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Martha Rivers Porado

@marthaporado.bsky.social
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Editor of the independent, go-to news source for Canada’s doctors and pharmacists: CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca, online home of the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business magazines #MedSky I've seen more movies than you.

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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We talk a lot about how climate change affects people's health and healthcare—but a pretty unexpected issue is that an actual bear might be more likely to walk into your pharmacy.
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca
‘We didn't have her shade of lipstick’: Sad end to a bear encounter in a B.C. pharmacy
A pharmacy in Hope, B.C. got some rather unexpected customers last weekend.
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swoon ganz @swoonganz.medsky.social · 04/07/2026
At the hospital. Please keep me in your thoughts. Nothing is wrong, I just work here.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lol, yeah feels like that MIGHT be the issue
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW: Meta is facing a proposed class action alleging it used Facebook and Insta photos to build its NameTag face-recognition system and train AI models without consent. WIRED found code for NameTag hidden inside Meta’s AI app downloaded by tens of millions. Meta said the feature “doesn’t exist.”
wired.com
Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems
The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature...
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is horrific.
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Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say
A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I talked to a man who got stuck in an elevator, a wheelchair user who had to go on his balcony and shout to ask for food, a woman who had to sleep in her chair because she couldn't use her COPD machine. The crisis in Gary is the product of structural neglect and racism, but also climate change.
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Gary, Indiana, Is America’s Latest Climate Victim - The American Prospect
This community has already faced structural racism and disinvestment. A two-week blackout unleashed a humanitarian disaster.
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton never cut the line | All over the world, people are spitting venom and the drawbridges are going up. But, giving of oneself, one’s time, one’s talent is what we’re all supposed to be doing. And no one could be a better example than the Queen of Country.
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Dolly Parton never cut the line
All over the world, people are spitting venom and the drawbridges are going up. But, giving of oneself, one’s time, one’s talent is what we’re all supposed to be doing. And no one could be a better ex...
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Effectively, we're out of business': U.S. tariffs cut Manitoba honey farm off from vast majority of customers | CBC News
Osee Podolsky, general manager at Podolski Honey Farms, says the vast majority of honey produced at the family-run business in Ethelbert, Man., is shipped to customers across the United States.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports
Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
«Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets»
futurism.com
AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Things will get worse as more students secretly use AI to do homework. There has always been a divide between those who care about education for its own sake and those who only care about grades, but AI will worsen this divide, leaving fewer people with the ability to do causal reasoning.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Every jurisdiction in Canada needs a Primary Care Act -- a law that ensures every person has timely, inclusive access to primary care at no cost, by @tarakiran.bsky.social canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/every-jurisd... via @themedicalpost.bsky.social
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Every jurisdiction in Canada needs a Primary Care Act
The Primary Care Act builds on the promise of the Canada Health Act: that medically necessary care should be provided without charge to everyone.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The 2026 OTC Annual Survey results are now in! The results play a key role in shaping how physicians inform their patients and support their communities. See what products your peers recommend: ✨ canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/otc-survey-2...
2026 OTC MOST RECOMMENDED BRANDS BY PHYSICIANS
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Canada’s war on physician paperwork. AI scribes, interoperability mandates and form-improvement initiatives suggest relief may be coming, by Norm Tollinsky canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/canadas-war-... via @themedicalpost.bsky.social
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Canada’s war on physician paperwork
AI scribes, interoperability mandates and form-improvement initiatives suggest relief may be coming.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Are we tackling cancer all wrong? WHO report estimates massive rise is global cancer diagnoses and urges governments to strengthen healthcare systems to deliver comprehensive cancer care and prevention.
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Are we tackling cancer all wrong?
WHO report estimates massive rise is global cancer diagnoses and urges governments to strengthen healthcare systems to deliver comprehensive cancer care and prevention.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It’s really rare for kids to have this type of allergic reaction. Here’s why Canadian researchers are diving deep into causes and symptoms Doctors can easily fail to recognize this reaction for what it is, warn researchers from the McGill University Health Centre.
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It’s really rare for kids to have this type of allergic reaction. Here’s why Canadian researchers are diving deep into causes and symptoms
Doctors can easily fail to recognize this reaction for what it is, warn researchers from the McGill University Health Centre.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Q&A: N.B. health minister Dr. John Dornan An honest chat with a man not afraid to get his hands dirty.
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Q&A: N.B. health minister Dr. John Dornan
An honest chat with a man not afraid to get his hands dirty.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
DR. HECTOR BAILLIE: Alysha’s story Some weekends I covered the IM needs of two communities. I had a bright red sports car, which made it a bit more fun. But that morning wasn’t fun. It was tragic.
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Alysha’s story
Some weekends I covered the IM needs of two communities. I had a bright red sports car, which made it a bit more fun. But that morning wasn’t fun. It was tragic.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
From our sister magazine @pharmacypractice.bsky.social Face to face: Real conversations are helping pharmacists and physicians build strong partnerships for better patient care Despite growing scope, many pharmacists still struggle to build meaningful collaborative relationships with doctors.
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Face to face: Real conversations are helping pharmacists and physicians build strong partnerships for better patient care
Despite growing scope, many pharmacists still struggle to build meaningful collaborative relationships with doctors.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
BROOKE SHEKTER: The Doctor’s Lawyer: Agreeing to a plea? What to know Your CPSO plea deal can be used against you in criminal proceedings.
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The Doctor’s Lawyer: Agreeing to a plea? What to know
Your CPSO plea deal can be used against you in criminal proceedings.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You can tell an infrastructure project is desperately needed by a private industry when the government has to pay for it and also pay that private industry to use it.
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Alberta will provide oilsands producers with incentives to fill proposed West Coast pipeline
Five major companies also agreed to build Pathways carbon capture and storage mega-project
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026
this is what consequential journalism looks like
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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll. People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.
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It Could Lead to Tens of Thousands of Deaths. In the Meantime, It’s Wreaking Havoc on Americans’ Sanity.
Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 10/04/2026
For National Poetry Month, we would like to remind you that we publish all time bangers, such as Staircase wit by Rhiannon McGavin, from TBQ6:
A poem with the opening line, It's spring and everyone's joking about killing themselves again. Full text can be found on our website, Link in the next post
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Check out the 2026 Write to Win contest for medical residents! canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/writing-cont... Win a grand prize of a $500 VISA gift card! Two runners-up will receive $250 gift cards. Click through to learn more about the contest rules.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender. Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 26/03/2026
Yum, maple poutine flavoured premium research compounds. Guaranteed Canadian because just look at that authentic flag.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 23/03/2026
This month the AIDS Committee of Toronto, Canada’s oldest AIDS organization, closes its doors after more than four decades. Kevin Hurren on its history and unfinished legacy. (Originally published by our friends @xtramagazine.com). thelocal.to/aids-committ...
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Canada’s Oldest AIDS Organization Closes After Four Decades | The Local
The AIDS Committee of Toronto was at the centre of this city’s response to a crisis. As it shuts its doors this month, the people who built it reckon with its unfinished legacy.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/03/2026
Pregnant women who have been swept up in President Trump’s immigration crackdown have been held in detention centers as late as eight months into their pregnancies without adequate food or medical care, a New York Times examination found. nyti.ms/40QJ7wD
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 17/03/2026
masterful gambit to make shipping costs go up higher by artificially reducing the supply of truck drivers in the middle of the biggest energy crisis in 50 years
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"After being held in isolation for about five days. Rodríguez was forced to strip naked in a shower while an officer "poured some kind of chemical liquid on her head, which seemed to be something used to clean floors and burned her eyes,” the filing read."
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Nashville journalist arrested by ICE granted bond, remains detained while feds considers appeal • Tennessee Lookout
Estefany Rodríguez, the Nashville reporter arrested by ICE, was granted a $10,000 bond Monday but remains detained in Louisiana.
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Lynn Coady @lynncoady.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A richly deserved shaming on an international stage for @nsgov.bsky.social and Tim Houston specifically (read Tamara Deverall’s complete quote in the alt-text)
Tamara Deverall winning the Oscar plus a quote from her speech: I’m living in Nova Scotia right now, which is getting arts cuts by our provincial governnment, which is making it really difficult to support artists like me and Shane. We need to grow, young people who need to learn art is important. It is essentially to our human culture and well-being.”
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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
When this site dies I'm not moving to a new one. I'm just going to mail you handwritten notes with my thoughts on them
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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
(handing the most heartbroken, disgusted-looking hockey player a stuffed animal) congratulazioni! enjoy the stoat
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ceej @ceej.online · 17/02/2026
enough emails. stop it
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"Think things are bad down south? Canada has no reason to be proud of our immigration detention system either, according to a new report which finds the detention system disproportionately impacts racialized people, particularly Black men."
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New report identifies systemic racism in immigration detention, calls for abolition - UBC News
A new report reveals how Canada’s immigration detention system disproportionately impacts racialized people—especially Black men—and calls for a gradual move toward abolition.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/02/2026
Dozens of online-pharmacy ads, including for weight-loss drugs, appear to violate federal rules www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/arti… ⦸ ⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁
A number of the ads focused on a booming category of prescription medications: GLP-1s, which can help manage type 2 diabetes or aid in weight loss.
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Defunding scientific research and maligning doctors’ expertise matters: a perspective from my emergency room visit. @themedicalpost.bsky.social (gated - PDF from my website below) canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/my-genes-cra... PDF: static1.squarespace.com/static/5f789... #AcademicSky #MedSky
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My genes crafted a brain aneurysm and the expertise of researchers and doctors saved me
Because of new surgery techniques—that weren't available to my relatives who suffered the same affliction as I do—I'm here and able to exercise my love of language.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I think it's time to rethink how we categorize "middle class."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/02/2026
Leqaa Kordia, a New Jersey woman who was detained by federal immigration agents during a 2024 protest at Columbia University, suffered a seizure after she fell and hit her head in a Texas detention center, her lawyers and federal officials said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4asLPg1
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It's upsetting when New York Post is a more accurate source of health news than many public health orgs nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...
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Long COVID may be triggering Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain: new study
Over 20 million Americans are believed to have long COVID, suffering symptoms such as severe fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness and muscle pain.
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The Medical Post Magazine @themedicalpost.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
WRITING CONTEST: 2026 Resident Voices contest for medical residents This year, the theme of the contest is Lessons in Communication. We'll publish a selection of your stories and our editorial team will select one submission to win a grand prize of a $500 VISA gift card.
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WRITING CONTEST: 2026 Resident Voices contest for medical residents
Tell us a story! This year, the theme of the contest is Lessons in Communication, with a grand prize of a $500 Visa gift card.
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Game called on account of norovirus: Canada’s defence of Olympic women’s hockey gold has been delayed Canada’s opening game against Finland at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics was postponed because the Finns were struck with the norovirus.
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Game called on account of norovirus: Canada’s defence of Olympic women’s hockey gold has been delayed
Canada’s opening game against Finland at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics was postponed because the Finns were struck with the norovirus.
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A new survey suggests Canadians feel the healthcare system has deteriorated over the last decade as they increasingly struggle to access family doctors and encounter hurdles to seeing specialists.
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New survey suggests Canadians feel healthcare system has deteriorated
The latest results say half of respondents reported that they either don’t have a family doctor or struggle to see the one they do have.
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New travel medicine resources for healthcare professionals in Canada Public Health Agency of Canada issues a comprehensive list of resources to aid, inform and educate Canadian healthcare professionals providing travel medicine services.
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New travel medicine resources for healthcare professionals in Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada issues a comprehensive list of resources to aid, inform and educate Canadian healthcare professionals providing travel medicine services.
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Could this antiretroviral combat glioblastoma? There may be a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma with a medication already on the pharmacy shelf, new Canadian research finds.
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Could this antiretroviral combat glioblastoma?
There may be a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma with a medication already on the pharmacy shelf, new Canadian research finds.
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Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I grew up in the DMV and so grew up with the Washington Post, so today is a real kick in the teeth.
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