Article content BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo The World Health Organization has declared Ghanas first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease after labs confirmed the infections in two cas… [+1911 chars]
As research suggests that COVID-19 has infected roughly half of the Canadian population, the emergence of an even more contagious version of the virus means some people may be in for another round. … [+5558 chars]
Summary: Cellular changes associated with Parkinson’s disease could be revealed with the use of quantitative MRI which allows for a deeper examination of microstructures within the striatum. Source:… [+4730 chars]
Study design and subjects In this cross-sectional study, the part of the data set from the previous study was used10, because the daily number of steps were measured from October 2017. Consecutive s… [+7049 chars]
Health officials on Vancouver Island will begin offering monkeypox vaccines to at-risk populations this week in an effort to prevent further transmission of the rare virus. In an update on its websi… [+1926 chars]
A study looking at the effectiveness of fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines, run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has found that a second booster shot of an mRNA vaccine ha… [+4822 chars]
Dying of a broken heart was just a figure of speech until 2002 when Dr Hikaru Sato and colleagues at Hiroshima City Hospital described it in a study. Sato named the condition takotsubo cardiomyopathy… [+4022 chars]
A study looking at the effectiveness of fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines, run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has found that a second booster shot of an mRNA vaccine ha… [+4822 chars]
Humanity has been searching for the fountain of youth for seemingly as long as time itself. For centuries weve been chasing ever-elusive longevity, and along the way countless strategies have been co… [+8321 chars]
Tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) is common in the adult population. A small part of this population is devoted to those who have a flail tricuspid leaflet. Flail TR can be caused by blunt chest tra… [+10175 chars]
Nordic walking, also known as pole walking, requires more effort to be applied to the poles with each step than conventional walking does. Upper body muscles are stimulated more during Nordic walking… [+6160 chars]
Nivolumab is a human immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) monoclonal antibody that binds to the PD-1 receptor on T-cells and blocks its interaction with PD-L1 and PD-L2, releasing the PD-1 pathway-mediated inhib… [+11895 chars]