The more information you have, the better able you are to predict what will happen next. Clinicians and health researchers often look at gene mutation to predict whether a fetus is at risk for a birth defect, or a person ...
Mar 7, 2018
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Health-care workers treating soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report that some soldiers' partners and family members display symptoms of PTSD despite never serving in the military. A research study by scientists ...
Feb 13, 2018
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Paulette McIlvena went to bed, at home, and woke up three weeks later, in hospital. She became severely ill due to complications from pancreatitis. While she was in a coma McIlvena underwent surgery and was put on dialysis ...
Dec 22, 2017
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This holiday season, we asked Darren Ferleyko, director of Staff Wellness at the University of Calgary, to give us his top six tips to have a healthy, restful holiday break.
Dec 22, 2017
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Exercise isn't very appealing when you have extreme fatigue and nausea from a chronic illness such as kidney failure. So, when you find out lower-intensity exercise can make a difference, it can be a big relief, says Paul ...
Dec 15, 2017
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Elias Pharaon is 85 years old and can sign his name for the first time in five years thanks to a new way to do brain surgery. Performed by a team of University of Calgary physicians and researchers with the Hotchkiss Brain ...
Dec 7, 2017
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One cold morning in January 2015, Jacqueline Burrus ran to catch a bus and slipped on the ice. She put her right arm out to break her fall, and in that instant her life was changed forever.
Oct 27, 2017
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A new model devised by Canadian business professors is showing promising signs in lowering costs and reducing the likelihood of offering kidneys to patients with severe conditions that make them ineligible for a transplant.
Oct 24, 2017
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Many people associate the word "bacteria" with something dirty and disgusting. Dr. Pere Santamaria disagrees. Called the microbiome, the bacteria in our bodies have all kinds of positive effects on our health, Santamaria ...
Oct 23, 2017
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Playing a sport. Learning to dance. Pursuing some kind of passion that's physical, whether it's lacrosse, power lifting or running. When people are physically literate, they're also confident, competent and motivated to be ...
Oct 20, 2017
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