An outbreak of Ebola in the DRC has been contained. What went right this time?

Jul 12, 2017 18:50 pm UTC| Health

The World Health Organisation recently declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By the time the outbreak was contained, eight people had been infected. Four...

Electrical stimulation can help people who are too weak to exercise

Jul 12, 2017 18:42 pm UTC| Health

Exercise can benefit people who have, or are recovering from, a serious illness, including cancer. The problem is, people who are very ill often have muscle weakness and other side effects that prevent them from being...

Cure For Diabetes Very Close Now, Scientists Successfully Purge Mice Of The Disease

Jul 08, 2017 16:23 pm UTC| Science Health

With diabetes being a complex health condition, finding a cure for it naturally comes with quite a few challenges. However, scientists have recently made a huge breakthrough regarding the search for a cure by purging mice...

How to fix Canada's opioid crisis: It starts with pain and the prescription pad

Jun 28, 2017 15:59 pm UTC| Health

Pain is at the heart of Canadas escalating opioid crisis. And so is the physicians prescription pad. In Ontario, two people die of opioid overdose every single day. These deaths are less surprising when you consider that...

Pharmacists are trusted medical professionals, so they shouldn't sell remedies that lack evidence

Jun 27, 2017 08:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

A government review has recommended pharmacists explain to consumers the limited evidence for effectiveness of complementary medicines, and keep them in a separate area to regulated medications with proven effectiveness....

The iPhone turns 10 – and it's isolated us, not united us

Jun 27, 2017 02:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health

Sometime around 2011 or 2012, it suddenly became very easy to predict what people would be doing in public places: Most would be looking down at their phones. For years, mobile phones werent much to look at. The screens...

AHCA would make rural America's already distressed health care worse

Jun 27, 2017 02:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics

Much has been made of the distress and discontent in rural areas during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Few realize, however, this is also felt through unequal health. Researchers call it the rural mortality...