According to U.S. health officials, a man in Chile has been infected with a bird flu that has mutations that could cause the virus to be...
Oxford University’s new malaria vaccine has been approved in Ghana, making it the first country to do so. The vaccine will benefit children aged five to...
A recent small-scale study presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2023 in Boston suggests that consistent, uninterrupted sleep...
In a recent study, researchers measured the duration for which airborne coronavirus particles remain infectious at varying levels of humidity, and concluded that dry environments may...
The latest study on the connection between oral health and brain health was conducted by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, who sought to determine...
The new HBO series, The Last of Us, has sparked an existential crisis with its depiction of a fungal pandemic that turns people into zombies. The...
MAGICAL BELIEFS, ODD SPEECH, and strange behavior are all characteristics that people with schizotypal personality disorder (STPD) might display. But they often don’t realize that these...
What’s on your plate can help maintain your cardiac capacity. “Heart-healthy foods contain nutrients that have been shown to benefit the cardiovascular system or reduce the...
Continued pressure on Canada’s health-care system is adding to a long-standing problem — the prevalence of bedsores in Canadian hospitals. Recent data from the Canadian Institute...
As U.S. pediatric hospitals report being “overwhelmed” with respiratory syncytial virus patients, cases are also on the rise in Canada. Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is...
New Canadian technology is allowing surgeons to more easily remove breast cancer tumours with minimal cosmetic defect and less pain for patients. And this tech is...