Nonstick pans are useful kitchen items. Our senior food and beverage editor Claire Lower wont cook an over-easy egg or a thin pancake without one. But do you need to worry about the coating being bad… [+3074 chars]
Summary: Study reports an overlap between genetic architecture and co-morbid mental health diagnosis. Researchers found 70% of the genetic signals associated with schizophrenia were also linked to bi… [+7194 chars]
Article content The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority says the Lung Evaluation and Assessment Program will run for two years at Vancouver General Hospital and will employ a nurse navigator, someone… [+1884 chars]
<ul><li>Life without lupus: advocates raising awareness around autoimmune disease </li><li>Safer Supply Program launched in Peterborough </li><li>Postpartum depression in fathers ‘very real,’ resea… [+2425 chars]
At the end of 2021, 57-year old David Bennett Sr. was bedridden and on life-support with irreversible heart failure. He was not eligible for a human heart transplant or an implanted mechanical heart … [+6625 chars]
The first-of-its-kind study found higher rates of lung cancer and brain tumours in people exposed to wildfires across Canada, including in B.C. Buildings in Lytton, BC Friday, March 18, 2022. Nearl… [+5456 chars]
Some of the seasonal flu viruses that people can catch each winter may be a direct descendant of the strain behind the catastrophic 1918 "Spanish flu" pandemic, according to a new study in the journa… [+3794 chars]
TUESDAY, May 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening asymptomatic adults for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This reco… [+1718 chars]
The deadly strain of avian flu ravaging Canada's poultry industry is also felling an unusual number of wild birds and has even jumped to mammals, killing a pair of juvenile foxes near St. Marys Ont.,… [+4151 chars]
When genes mutate, this can lead to severe diseases of the human nervous system. Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Würzburg have now used fruit flies to demonstrate how, apart f… [+4814 chars]
Avian influenza viruses often emerge on high-density poultry farms. However, they can be deadly in wild bird populations and can even infect humans. With recent outbreaks identified in Canada and th… [+2870 chars]
Millions of older people with poor vision are at risk of being misdiagnosed with mild cognitive impairments, according to a new study by the University of South Australia. Cognitive tests that rely … [+2948 chars]
