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As it happens6:57How this ‘early warrior’ of climate change reporting helped change the media landscape Peter Dykstra was reporting on climate change when it was barely on the news radar, says his good friend and colleague. “He was an early fighter at the sharp end of the spear on climate,” said Miles O’Brien, science and environment reporter for PBS. As …

This is the third story in CBC Sudbury’s Lifelines series, which examines access to health care in Lake Huron’s North Shore communities. You can read the other stories in the series here and here. Cathy Marshall knows every bend and incline of Highway 17 between Sault Ste. Marie and Blind River in northern Ontario, thanks to a life-threatening health crisis …

Two new risk factors for dementia have been identified: vision loss and high cholesterol. new report in a leading medical journal. The 2024 Lancet Commission on Dementia lists 14 risk factors for dementia, many of which can be influenced by lifestyle changes. Among them, untreated vision loss and high cholesterol stand out as new targets for preventive treatment, along with …

As it happens6:21A brain implant reduced this boy’s seizures by 80%. And he charges it with his headphones Before he received his new brain implant, 13-year-old Oran Knowlson’s entire life revolved around his seizures. The British boy has a rare, drug-resistant form of epilepsy that causes him to have hundreds of seizures a day, putting him at constant risk of …

CNN  —  Vanderbilt College Medical Heart’s transgender clinic in Nashville has paused gender affirming surgical procedures for sufferers underneath the age of 18, a prime government on the heart instructed a Tennessee lawmaker Friday. Republican Tennessee state Rep. Jason Zachary – who had requested VUMC to completely finish gender affirming surgical procedures for minors – posted a letter to Twitter …