Frankie Davies 
If you’ve experienced a sour taste in your mouth, lots of gas, heartburn or feeling like you just threw up a little in your mouth, you may have attributed it to acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). And that’s a fair guess. GERD, a more chronic condition that can result from acid reflux happening … Read more
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases like COVID-19 and emergencies caused by climate change, nearly 1 1/2-year after devastating floods killed 1,700 people in his nation. Representatives from 70 countries, the World Health Organization, and other international organizations attended a two-day summit. It comes … Read more
When it comes to our hearts, us Brits are not the healthiest. More than seven million people in the UK are thought to be living with cardiovascular disease. And one in four will die from the condition. It is also a major health problem worldwide, attributing to more than 20 million fatalities every year. Cardiovascular … Read more
Doctors used to call autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) adult polycystic kidney disease. That’s because kids who carry one of two genes that cause it usually don’t feel sick. But ADPKD is a dominant genetic disease. Unlike many other conditions, it takes just one faulty copy of a gene to have ADPKD. What that … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates with more than 50% of babies now delivered via surgery compared with only 32% on the U.S. mainland, according to a federal report released Wednesday. The rates of cesarean delivery on the … Read more
I had a strange kind of premonition, even before my dad spoke on that day in 2016, that something was very wrong. He said my sister Katie had been in a serious car accident, and that I needed to get to the hospital quickly. She had been airlifted to hospital in Plymouth. I went there … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates with more than 50% of babies now delivered via surgery compared with only 32% on the U.S. mainland, according to a federal report released Wednesday. The rates of cesarean delivery on … Read more
Dr. Geneviève Dechêne loves her work and is always on the go. The family physician retired from her office practice and now devotes her time visiting patients in the comfort of their own home. On Friday morning, after a stop at the local CLSC health clinic in Montreal’s Verdun neighbourhood, Dechêne headed out to see … Read more
A new app helps train people’s brains to “tune out” tinnitus. MindEar may reduce the debilitating impact within months. It uses cognitive behavioural and sound therapy, mindfulness and relaxation exercises. Experts from universities in Australia, Belgium, France and New Zealand, hope their app can provide relief to as many as one in four who suffer … Read more
By Ericka Greene, MD, director of the Neuromuscular Clinic at Houston Methodist Hospital, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Many things can impact life with myasthenia gravis (MG). Everyone’s experience is unique, but here are some things that may affect yours. Health Disparities As with many medical conditions, health care disparities, also called social determinants … Read more
