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long covid patients could develop life-long autoimmune diseases like lupus: mcmaster study
researchers say that abnormal antibodies flags the need for long-covid patients to get tested for autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.
karen hawthorne
coronavirus
sep 23 2022
while the experts continue to work towards figuring out effective treatments for long covid, vaccinations are still encouraged. getty

leukemia: do you know the signs?
leukemia occurs most often in adults after the age of 55, but it is also the most common cancer diagnosed in children younger than 15.
dave yasvinski
leukemia
sep 23 2022
chronic leukemia is often detected by routine blood tests before symptoms appear. getty

am i depressed?
feeling hopeless and excessively pessimistic as well as losing interest in favourite activities are just a few signs of depression.
dave yasvinski
depression
sep 22 2022
according to the canadian mental health association, depression will affect one in eight canadians at some point in their lives. getty

when just "a little tightness" turns into a herniated disc
sean couturier, of the philadelphia flyers, is expected to miss the start of the season for a herniated disc.
chris arnold
injury
sep 22 2022
sean couturier #14 of the philadelphia flyers skates with the puck against the pittsburgh penguins. (photo by matt kincaid/getty images)

opinion: lack of access to paxlovid could cost elderly ontarians their lives
given its current crisis of understaffed hospitals and a lack of available beds, ontario should be doing everything it can to get pfizer's antiviral to vulnerable people.
anna sharratt
opinion
sep 22 2022
in newfoundland and labrador, quebec, saskatchewan and alberta, where pharmacists were allowed this spring to prescribe paxlovid, there was a big pick-up in use. (photo by handout/pfizer/afp via getty images)

living with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour
hazel macleod was first diagnosed with gist twenty years ago. now she's taking it on again.
emma jones
what it feels like
sep 21 2022
hazel mcleod first discovered she had cancer after she fainted in church.

ocular melanoma is a good reason to protect your eyes
the primary type of eye cancer is ocular melanoma, which is difficult to detect because it presents few warning signs in its early stages and occurs in a part of the eye that can’t be seen by looking in a mirror.
dave yasvinski
cancer
sep 21 2022
the warning signs of eye cancer often only appear once tumours reach a size that causes changes to tissue or vision. getty

living with obesity: 'i know what it feels like for someone to assume you are lesser than you are because you have a couple of extra kilos'
aashni shah has a message for others who are living with obesity: "stop looking at the number on the scale, find the things that inspire you, and start focusing on what you want your life to look like."
robin roberts
obesity
sep 21 2022
aashni shah is an entrepreneur, running two start-ups, elixir labs and hypedocs. supplied
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long covid patients could develop life-long autoimmune diseases like lupus: mcmaster study
researchers say that abnormal antibodies flags the need for long-covid patients to get tested for autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.
karen hawthorne
coronavirus
sep 23 2022
while the experts continue to work towards figuring out effective treatments for long covid, vaccinations are still encouraged. getty

leukemia: do you know the signs?
leukemia occurs most often in adults after the age of 55, but it is also the most common cancer diagnosed in children younger than 15.
dave yasvinski
leukemia
sep 23 2022
chronic leukemia is often detected by routine blood tests before symptoms appear. getty

am i depressed?
feeling hopeless and excessively pessimistic as well as losing interest in favourite activities are just a few signs of depression.
dave yasvinski
depression
sep 22 2022
according to the canadian mental health association, depression will affect one in eight canadians at some point in their lives. getty

when just "a little tightness" turns into a herniated disc
sean couturier, of the philadelphia flyers, is expected to miss the start of the season for a herniated disc.
chris arnold
injury
sep 22 2022
sean couturier #14 of the philadelphia flyers skates with the puck against the pittsburgh penguins. (photo by matt kincaid/getty images)
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opinion: lack of access to paxlovid could cost elderly ontarians their lives
given its current crisis of understaffed hospitals and a lack of available beds, ontario should be doing everything it can to get pfizer's antiviral to vulnerable people.
anna sharratt
opinion
sep 22 2022
in newfoundland and labrador, quebec, saskatchewan and alberta, where pharmacists were allowed this spring to prescribe paxlovid, there was a big pick-up in use. (photo by handout/pfizer/afp via getty images)

living with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour
hazel macleod was first diagnosed with gist twenty years ago. now she's taking it on again.
emma jones
what it feels like
sep 21 2022
hazel mcleod first discovered she had cancer after she fainted in church.

ocular melanoma is a good reason to protect your eyes
the primary type of eye cancer is ocular melanoma, which is difficult to detect because it presents few warning signs in its early stages and occurs in a part of the eye that can’t be seen by looking in a mirror.
dave yasvinski
cancer
sep 21 2022
the warning signs of eye cancer often only appear once tumours reach a size that causes changes to tissue or vision. getty

living with obesity: 'i know what it feels like for someone to assume you are lesser than you are because you have a couple of extra kilos'
aashni shah has a message for others who are living with obesity: "stop looking at the number on the scale, find the things that inspire you, and start focusing on what you want your life to look like."
robin roberts
obesity
sep 21 2022
aashni shah is an entrepreneur, running two start-ups, elixir labs and hypedocs. supplied

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