The roots of schizophrenia: with Canadian scientists playing a prominent role, researchers are finding clues to a baffling disease

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Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in Toronto, Ontario, is one of the leading centers of schizophrenia research. Philip Seeman and other researchers have discovered a link between the brain's dopamine receptors and the disease, raising hopes that new drugs will be developed to treat it.

Research, Medical research, Schizophrenia

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Women's health: new attitudes and solutions

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In the past, male physicians have tended to adopt a paternalistic attitude towards women's health issues, but that is starting to change. More research money is being devoted to women's health, and the number of women doctors has increased from 17% in 1985 to around 25% in 1998.

Finance, Women, Women's health, Women's health services

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The sneezing season

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Some 30% of Canadians suffer from allergies such as seasonal allergic rhinitis, commonly known as hay fever, and summertime is the time when allergy symptoms are at their worst. As recently as the 1970's, fewer than one-fifth of Canada's population had allergies.

Care and treatment, Allergy, Hay-fever, Hay fever

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