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3 hours ago News Duration 1:06 Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat retiring from Congress after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, said farewell to her colleagues using an AI-generated voice trained on recordings of her natural speech. ‘I see reasons for hope every day,’ she said, calling for change through …
Read More »Congo ‘on general alert’ over flu-like disease that’s killed dozens
Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government was on alert over a flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Jean Kaseya, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters that more details about the …
Read More »Gene therapy halts progression of rare neurodegenerative disease in Toronto boy
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. …
Read More »Lyme disease cases are rising. We don’t have a vaccine — but we used to – National
With Lyme disease cases climbing steadily in Canada, the lack of an available vaccine has become a pressing concern among infectious disease specialists. Getting bitten by a tick means risking a potential infection with Lyme disease. If left undiagnosed or untreated early, the bacteria can spread deep into different parts …
Read More »Saskatchewan scientist fights brain disease with ‘mini-brains’
Despite Alzheimer’s disease being known about for well over a century, few major developments in diagnosing or treating it have been made up until recently. Dr. Tyler Wenzel, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Saskatchewan, is conducting research that could revolutionize the way we diagnose and treat diseases of …
Read More »Halifax clinic renamed in tribute to hockey player who died from rare heart disease – Halifax
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Halifax’s QEII Health Sciences Centre on Thursday, as a heart disease clinic was renamed in honour of a 16-year-old hockey player who died as a result of an undiagnosed inherited heart condition in 2013. Jordan Boyd, of Bedford, N.S., lost his life to an …
Read More »‘Significant’ space study offers hope for bone disease treatment
As the race to the Moon heats up again, new space research may help in the prevention and treatment of bone diseases. A Canadian study published in Nature Communications on Aug. 9 suggested that the human body can recover from bone loss by using fat stored in the bone marrow …
Read More »Winnipegger recounts battle with Lyme disease as tick season nears – Winnipeg
Winnipegger Teresa Manitowich is recounting her battle with Lyme disease as tick season nears in Manitoba. In October of 2019, she said she began to feel the symptoms. “I just wasn’t feeling quite right. I was getting frequent headaches, I was very irritable and I had fatigue.” Over the next …
Read More »CFB Kingston employee contracts Legionnaires disease at base warehouse – Kingston
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It was early December last year that it became known that a CFB Kingston employee had contracted Legionnaires disease. Legionella is a bacteria that is commonly found in water. Stagnant water is one of the factors that can provide conditions for the …
Read More »Would you sign up to catch a deadly disease and live in isolation for weeks? These friends did
On an overcast afternoon in Halifax, Amy Mullin has wrapped up her remote workday — filled with emails and video calls — and is getting ready for yet another night alone. She’s going to do virtual yoga with her friend Tato Crisanto and maybe a distanced movie night, with the …
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