TORONTO — Canadians with celiac disease and similar disorders are being warned not to consume a frozen chicken product labelled as gluten free because it may in fact contain gluten. The Canadian... Read more »
WINNIPEG — Science fiction has long envisioned a future where robots provide health care to humans. It appears the future has now arrived. Manitoba is teaming up with Victoria Hospital to study... Read more »
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s top court reserved its decision Thursday following a hearing during which an 82-year-old woman tried to stop her husband from receiving a medically assisted death. The woman is... Read more »
During the initial phase of COVID-19 lockdown, rates of loneliness among people in the UK were high and were associated with a number of social and health factors, according to a new... Read more »
There is wide variation in the performance of commercial kits for detecting antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to a study published September 24 in the open-access journal... Read more »
People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new analyses suggest that some life-threatening cases can be traced to weak spots in patients’... Read more »
Ka-thump. Ka-thump. Ka-thump. Though we barely notice it most of the time, the steady beating of a human heart is an amazingly complex performance. Like an orchestra, thousands of cells have to... Read more »
For frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) like face visors, googles, and respiratory protective equipment is an essential part of working life. More workers are wearing... Read more »
Kidney injury is a dreaded complication in patients hospitalized for COVID-19, with more than a third of patients ending up in need of dialysis. Patients with COVID-19-related kidney injury are also at... Read more »
Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified highly effective antibodies against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and are now pursuing the development of a passive... Read more »