated immediately for their cancer or followed on active surveillance (then called active monitoring). The men’s average age at enrollment was 62, and they all had low-to intermediate risk tumors with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels ranging from 3.0 to 18.9 nanograms per milliliter.

Long-term results from the

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise in Canada, especially among children

It’s an organ that often doesn’t get a lot of attention.

While it is brought up in connection with alcohol consumption, the most common liver disease now is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

About 25 per cent of Canadians, with one in five being children, are being diagnosed with NAFLD, according to the Canadian Liver Foundation.

Currently, Canadian schools do not teach liver health in the health curriculum and the Canadian Liver Foundation would like that to change.

The organization has launched a petition calling on education ministers to include liver health in school curricula.

Mohit Arora is a liver transplant recipient. He received his new liver 30 years ago after he was born with a rare disease called biliary atresia.

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“Even now, to this day, there’s still not much known about its causes and there’s certainly no cure,” he told Global News Tuesday.

Arora said

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Replace these 6 things in your kitchen for a healthy lifestyle

Our kitchens are stocked with both nutritious and healthy food items. Even though unhealthy food items might be a part of our day-to-day life, it is better to cut them off for an overall healthy lifestyle. Initially started with small changes, following healthy habits can help us achieve our desired health and fitness goals efficiently. As such, dietitian Manpreet suggested replacing a few food items from our kitchens with healthier alternatives.

Processed vegetable oil with cold-pressed virgin oils

Processed vegetable oil, commonly used in our kitchen, is laden with chemicals and is high in polyunsaturated fats. Consumption of vegetable oil has adverse effects on our health. However, we can replace it with a healthier alternative–cold-pressed virgin oils.

Refined white sugar with jaggery, coconut sugar

Who doesn’t know about the health threat refined white sugar poses to our bodies? Refined sugar consumption is linked to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. But,

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Warrington’s United Utilities welcomes its first female CEO

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UNITED Utilities’ north west branch has welcomed its first-ever female CEO, who has pledged a ‘stronger, greener, and healthier’ region.

The water service’s headquarters in the region is based in Warrington, and has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new CEO.

Louise, who was born in Liverpool, announced today that the water company is planning to bring forward investment to the tune of £914million with region-wide benefits – including reducing spills from storm overflows, and creating jobs.

Warrington Guardian: United Utilities has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new regional CEO

Warrington Guardian: United Utilities has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new regional CEO

United Utilities has appointed Louise Beardmore as its new regional CEO (Image: United Utilities)

The new CEO said: “I am very clear about the responsibilities United Utilities has to deliver great services for customers, to protect and enhance the environment and to

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Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus

NAIROBI, Kenya –

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment.

The World Health Organization on Thursday said that brought the country’s total number of cases to nine in the outbreak declared in mid-February.

There are two known current outbreaks of Marburg on the African continent. Tanzania this week announced eight cases of Marburg, including five deaths. One of the people killed was a health worker.

“Our pathogen genomics team will sequence samples from both places … and see if there is a relationship between the current two outbreaks,” the acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ahmed Ogwell, told journalists on Thursday. He said results should be known within the week.

The WHO said the new cases in Equatorial Guinea were found in the provinces of Kie Ntem, Litoral and

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Brain-eating amoeba kills man after rinsing sinuses with tap water

A man in Florida has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba from “sinus rinse practices utilizing tap water,” health officials said.

A news release from the state Health Department in Charlotte County said they continue to investigate the rare Naegleria fowleri infection.

“You CANNOT become infected by drinking tap water,” the Health Department said in its statement, however, the disease can become contracted “when water contaminated with amebae enters the body through the nose.”

The health agency urged people to only use distilled or sterile water when rinsing their sinuses, a practice usually performed by using a neti pot. The neti pot is a nasal irrigation device that uses either a saline solution or saltwater to treat congestions, colds and allergies.

Tap water should “be boiled for at least one minute and cooled before sinus rinse,” the agency suggested.

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A sustainable ‘superfood’ for the future?

For years now, scientists have been telling the world we are starting to run out of land to grow crops and raise farm animals, causing future food concerns. Researchers are now looking for different ways of growing nutritious foods to replace the ones whose cultivation is no longer as sustainable. One of these is algae.

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Could algae become a staple of our daily meals? Image credit: Carli Teteris/Stocksy.

As the world’s population continues to increase, the need for food also increases. However, research shows we are quickly running out of farmable land.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world can lose up to 250 million crop production acres by 2050 due to urbanization, soil degradation, and climate change.

And factors like climate change, maintenance costs, and access to water are causing problems with raising livestock.

As people need to eat to

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Baker Hughes, EOG Resources and Diamondback Energy

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – March 2, 2023 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Baker Hughes Company BKR, EOG Resources EOG and Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG.

Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:

Permian Oil Rig Count Falls Second Straight Week

In its weekly release, Baker Hughes Company stated that the US rig count was lower than the prior-week tally. The rotary rig count, issued by BKR, is usually published in major newspapers and trade publications.

Baker Hughes’ data, issued at the end of each week since 1944, helps energy service providers gauge the overall business environment of the oil and gas industry. The number of active rigs and its comparison with the prior-week figure indicates the

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Island Health, province, and Port Hardy, BC doctor looks at odds regarding health-service issues – BC

BC’s Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau says BC needs to listen to the concerns of front-line health-care workers from North Vancouver Island and consider hiring physician assistants.

At a press conference Friday accompanied by local Dr. Alex Nataros, Furstenau said BC Health Minister Adrian Dix must listen to healthcare workers.

“I’m asking health minister Adrian Dix to acknowledge and recognize the systemic workplace issues that are in our healthcare system,” she said Friday.

“They are real and the situation cannot tolerate any more downplaying.”

Dr. Nataros, a doctor based in Port Hardy, has been publicly pushing for physician assistants for the local hospital after months of intermittent closures at the ER department.

“I am advocating for physician assistants because I only have one set of hands,” he said.

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“Physician assistants are proven, evidence-based, culturally safe, and cost-effective physician extenders. This model works, and I need help

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