Symptoms are related to health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online June 23 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Harith E… [+2077 chars]
Corrections Canada is advising of an outbreak of COVID-19 at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. As of yesterday, seven inmates had tested positive and corrections officials are monitoring the… [+135 chars]
VANCOUVER British Columbia is gearing up for a major COVID-19 booster shot campaign this fall with the expectation that new vaccines tailor-made to fight the Omicron variant will be available. COVI… [+3867 chars]
Transform Chiropractic, a chiropractic clinic based on Toronto, Ontario, Canada, wants to emphasize that their team of award-winning chiropractors have already helped thousands of patients get relief… [+4440 chars]
With lockdowns lifted and travel opening up, some First Nations in northwestern Ontario are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases, just as the province's seventh wave takes hold. There are 514 active cas… [+4425 chars]
Hypothyroidism occurs when your thyroid doesn’t create and release enough thyroid hormone into the body. Also known as underactive thyroid disease, hypothyroidism slows down the metabolism, affecting… [+2371 chars]
The American Heart Association (AHA) has updated its checklist to measure cardiovascular health, adding sleep as an essential part of overall heart and brain health, along with other additional chang… [+2484 chars]
Newswise — Sophia Antipolis, 8 July 2022: Smoking traditional or non-combustible cigarettes while wearing a surgical mask results in a two-fold rise in exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood ves… [+4167 chars]
The NRG Oncology/Alliance clinical trial NRG-LU005, examining the addition of the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab combined with chemoradiation for patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (… [+3447 chars]
Survival rates for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer among Northern Territorians have improved in the past 30 years but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in the Territory still have wor… [+4334 chars]
HIV substantially speeds up aging at the cellular level within the first few years after acquisition of the virus, researchers at the University of California (UCLA) report in iScience. These finding… [+5804 chars]
Only a small number of research clinical trials for cancer drugs actually show benefit in quality of life, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. The study found trials that failed to show… [+6500 chars]
