Clinical

MONTREAL | The obsession with reducing public spending on prescription drugs, which takes the form of constantly falling price caps, bulk purchasing strategies and reimbursement restrictions, entails numerous unintended consequences, especially for the health of Canadians, according to a new study from the Montreal Economic Institute.

Theories abound as to why women go into menopause, but the latest hypothesis being put forward suggests it may be men—or specifically their preference for younger mates—that has led to women's loss of fertility at a certain age. Researchers at McMaster University believe that over tens of thousands of years, a lack of reproduction among older women has given rise to menopause as an unintended result of evolutionary natural selection.