Summary: Health experts call for stricter regulations for the use of sodium nitrate, a product commonly used for meat curing, following its link to suicides and increased numbers of poisonings. Sour… [+6379 chars]
As the number of avian flu cases in B.C. climbs into the summer, the provincial SPCA is advising British Columbians to pause bird feeders and baths. But not everyone agrees. Since January, 44 wild … [+3913 chars]
An analysis of data from a long-term study on middle-aged to older Canadian adults has helped researchers establish new links in the relation between difficult childhoods and rapid biological aging i… [+4867 chars]
A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School has looked into the question of why most people do not develop an immune response after consuming food. In their paper published in… [+2765 chars]
Public health officials in the N.W.T. are rolling out a limited supply of rapid syphilis tests to try and bring a growing outbreak of the disease under control and to prevent it from being passed on … [+3523 chars]
A team of experts encouraged ongoing investigation of the benefits of exercise training for individuals with multiple sclerosis, citing shortcomings of available studies. They outlined their outlook … [+2622 chars]
Nuts are a kind of fruit with a hard outer shell, with the exception of peanuts, which are legumes. Nuts are a popular food worldwide, and there is evidence that they may benefit a persons health. … [+6415 chars]
In a time when COVID-19 vaccinations had been front and center, one area that has been fallen behind in the public health space is routine childhood immunizations. The World Health Organization (WHO… [+3328 chars]
YELLOWKNIFE - Health-care providers in the Northwest Territories are learning how to use rapid tests for syphilis in response to an outbreak of the sexually transmitted disease across the territory. … [+1128 chars]
34 with 31 posters participating The omicron coronavirus subvariant BA.5 is hurtling toward complete domination in the US, now accounting for an estimated 78 percent of the country's caseswhich are … [+3002 chars]
Another virus has sparked fresh concerns in many parts of the world after Ghana in West Africa reported its first Marburg outbreak. Two unrelated deaths were reported in the county - due to the virus… [+2310 chars]
PRINCE GEORGEIt is the most prolific form of cancer today according to Dermatological Oncologist Dr. Harvey Lui. Skin cancer is actually the most common type of cancer that occurs in humans. So its … [+699 chars]
