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Researchers at the University of Waterloo are working on new synthetic drugs which may be the cure for degenerative eye diseases as well as similar issues in other parts of the body. A drug, developed by Sachdev Sidhu and his associates at Waterloo’s school of pharmacy, aims to treat patients …
Read More »How a Canadian hockey player ‘mustard’ up the courage to treat injury
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Most hockey players quench their thirst with water when coming off the ice. Zachary L’Heureux is not most hockey players. A video of the 19-year-old Halifax Mooseheads forward drinking mustard on the bench has been viewed more than 86,00 times on social …
Read More »Toronto boy whose parents raised $3M to treat his rare genetic disorder starts clinical trial
After his parents desperately raised $3 million over three years trying to find a cure for their son’s rare genetic disease, Michael Pirovolakis is one step closer to possible recovery. Michael, 4, is the only child in Canada diagnosed with spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50), a slowly progressing neurodegenerative disorder that generally …
Read More »Doctors in Toronto treat man with Parkinson’s disease at his home in N.L. Here’s how they did it
Almost 16 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, George Martin says he has his life back — thanks to a first-of-its-kind technology. The 68-year-old lives in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, but the NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic allows his doctors to treat him remotely from Toronto. It’s reduced the tremors caused by his …
Read More »Specialized clinics to treat long COVID are in demand and physicians say they can’t keep up
Dr. Neeja Bakshi, an internal medicine physician based in Edmonton, runs a post-COVID clinic out of her private practice to help patients with long COVID. Since it opened last fall, Bakshi says demand is so high that patients getting referrals now have to wait until November to get their first …
Read More »Doctors going social media way to treat patients, Health News, ET HealthWorld
NAGPUR: During the first wave of Covid-19, doctors in Maharashtra were officially permitted teleconsultation. Since then it has become a popular medium to ensure uninterrupted doctor-patient communication. With the number of patients on the rise again, doctors are continuing the use of technology via a mixed-modified model. After the first …
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