Written by Sian Mitchell, Interactive elements by Hailey McAdams Researchers at the University of Guelph are calling for more sexual health education programs targeted towards middle-aged single Canadians. The need for these programs was emphasized […]
Story by Sian Mitchell/Interactive Elements by Hailey McAdams Millennials are contracting the mumps at a higher rate than any other age group in Canada. Mumps, which used to be considered a childhood illness, now disproportionally […]
Written by Sian Mitchell/Interactive elements by Maryna Hordiienko If it were not for the weekly blood transfusions that Kevin McAdams received during his battle with Aplastic Anemia, a condition caused by the Hepatitis-C virus, then the […]
By Sian Mitchell and Nora Jartan January 2017 was one of the gloomiest on record with only 51 hours of sunshine, so if you found your mood a bit blue last month, it was for […]
Critical progress in the fight against fentanyl was made Wednesday as the House of Commons cleared the “Good Samaritan Bill,” protecting those who call 911 to report a drug overdose from being charged with possession […]
After many years of patients and their families sitting around in the waiting rooms of hospitals unsure of how many people are going to be called before them…it is finally their turn. The Montreal Children’s […]
Canadians waiting in hospital beds for heart transplants may soon be able to wait from home and continue living relatively normal lives thanks to total artificial heart transplants. A research team in the U.S. has […]
Two scientists from Cambridge University developed a new way to study, and film, part of the reproductive cycle that has never before been observed. Ivan Bedzhov and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz discovered a new way to study how […]
Ontario’s paramedics will start making home visits to seniors and the chronically ill under a $6 million expansion of Ontario’s paramedicine programs. Health Minister Deb Matthews said this proactive approach will * improve care to […]
A recent study done by the University of Guelph has generated a synthetic poop to cure toxin-producing bacteria caused by Clostridium difficile. Clostridium difficile (C.difficile) is a bacterial disease that causes severe diarrhea and intestinal […]
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