What is a vein? They are blood vessels that carry blood back towards the heart, after the oxygen carried in the blood stream through arteries has been depleted. The blood vessel walls... Read more »
Disease has always been one of mankind’s most effective enemies. Since long before the dark ages, disease has ravaged entire populations more than war, famine, or any of the other big threats... Read more »
Viruses are all around us. As Dr. Kevin Dalby explains, humans can coexist with some of these viruses without any harm being done, while others can have catastrophic effects on the human... Read more »
As is often the case with mental health diseases, there are common misconceptions and beliefs about bipolar disorder that need to be understood in order to better understand the disorder and those... Read more »
In Australia, over 70% of deaths come as a result of chronic diseases. What makes this statistic even more concerning is the fact that the majority of these diseases – diabetes, cardiovascular... Read more »
Throughout our lives it would be rare to come across someone who hadn’t been on the end of an annoying inability to find a suitable time to visit the GP. Finding a... Read more »
Whilst working in an office allows you to be constantly in contact with members of your team and work together on tasks when required, it also opens the door to the spread... Read more »
In Canada, two out of three people have had a mental health problem in their lifetime, according to a new survey by Sun Life Financial. According to the survey published Tuesday, this... Read more »
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is not “currently a public health emergency of international concern,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday at a conference in... Read more »
A mother from Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, has developed a chemical-free repellent to fight ticks that can potentially transmit Lyme disease. The first tests in the laboratory gave encouraging results. Lisa Ali... Read more »