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  • FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 28, 2023, shows a WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouch. On Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children after at least 22 toddlers in 14 states were sickened by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and applesauce. Brands include WanaBana brand apple cinnamon fruit puree and Schnucks and Weis brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. The products were sold in stores and online. (FDA via AP, File)

    Nearly two dozen toddlers sickened by lead linked to tainted applesauce pouches, CDC says

  • This image provided by Eli Lilly on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 shows packaging for their new drug Zepbound. The new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. (Eli Lilly via AP)

    U.S. FDA approves new version of diabetes drug Mounjaro for weight loss

  • This image provided by Eli Lilly on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 shows packaging for their new drug Zepbound. The new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. (Eli Lilly via AP)

    FDA approves new version of diabetes drug Mounjaro for weight loss

  • The Canadian Cancer Society says deaths from lung cancer have decreased by about four per cent per year since 2015. An emergency sign is seen by a hospital in Montreal on July 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

    Lung cancer death rates decreasing but still biggest cancer killer, report says

  • Dr. Padma Gulur, a Duke University pain specialist, stands for a portrait on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in Durham, N.C. Prescriptions for ketamine have soared in recent years as doctors adopt the mind-altering drug as an alternative pain treatment. Gulur and other specialists see potential for ketamine as a pain therapy, but warn it also carries risks of safety and abuse. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

    Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment, despite little research or regulation

  • FILE - In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Lawrence Faucette sits with wife, Ann, in the school's hospital in Baltimore, Md., in September 2023, before receiving a pig heart transplant. Lawrence Faucette, the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his doctors announced Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Mark Teske/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

    Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

  • Non-alcoholic beverages are shown at an LCBO store in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Staff

    Major drink brands launch more non-alcoholic drinks as "sober curious" trend grows

  • Jasmin Tecson of the Ontario Association of Midwives is shown in a handout photo. Ontario is planning to expand the list of drugs that midwives can prescribe and administer, including allowing them to prescribe birth control.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Association of Ontario Midwives, Marina Dempster **MANDATORY CREDIT**

    Ontario plans to expand midwives' prescribing power

  • Dr. Sarah Zipp is shown in this handout image. A leading researcher on sport, gender, and menstrual health says that youth sports coaches have to educate themselves about periods. Studies show that girls drop out of organized sport at more than twice the rate that boys do, especially at the onset of adolescence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

    Expert calls for better supports around menstrual health in youth sports

  • Canadian dentists are demanding details on the government's soon-to-be announced federal dental insurance plan and how the government pans to preserve existing provincial and private coverage. A dentist works on a patient in Nashville, Tenn during a clinic visit on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-George Walker IV

    Dentists decry being left in the dark about federal dental insurance plan