Q&A: Malaria fight needs whole-of-society approach

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Why seeing the same doctor could save your life

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Preserving muscle with GLP-1 weight loss drugs: Big deal or nothing to worry about?

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بكلفة أكثر من (60) مليار دينار… العتبة الحسينية قدمت دعما طبيا لعلاج آلاف المرضى خلال 2024 

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‘Breakthrough of the Year’ drug for HIV care

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Climate Policies Could Save up to 15,000 Lives a Year in the US

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Avian Flu Spreads to Humans: Our Next Human Epidemic or Worse?

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EU research alliance fights back against resistant super-bacteria

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Climate Change Is Driving Dangerous Bacteria Farther North

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Micro- and Nano-Plastics Are in the Air, Water, and Land: The Health Effects Need Much More Study

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Mineral Water in European Countries Found to Be Contaminated With ‘Forever Chemicals’

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How microplastics are destroying soil and human health

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Bridging faith and public health to overcome vaccine hesitancy

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B.C. youth H5N1 diagnosis: Anti-whistleblower “ag-gag” laws help global pandemics grow and spread

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Quebec’s Bold Move: $200K Per Day Fines for Doctors Who Leave the Public System

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Climate Policies Could Save up to 15,000 Lives in the US by 2035

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Why the Canada Disability Benefit won’t end disability poverty, and how it could

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COVID caused cancer tumours to shrink in mice – new study

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Quebec should adopt standard time (and so should the rest of Canada)

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بعثة الاغاثة الطبية التابعة لهيئة الصحة والتعليم الطبي بالعتبة الحسينية في لبنان تكشف عن طبيعة المشاريع الصحية والإغاثية والخدماتية التي تنفذها في مختلف المناطق

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Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis

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Lack of sleep regulations in Canada’s licensed child-care facilities puts children’s health at risk

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How Bad Are Gas Stoves?

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Communication problems can be the sign of a mental health disorder

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بعد أن تم تزويده بكمية كبيرة من الادوية والمستلزمات الطبية.. مدير مستشفى صيدا الحكومي في لبنان يقدم الشكر للعتبة الحسينية

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The ‘nocebo effect’ in IBS: Why gluten might not be the real problem

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Who cares? How virtual health is changing in-home caregiving

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Mounjaro will soon be available as a weight loss treatment on the NHS – here’s what that means for patients

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I was a beta tester for the Nobel prize-winning AlphaFold AI – it’s going to revolutionise health research

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What you need to know about cold and flu season

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Seasonal change can affect people’s moods — and their moral values

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Robotics offer many benefits for Kingston surgeons and their patients

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Why heart patients have trouble sticking to a healthy diet, and 3 things that help them eat better

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Reflections on the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to Indigenous Peoples

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Here’s how to remove some persistent pollutants from your drinking water at home

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Building Laboratory Capacity for Detecting Animal Diseases

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Food bank use has increased throughout the region, province

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Why light pollution may be linked to greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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Your eyes could reveal the first signs of many diseases

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Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus: Are we losing sight of overall health? Here’s what the science says

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Why Canada needs a national disability strategy

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How Google’s New AI Model Can Help Us Detect Diseases — Based on Coughs

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Healthy soils are good for your gut, brain and wellbeing – here’s why

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The orchid and dandelion phenomenon in brain aging: Personalizing cognitive health approaches for older adults

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Canada’s treatment of internationally trained physicians exacerbates the health-care crisis

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The WHO has declared Mpox a ‘public health emergency of international concern.’ Is it time to worry?

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Who dies in a heat wave? How to help protect the vulnerable in our communities

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WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. What happens next?

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Double whammy antibiotic makes antibiotic resistance much harder – new study

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India is suffering its largest Chandipura virus outbreak in 20 years – what you need to know

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Paramedics treating patients’ palliative needs at home benefits everyone

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As wildfires become more frequent and intense, how will persistent smoke exposure affect long-term health?

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Can Ottawa force the provinces to pay for virtual care?

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Debunking 5 myths about antidepressants

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First in Europe: UK Approves Lab-Grown Meat

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How AI Can Help Reduce Mortality Rates

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Crisis-level ratings of the health system are a flashing danger sign

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Social media warning labels and school cell phone bans: Do they unlock better youth mental health?

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Taking too many medications can pose health risks. Here’s how to avoid them

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Heart health is dependent on knowledge: Global study reveals what information cardiac patients need to thrive

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Vosita: The Rise of Digital Healthcare

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Making visible the invisible: Supporting long COVID patients and the people caring for them

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How Bad Credit Affects Mental and Physical Health

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An ounce of prevention: Now is the time to take action on H5N1 avian flu, because the stakes are enormous

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Children with special health needs are more likely to come from poorer neighbourhoods

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Dealing With Future Pandemics: Do You Feel Safer Coping With Another Pandemic Today?

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LifeLabs data breach victims receive payments

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Could Bird Flu Lead to the Next Pandemic?

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ممثل المرجعية العليا… العلاج سيكون مجانيا لمدة سنة واحدة ولجميع الأعمار في مستشفى الثقلين لعلاج الأورام في البصرة

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Tourism and the Environment: From a One Health Perspective

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The Growing Promise of Cancer Vaccines

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How big food companies can do more to create healthier food environments

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How to find more information about a drug that your doctor prescribed

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The health-care crisis won’t be solved without addressing the elephant in the room: Staff workload

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U.S. has found H5N1 flu virus in milk — here’s why the risk to humans is likely low

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Pharmacare’s design could further fragment and politicize Canada’s health system

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How the nursing shortage is affecting the health-care system, patients and nurses themselves

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Lessons from COVID-19: Preparing for future pandemics means looking beyond the health data

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Protecting communities: The urgency of vaccinating to prevent a measles resurgence

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How corporate involvement in psychedelic research could threaten public safety

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Type 2 diabetes is not one-size-fits-all: Subtypes affect complications and treatment options

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Bird flu in cattle: What are the concerns surrounding the newly emerging bovine H5N1 influenza virus?

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Dr. Theresa Tam to visit 3 Nunavut communities regarding TB outbreaks

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One Planet, One Health

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Measles is a humanitarian issue, and its unwelcome reappearance in Canada is a reminder of its importance

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‘I want to be part of Sudbury,’ new medical officer of health says

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Gut bacteria and the immune system: How aging changes the microbiome and can lead to ‘inflammaging’

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‘Eclipse blindness’ is real and irreversible, ophthalmologist cautions

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A dementia-friendly plan in Toronto could lead the way for Canada

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Cardiovascular risks and COVID-19: New research confirms the benefits of vaccination

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Gut microbiome: meet Ruminococcus bromii – the microbe that loves carbs

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Measles is highly contagious, but vaccine-preventable: A primer on recent outbreaks, transmission, symptoms and complications, including ‘immune amnesia’

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National pharmacare must be protected from corporate interests

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How Startup Cellcolabs Could Revolutionize Stem Cell Production

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Where are the reviews of government action on COVID-19?

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Allergen warning: “Vegan” foods may contain milk and eggs

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Paying people to exercise can be motivating, but the financial rewards don’t have to last forever to work

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Canadians need to know how much money Big Pharma gives health-care providers, but this information is far too difficult to find

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Dengue Fever: Not Getting Many Headlines, But It Should

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Gaza: FAO Calls for Immediate Cessation of Hostilities

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How the EU Plans to Eliminate Air Pollution by 2050

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Health-care AI: The potential and pitfalls of diagnosis by app

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Why access to free prescription contraception is a crucial component of a national pharmacare program for Canada

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What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality

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Lung cancer: Predicting which patients are at high risk of recurrence to improve outcomes

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Technology helps tackle surging dengue cases

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How Do You Eliminate or Eradicate an Infectious Disease?

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Improving palliative care requires better data

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Genetic diseases: How scientists are working to make DNA repair (almost) a piece of cake

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How dieting, weight suppression and even misuse of drugs like Ozempic can contribute to eating disorders

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The first Neuralink brain implant signals a new phase for human-computer interaction

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Child poverty is on the rise in Canada, putting over 1 million kids at risk of life-long negative effects

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Strep A explainer: Why invasive cases are increasing, how it spreads and what symptoms to look for

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The Climate Is Changing: What This Means for Our Fight Against Infectious Diseases

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Dietary fibre affects more than your colon: How the immune system, brain and overall health benefit too

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Animal Health: How AI and Drones Make a Big Difference

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ممثل المرجعية العليا يوعز باستقبال جميع المرضى من المكون الايزيدي في مؤسسات العتبة الحسينية الطبية

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Is economic growth good for our health?

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RSV, flu and COVID: demystifying the triple epidemic of respiratory viruses

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How useful is the air quality index?

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Neighbourhood amenities may have helped youth mental health and stress early in the pandemic

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The science behind building healthy habits can help you keep your New Year’s resolution

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بتوجيه ممثل المرجعية.. العتبة الحسينية تباشر بإنشاء مركز الأمراض الوراثية والفحوص الجينية الأول من نوعه في العراق

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International students’ mental health crises highlight lack in university resources

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Oral health is health: Better access to dental care may have potential benefits beyond Canadians’ mouths

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The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank: a goldmine for research on brain diseases

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New ‘Self-Amplifying’ RNA-Based Vaccine: Progress or Possible Problems? 

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Apology issued for systemic inequalities, racism toward Indigenous people in nursing education

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Antimicrobial resistance now hits lower-income countries the hardest, but superbugs are a global threat we must all fight

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Gloves, masks and gowns: Environmental impacts of health care part of new study by Dalhousie University researchers

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Psilocybin shows promise for treating eating disorders, but more controlled research is needed

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Lifestyle changes can reduce dementia risk by maintaining brain plasticity — but the time to act is now

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Headed for 10 billion People in the World: What Happens Then?

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Dismantling systemic ableism in health research

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Food insecurity in Canada is the worst it’s ever been — here’s how we can solve it

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The Sky’s Not the Limit for One Health on Earth

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Why some people got blood clots after the AstraZeneca vaccine – new clues

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Air Pollution ‘Significantly Associated’ With Breast Cancer Incidence

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COP28: Say Climate Crisis, Think Health Crisis

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Forever Chemicals Found in Zippers Made by World’s Leading Supplier

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Breakthrough makes rice guilt-free for diabetics

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The impact of not having a family doctor: Patients are worse off, and so is the health system

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The roots of the North American opioid crisis, and 3 key strategies for stopping it

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Mobile mammography clinic arriving next month

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Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? We asked 7 global experts

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The impact of work on well-being: 6 factors that will affect the future of work and health inequalities

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Politicians come and go, but the clock is now ticking on long-promised pharmacare

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Fall COVID-19 update: Will there be a new surge? Who should get the new mRNA vaccines? Are they safe and effective?

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Early indicators of dementia: 5 behaviour changes to look for after age 50

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لأول مرة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط.. افتتاح أول عيادة لدهنيات الدم خاصة بالأطفال في مستشفى تابع للعتبة الحسينية

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How long will a loved one live? It’s difficult to hear, but harder not to know

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Are seniors being pressured into retirement homes by lack of community services?

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How Polluted Is the Air in Europe?

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Lyme disease: The pathogen’s cunning strategies for persistent infection offer clues for vaccine development

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Obesity is a dangerous disease that shares key features with cancer

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Sask recruiting health care workers from other provinces

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Bill C-22 will provide income security to Canadians with disabilities, but it needs to be done right

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Consulting for Covid: outsourced experts or overpaid temps?

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Indonesia’s low-cost watch on antimicrobial resistance

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What COVID-19 taught us about antibiotics misuse

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How the Indo-Pacific can beat the SDG cash crunch

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What Canadians need to know about West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can be life-threatening

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McGill drills over objections of Mohawk Mothers

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Solving Canada’s shortage of health professionals means training more of them, and patients have a key role in their education

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How AI is joining the fight against superbugs

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With a pharmacare bill on the horizon, Big Pharma’s attack on single-payer drug coverage for Canadians needs a fact check

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Your iPhone will soon be able to track your mental health with iOS 17, but what are the implications for your well-being?

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Cancer Hits the Young More Than Ever

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How Climate Change Increases the Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

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AI is reshaping the workplace – but what does it mean for the health and well-being of workers?

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Wildfire smoke is an increasing threat to Canadians’ health

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Reimagining time will help employers better support workers with disabilities

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خلال (١٣) يوما فقط منذ إطلاق مبادرة عطاء الإمام الحسين (ع) الطبية المجانية.. مستشفى الإمام زين العابدين (ع) التابع للعتبة الحسينية قدم خدماته لقرابة (٢٣) ألف حالة

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How dangerous is extreme heat to humans

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Making the Canada Disability Benefit work

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Canada’s welfare system is failing mothers with infants

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‘These are my people’: Bearspaw chief appeals to ISC amid Nation’s opioid crisis

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How Air Pollution Could Be Affecting Antibiotic Resistance

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Can physical activity boost our resilience to rising temperatures?

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A Dark Reality: The Consequences of Pharmaceutical Pollution

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Future pandemics demand a response that’s better focused on inequities

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Migraine: A common headache disorder that is underdiagnosed and undertreated

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Québec’s cultural awareness training makes flawed assumptions that do not prioritize the safety of Indigenous people

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Settlement with family of Henrietta Lacks is an opportunity to reflect on inequalities in genetic research

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Inquiry must assess how Canada’s fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public’s trust

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How to train your body for hot weather if you are active or work outdoors

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Can We Fix Our ‘Broken’ Food Systems?

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High drug prices in Canada are just one side of a bad equation

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What Is Aspartame and Is It A Health Hazard?

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Does artificial sweetener aspartame really cause cancer? What the WHO listing means for your diet soft drink habit

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The bacteria and microbes in your gut can affect your body and mental health – engineering them promises new forms of treatment. Podcast

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Nunavik health board declares tuberculosis outbreaks in 5 communities

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How to eat less meat to save the planet (and our own health)

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The ethics of recruiting international health-care workers: Canada’s gains could mean another country’s pain

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‘Responsibility washing’ is as bad for health innovation as greenwashing is for sustainability. Here’s how to stop it.

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FDA Approves First Drug Shown to Slow Down Alzheimer’s Progression

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Smoke alert issued for 12 Nunavik communities

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ممثل المرجعية يوجه بالاستجابة العاجلة لطفلة من البصرة وعدد من المرضى بإجراء العمليات الجراحية لهم (مجانا) على نفقة العتبة الحسينية

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Employers need to prioritize employee mental health if they want to attract new talent

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Pandemic babies’ developmental milestones: Not as bad as we feared, but not as good as before

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It’s time to leave the Paleo Diet in the past: Recent studies have failed to support its claims

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What is fatigue? Understanding fatigue among students with disabilities can help schools moderate it

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We’re just starting to learn more about aphantasia, the inability to picture things with the mind’s eye

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Learning from COVID-19: The global health emergency has ended. Here’s what is needed to prepare for the next one

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الأول في العراق.. مركز تابع للعتبة الحسينية يحصل على اعتراف منظمة الطاقة الدولية للتدريب في مجال الطب النووي والعلاج الإشعاعي

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Toxic chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products remain in our bodies and environments for a very, very long time

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السفير الهولندي من مؤسسة وارث للأورام: ما تقدمه العتبة الحسينية من خدمات مجانية للأطفال ومدعومة للكبار مفرح جداً ويدل على الإنسانية الكبيرة

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Health Canada should be transparent about how it’s monitoring drug safety

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Health care crisis: the fault of (federal) funding or (provincial) management?

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Exercise can help prevent and treat mental health problems, and taking it outside adds another boost to those benefits

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From Waste to Plate: Can We Make Food From Plastic?

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بعد تصديها لمعالجة (١٠٠٠) طفل في كربلاء.. العتبة الحسينية تكشف عن خططها لتغطية احتياجات مرضى طيف التوحد في العراق

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People with long COVID continue to experience medical gaslighting more than 3 years into the pandemic

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Canadian science pioneers’ role in the Human Genome Project shows why it’s crucial to fund research

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The WHO’s international pandemic treaty: Meaningful public engagement must inform Canada’s negotiations

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The Canada Health Act needs to be updated

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Why We Should Not Reuse Plastic Water Bottles

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In Canada’s two-tiered mental health system, access to care is especially challenging in rural areas

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Green Spaces in Decline: Climate Anxiety Exacerbated by Lack of Access to Nature

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الكربلائي بافتتاح صيدلية تعليمية ومختبرات وقاعة للصناعات الدوائية في جامعة الزهراء (ع): هدفنا مواكبة التطور العلمي في جامعات العالم

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Bird flu FAQ: What is avian influenza? How is it transmitted to humans? What are the symptoms? Are there effective treatments and vaccines? Will H5N1 become the next viral pandemic?

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Why we can’t rely on air conditioning to keep us cool

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3 ways to unlock the power of food to promote heart health

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وفد الكلية الملكية البريطانية يجري جولةً في مستشفى الكفيل التخصصي

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Older adults with dementia but without close family: Who are they? And who cares for them?

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The colour of farmed salmon comes from adding an antioxidant to their feed, with benefits for everyone

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AI chatbots are still far from replacing human therapists

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Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency, 2nd community to do so in days

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Plasticosis: A Synthetic Health Crisis Waiting in the Wings?

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Food prices are not the only obstacle to achieving food security: Root causes include systemic barriers

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Curious Kids: What happens to your brain if you don’t get enough sleep?

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ممثل المرجعية في حديثه مع وفد المجلس العربي للاختصاصات الصحية: ليس الهدف من مشاريعنا تحقيق الأرباح بل لصناعة الانسان

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Cheaper gene screening makes for DNA data dilemma

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How Apple Could Change the Lives of Diabetics

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Eating disorders are deadly: What are they, who’s at risk, and what can be done about it

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We ingest plastics every minute of the day

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DNA could ensure strawberry fields forever

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The race to improve DNA sequencing

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Emergency department crowding has gone beyond hallways onto ambulance ramps. Now there’s nowhere left to wait.

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‘Ground Zero of the Fast Fashion World:’ How Kenya Became the Fashion Industry’s Illegal Junkyard

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