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Pink ribbons and pink bracelets, pink T-shirts, “Think pink” slogans and bright bubblegum pink bumper stickers—women’s health advocates get a lot of mileage out of that rosy hue. But is it a bad idea to rely on the popular appeal of the colour pink to raise money and awareness about women’s health issues?

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April is Daffodil Month, and you may be making a donation to fight cancer. But Canadians cash is not supporting the cancers with the highest fatality rates, according to a recent study that found large disparities between how lethal a cancer is and how much funding it receives.

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Canada announces it will evacuate its citizens from Egypt; a new study on the link between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer; the history of dieting fads; Jesse Eisenberg meets Mark Zuckerberg on SNL; and what to do when your flight is cancelled.