Category: Health

[ad_1] A recent analysis estimates more than one-tenth of the world’s population likely has or at some point had tick-borne Lyme disease. Research published in the peer-reviewed journal BMJ Global Health found that more than 14 per cent of the global populace had antibodies to Lyme disease in their blood. Certain regions…

[ad_1] OTTAWA – New drug price regulations set to come into effect next month could lower spending on patented drugs by about seven per cent over the long term and save billions of dollars, the parliamentary budget officer reported Tuesday. Health Canada first announced in 2019 that the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board…

[ad_1] Q. Why do I sleep like a log in the winter and have insomnia in the summer? While there isn’t much research on this particular phenomenon, there is some evidence that seasonal changes can impact sleep patterns, and there are several issues that could cause you to lose sleep in the summer. Daylight saving…

[ad_1] Seen by a 7-Year-Old Transaction complete, the little girl grips her bag of Skittles and lingers at the concession table. She looks me in the eye and says, “You’re pretty.” Stunned, because I can’t remember when I last received an unsolicited compliment, and unsure I heard her correctly over the excited chatter of the…

[ad_1] There is an urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatising name, scientists agree. [ad_2] Read Also : Tech

[ad_1] Millennials may have been the first generation to come of age online, but their Gen Z successors have truly grown up with it — and hardly ever log off. A 2018 Pew Research Center survey found that 95 percent of teenagers have access to a smartphone; 45 percent say they use the internet almost…

[ad_1] MONTREAL – Hundreds of thousands of high school students in Canada will be given training on how to respond to someone overdosing on opioids, including on how to administer naloxone — a drug used to reverse the effects of overdoses. The Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation is announcing Tuesday that its new training…

[ad_1] Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle signs a pledge to actively support staff going through the menopause. [ad_2] Read Also : Tech

[ad_1] Si formas parte de los millones de personas que ya se han contagiado de COVID-19, tal vez te preguntes durante cuánto tiempo tendrás inmunidad contra el coronavirus. Al principio de la pandemia, la mayoría de la gente suponía que infectarse tenía al menos una ventaja: estar protegido de futuros encuentros con el virus. Sin…

[ad_1] Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine may pose a higher risk of heart inflammation in some age groups than Pfizer-BioNTech’s shot, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, citing recent data. The agency, however, said the findings on myocarditis and pericarditis, types of heart inflammation linked to both the mRNA shots,…