As more evidence emerges that opioid overdose deaths have increased dramatically since the onset of COVID-19, the Centre for Addiction
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Anti-androgen therapy can fuel spread of bone tumours in advanced prostate cancer
Anti-androgen therapy is commonly used to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer at stages where the disease has spread to
Novel study of high-potency cannabis shows some memory effects
Even before the pandemic made Zoom ubiquitous, Washington State University researchers were using the video conferencing app to research a
Anti-coagulant drug could treat COVID-19’s emerging variants
Molecules from the same family as the anti-coagulant drug heparin may interfere with the ability of the COVID-19 virus’s spikes
Meta-analysis finds that omega-3 fatty acids improved cardiovascular outcomes
For decades, there has been great interest in whether omega-3 fatty acids can lower rates of cardiovascular events. In 2018,
Gene therapy in early stages may slow down Huntington’s disease
In a new study on mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that using MRI scans to measure blood volume in
Understanding the process of vaccine-induced blood clots
A McMaster University team of researchers recently discovered how, exactly, the COVID-19 vaccines that use adenovirus vectors trigger a rare
Sex-specific immune response in COVID-19 linked to cellular metabolism
Researchers studying COVID-19 patients have found a metabolic pathway that is highly correlated with immune responses only in male patients,
Depression, suicidal thoughts plague ailing coal miners, study finds
More than a third of coal miners and former coal miners suffering from black lung disease struggle with depression, and
Model sets minimum restrictions needed to control COVID-19 given vaccination rate
If only 60% of Americans were vaccinated against COVID-19, two-thirds of people currently wearing face masks and half of those