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• Empty lots, vacant buildings in neighbourhoods may contribute to feelings of depression: study

  Improving blighted areas could be an inexpensive way for communities to help address local mental health, say the authors.

  Health

  Aug 7, 2018
  
• What are the odds? 4 U.S. teens accepted into all 8 Ivy League schools

  Ifeoma White-Thorpe, Cassandra Hsiao, Martin Altenburg and Ivan Vazquez all have a difficult – yet enviable – decision to make.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 6, 2017
  
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• U of T professors hold event to preserve environmental data ahead of Trump presidency

  As the U.S. presidential inauguration grows near, researchers at the University of Toronto are kickstarting a movement to preserve environmental data they believe could be at risk under Donald Trump's leadership.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2016
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• Study finds testosterone gel is no fountain of youth

  A landmark study suggests that testosterone treatment is no fountain of youth, finding mostly modest improvement in the sex lives, walking strength and mood of a select group of older men.

  Health

  Feb 18, 2016
• Half of adults qualify for statins under new cholesterol guidelines

  Half of Americans ages 40 to 75 qualify to consider cholesterol-lowering statin drugs under new heart disease prevention guidelines, an analysis says.

  Health

  Mar 20, 2014
• A cure for baldness? Scientists use stem cells to grow hair follicles

  New research is offering a glimmer of hope to bald men reaching for the Rogaine, wigs and hats.

  Health

  Jan 29, 2014