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I won’t stop eating meat, and you shouldn’t either

EIC November 9, 2015

No food is more more perfect than bacon. Its fatty, salty, meaty goodness can cure many ailments, such as hangovers and waking up on the wrong side of the bed. But with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent reclassification of bacon and other processed meats as carcinogens in the same class as cigarettes and asbestos, this most holy of pork products could be taken away from us — but, more likely, it will probably just be relabeled to convey the risk.  As most of us are aware, bacon isn’t exactly a health food, which is one of the many reasons…

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SFU researchers investigate deadly liver cancer

EIC January 26, 2015

A group of SFU researchers have collaborated with colleagues internationally to provide insight into the “mutational landscape” of a rare type of fatal liver cancer, which may allow them to identify its cause and improve its diagnosis and treatment. Intrahepatic…

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