Health A-Z

 Varicose veins can be unsightly and painful, and, unfortunately, roughly 20 per cent of Canadian adults will struggle with them. The swollen, twisted veins typically appear as a bulge on …

  Do you suffer from insomnia? You may be more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke or develop heart disease, according to a new study published Wednesday. “This …

 Varicose veins are enlarged veins that appear close to the surface of the skin. Generally, they occur on thighs and calves when the veins develop weakened or poorly functioning valves, …

 Fears around the pandemic are causing sleep patterns to change and strange dreams to linger in people’s memories A novelist recalls a trip to a comic store with Ronald Reagan, …

  To treat it, we first have to understand the pandemic as a slow-moving natural disaster. Since the NBA suspended its season on March 11 due to the novel coronavirus …

Doctors may some day be able to reverse the damage that years of heavy drinking does to the liver, a new study suggests. This damage, called cirrhosis in the liver …

Roughly two million people around the world are being treated for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which has led to an urgent shortage of kidneys for transplant. In 2016, there were …

  8.5% of the women who drank two or more diet drinks a day experienced one or more interventions over the course of the study. This compares to 6.9% in the …

 Heart disease is the nation’s leading killer of women. But paying attention to risk factors and living a healthy lifestyle can help keep heart disease at bay. “It’s an equal …

  “Listening to music could be […] a preventive measure in favor of cardiovascular health in situations of intense stress, such as driving during rush hour. “Prof. Vitor Engrácia Valenti. …