Health & Medicine

A new study shows how gut bacteria influence how a person reacts to peanuts, a discovery that could help with predicting and potentially reducing life threatening anaphylaxis.

People with multiple sclerosis play the classic video game using muscle movement in a study focused on improving their balance.

Ebonee Lennord hopes her research will drive change and amplify voices of Black patients, ultimately leading to more equitable treatment and care.

Eriksson is a professional goalkeeper with the Ottawa Rapids and a PhD student studying youth mental health. She says the two go hand in hand.

What happens after you receive a vaccine? And how can something so simple have such a lasting impact on your health? Infectious disease expert Matthew Miller explains how it works.

Mossman has been elected for her globally recognized research in the areas of molecular virology and cancer immunotherapy.

McMaster experts on aging led ‘a fantastic global effort’ to establish core measures and guiding principles for collecting and using wearable device data in older populations.

The discovery creates opportunities for wearable-derived alerts to help clinicians identify and support people at high risk, improving outcomes and reducing the burden of recurrent episodes.

The new resource, designed to promote more prudent antibiotic use, is now available to prescribers and other health professionals nationwide.

The discovery answers key questions about vaccine-induced clotting, such as how and why the body might generate dangerous antibodies against its own blood proteins.

Women affected by poverty, racism, trauma, caregiving stress or unstable housing often lack primary health care. They wind up in walk-in clinics or emergency with late-stage serious illnesses, experts say.

Trauma expert Margaret McKinnon shares information on canEMERG, which connects Canadians from coast to coast with the mental-health resources and tools they may need after a traumatic event.