Tag Archives: Cure

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Intravenous drips have long been used in hospitals to send life-saving drugs right into patients’ …

The findings from a single-patient gene therapy trial at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) show promise in halting the progression of a young Toronto boy’s rare disease. Michael Pirovolakis has spastic paraplegia type 50 (SPG50), an “ultra-rare” neurodegenerative disorder that causes developmental delays, speech impairment, seizures and progressive paralysis. …

This First Person column is the experience of Angelika Matson and her choice to try electroconvulsive therapy for her treatment-resistant depression. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. “I think it’s time to consider it.” Tears rolled down my cheeks, raw from days of constant …

Nellore: Scores of people gathered at Krishnapatnam village in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district on Friday for distribution of an ayurvedic cure for the coronavirus. With arrangements such as counters and queue-lines marked at the venue along with ensuring physical distancing, a large number of people were seen waiting impatiently for …