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diseases & conditions

lack of information about lymphedema leaves many patients undiagnosed
about 20 to 30 per cent of women with breast cancer develop the painful chronic condition that causes swelling most commonly in the arms and legs.
sadaf ahsan
cancer
apr 1 2022
statistics on lymphedema suggest it's not as rare as it's been made out to be, especially when taking into consideration how many patients go undiagnosed. getty

er closures: patients' worst fear is coming true across canada
health-care worker shortages, made worse by covid, are causing emergency rooms to close throughout the country.
emma jones
coronavirus
mar 31 2022
communicating the status of emergency rooms is left up to individual hospitals, ontario health explained in an email to healthing. getty

treatment-resistant depression: what it feels like
"when you have depression you feel like you're the only person out there," says bruce ross, who lives with depression that hasn't responded to medication or therapies.
emma jones
what it feels like
mar 31 2022
through bruce ross' 45-year journey with depression, he says he never lost hope. supplied

'we were a little surprised how effective it was': ubc researcher on new potential covid treatment
imagine a nasal spray that could not only treat covid, but also prevent it.
maija kappler
coronavirus
mar 30 2022
researchers developed an amino acid compound that works by blocking the enzyme activity the sars-cov-2 virus uses to infect a host cell. getty

cancer cells move through the body with tentacles, like a predator hunting prey
university of copenhagen researchers say the discovery sheds light on how disabling the tentacles may slow the spread of the deadly disease.
chris arnold
cancer
mar 30 2022
the level of mobility, specifically in twisting, is essential to how the cancer cells move around the body. getty

melasma: the emotional impact of skin disease
melasma, which causes patches of skin to darken, has been shown to affect quality of life for those who live with it.
frances krawiec
skin health
mar 30 2022
patients with melasma often describe feeling shame, frustration, low self-esteem, a lack of motivation to go out.

after 10 mammograms, half of women can expect a false positive: study
researchers found that while newer technology did not substantially reduce the risk of false positives, the chances were much lower when screening was done every two years.
dave yasvinski
breast cancer
mar 29 2022
while breast cancer screening is a vital tool in efforts to reduce deaths from the prevalent disease, false positives are a common occurrence. getty

people infected with covid more likely to experience pain, tingling and numbness
researchers have found a link between neuropathy, which is typically felt in the hands and feet, and the virus.
dave yasvinski
coronavirus
mar 28 2022
neuropathy occurs when the network of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord are damaged or experience some form of dysfunction. getty
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lack of information about lymphedema leaves many patients undiagnosed
about 20 to 30 per cent of women with breast cancer develop the painful chronic condition that causes swelling most commonly in the arms and legs.
sadaf ahsan
cancer
apr 1 2022
statistics on lymphedema suggest it's not as rare as it's been made out to be, especially when taking into consideration how many patients go undiagnosed. getty

er closures: patients' worst fear is coming true across canada
health-care worker shortages, made worse by covid, are causing emergency rooms to close throughout the country.
emma jones
coronavirus
mar 31 2022
communicating the status of emergency rooms is left up to individual hospitals, ontario health explained in an email to healthing. getty

treatment-resistant depression: what it feels like
"when you have depression you feel like you're the only person out there," says bruce ross, who lives with depression that hasn't responded to medication or therapies.
emma jones
what it feels like
mar 31 2022
through bruce ross' 45-year journey with depression, he says he never lost hope. supplied

'we were a little surprised how effective it was': ubc researcher on new potential covid treatment
imagine a nasal spray that could not only treat covid, but also prevent it.
maija kappler
coronavirus
mar 30 2022
researchers developed an amino acid compound that works by blocking the enzyme activity the sars-cov-2 virus uses to infect a host cell. getty
powered by
canadian society for exercise physiology

cancer cells move through the body with tentacles, like a predator hunting prey
university of copenhagen researchers say the discovery sheds light on how disabling the tentacles may slow the spread of the deadly disease.
chris arnold
cancer
mar 30 2022
the level of mobility, specifically in twisting, is essential to how the cancer cells move around the body. getty

melasma: the emotional impact of skin disease
melasma, which causes patches of skin to darken, has been shown to affect quality of life for those who live with it.
frances krawiec
skin health
mar 30 2022
patients with melasma often describe feeling shame, frustration, low self-esteem, a lack of motivation to go out.

after 10 mammograms, half of women can expect a false positive: study
researchers found that while newer technology did not substantially reduce the risk of false positives, the chances were much lower when screening was done every two years.
dave yasvinski
breast cancer
mar 29 2022
while breast cancer screening is a vital tool in efforts to reduce deaths from the prevalent disease, false positives are a common occurrence. getty

people infected with covid more likely to experience pain, tingling and numbness
researchers have found a link between neuropathy, which is typically felt in the hands and feet, and the virus.
dave yasvinski
coronavirus
mar 28 2022
neuropathy occurs when the network of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord are damaged or experience some form of dysfunction. getty
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diabetes canada

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