A B.C. teenager remains in hospital with avian flu, according to British Columbia’s top doctor. On Tuesday, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the teen is suffering from severe respiratory distress. On Wednesday, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed it as avian flu — the first case of its kind in Canada. Henry said … Read more
Six years after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, 90-year-old Zelik (Zel) Bocknek refuses to slow down — and he believes his active lifestyle is key to keeping his symptoms at bay. Bocknek, a retired business owner in Toronto, Ontario, was 84 when he began experiencing minor memory slips, such as forgetting the day of the week and … Read more
This First Person article is the experience of Samuel Bonne, a medical student in Montreal. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Warning: this article includes descriptions from a human anatomy lab. Walking into the anatomy lab for the first time, I felt as if I were stepping through a … Read more
As thousands of wounded warriors and military veterans battle disabilities and injuries every day, the most common ailment often gets overlooked. Tinnitus, or ringing in the ear, is the leading disability in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to Dr. Thomas Tedeschi, Chief Audiology Officer for Miracle-Ear. Utah-based Tedeschi, who is also … Read more
Newswise — Knee injuries, especially those related to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or meniscus, are a common problem among young athletes and sometimes surgery is required to treat them. Unfortunately, many kids, especially those from Hispanic communities face significant delays in getting the care they need. These delays can have serious long-term consequences, such … Read more
As Week 3 of the provincial election campaign begins, there are questions about how Nova Scotia’s major political parties plan to combat the rising number of opioid overdose deaths. As of Nov. 1, there were 60 confirmed or probable opioid toxicity deaths in 2024, according to the Department of Health. There were 73 in 2023 — a record … Read more
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Newswise — The Division of Ophthalmology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago recently became an Ocular Gene Therapy Treatment Center for LUXTURNA® (voretigene neparvovec-rzl), the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. to treat children and adult patients with a form of vision loss that can result in blindness. Lurie Children’s became … Read more
A patient safety review is underway after a 48-year-old man went in for an amputation of his right leg at Grace Hospital, but came out of the procedure to find out his left leg below his knee had been removed. Jason Kennedy, a former commercial fisher, knows he may eventually lose both legs but he … Read more
A new approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is showing promise in clinical trials. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the process of breathing in pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber to treat various physical health conditions. Researchers in Israel have discovered it can also help treat mental health conditions, specifically combat-associated PTSD (CA-PTSD) in … Read more