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Dr Jeffrey Berns discusses inconsistencies in the clinical trial evidence comparing intravenous iron with oral iron in patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis.  

Arsenic exposure in childhood is known to contribute to diseases, such as cancer, that appear long after exposure. What are the mechanisms at work?  

Our latest collaboration will see the publication of classic episodes of Emergency Medicine Cases published on CanadiEM. Emergency Medicine Cases is an exceptional podcast developed by fellow Canadian emergency physician, Dr. Anton Helman. In the first episode of Emergency Medicine Cases Classics on CanadiEM, Anton discusses the role of IV Iron for Anemia in the ED. Sound crazy? Read below or listen to the episode and you may reconsider. -CanadiEM Editor Brent Thoma  

Doctors often like to express themselves as individuals, whether through their clothing, personal look, office decor, or other elements. Some employers may frown upon it. What's right?  

Many preterm infants are receiving excessive amounts of a known neurotoxin. What's being done about manganese?  

Climate laws will be tightened to cut carbon emissions effectively to zero, the government says.  

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Although the Western diet is linked to decline in cognitive functioning, adding elements of a healthier diet that researchers are calling 'prudent' is associated with half the risk for decline, a study suggests.  

The agency wants to protect children from possible developmental problems caused by exposure to this naturally occurring element in rice.  

Call it something like fruit of a poisonous tree. Bugs live around water polluted with mercury; spiders dine on these insects, and then get eaten by birds and animals on land.  

This article describes lessons learned from the CDC's Coordinated Chronic Disease Program, identifying key elements of a coordinated public health approach to chronic disease prevention and control.  

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Infants who ate rice or rice products had higher concentrations of arsenic in their urine than those who did not, US research published in JAMA Pediatrics has found.1 However, stricter controls on arsenic in rice products in the European Union mean that this is less likely to be a problem in the United Kingdom.  

Infant rice cereal and rice snacks contain some arsenic, and babies who eat these products have higher levels of arsenic in their urine, a study shows.  

Arsenic contamination in well water could be responsible for the unusually high rates of bladder cancer in northern New England.