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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada medical mystery takes twist as study finds no evidence of brain illness

a brain scan
The research comes as the Maritime province prepares its own assessment. Photograph: Andrew Brookes/Getty Images/Image Source

A new peer-reviewed scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, suggesting instead a troubling combination of “misdiagnosis and misinformation”.

The research comes as the Maritime province prepares its own assessment of more than 220 suspected cases in the hope of giving families some answers to a medical mystery that has gripped the region for years.

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