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April 5, 2019
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Just an hour of weekly walking staves off disability

The study found an hour of weekly moderate-to-vigorous physical activity allowed older adults to maintain their ability to perform daily tasks like getting dressed or cross a street before a traffic light walk signal changed.


Depression, obesity, chronic pain could be treated by targeting the same key protein

Until now, efforts to inhibit this target have been hampered by the difficulty of finding something specific enough to do the job and not affect similar proteins.


We're more tired and less productive because of our phones

One in five women and one in eight men are now losing sleep due to the time they spend on their mobile phones.
 
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RMTBC Annual Symposium

April 12-13, 2019
Location: New Westminster
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MTAM Annual Conference

May 3-5, 2019
Location: Winnipeg
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