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Neighbouring Andhra Pradesh recorded the second-highest Caesarean section rate in the country at 52.2 per cent, while Nagaland reported one of the lowest rates at 13.2 per cent.

It’s not just about the fake news or outright hoaxes that proliferate on social media, but phrases and ideas with historical, and even academic, pedigree that have been mistakenly adopted as unquestionable truths.

But what is “trauma”? Although it occupies the cultural spotlight, its meaning has never been hazier.

Scientists discovered that the way a cell fails to divide can determine whether it survives, dies, or potentially turns cancerous.

At just eight days, those who received psilocybin showed noticeable improvements in mood. And by the end of the six-week follow-up period, more than half of participants in the psilocybin group no longer met the criteria for depression.

Misunderstanding lipoedema can delay diagnosis and leave people feeling blamed for symptoms that are not simply a result of lifestyle.

Stem cell therapies are moving closer to reversing Type 1 diabetes by successfully replacing destroyed pancreatic cells with lab-grown, insulin-producing beta cells. While early trials show patients achieving insulin independence, researchers are still working to overcome key safety challenges like long-term immune rejection without relying on immunosuppressive drugs.

The advisory notes these products are being marketed online and on social media for anti-ageing, weight loss, injury recovery, sleep, mental focus and general “wellness,” and that Health Canada has already seized several of them.

The term PCOS was inaccurate, because there is no increase in abnormal ovarian cysts. Rather, the hallmark of this condition is follicles, or little fluid sacs, around partly developed eggs, which are caused when development is disrupted by a hormonal or chemical messenger disturbance.

The COVID-19 pandemic, declared in March 2020, changed many aspects of everyday life for young children across Canada. Although all children were affected, those with special needs were often impacted more deeply.

While the current strain has a lower death rate as compared to previous ones, it is considered more dangerous as there is no vaccine.

Moving cannabis to a Schedule III drug ushers in the end of the cannabis prohibition era and the beginning of the regulation era, potentially creating promising opportunities around research and new therapeutics.