‘Football as Medicine’
Football as Medicine: Prescribing Football for Global Health Promotion collates 15 years of research when describing the effects of football training on cardiovascular, metabolic and […]
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Researcher recommends exercise over painkillers for treating sciatica
While sciatica is one of the most common forms of back pain, people often assume they have it when they don’t, says U of A […]
Read moreIs it Ebola, or just a drill? How to test a public health crisis response
There wasn’t an Ebola outbreak in Lesotho—but for a few hours in November 2019, you may have heard that there was. On November 14, Lesotho […]
Read moreAntiarrhythmic drug identified as potential treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension
High blood pressure in the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), is a potentially fatal disease caused by obstruction of blood flow in the […]
Read moreNew insights into the effect of aging on cardiovascular disease
Aging adults are more likely to have—and die from—cardiovascular disease than their younger counterparts. New basic science research finds reason to link biological aging to […]
Read moreHow playing the drums changes the brain
People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. The results of a study by researchers from […]
Read moreTreating more than just the heart is critical for geriatric patients
Geriatric conditions such as frailty and cognitive impairments may inadvertently worsen when older patients are treated in cardiac intensive care units—even as they receive excellent […]
Read moreThree-day intensive crisis intervention is associated with reduced suicidality in adolescents
When an adolescent is acutely suicidal and cannot safely remain in the community, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is the traditional intervention. But a lack of appropriate […]
Read moreRwanda begins vaccinating against Ebola
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Rwanda on Sunday started a voluntary Ebola vaccination programme at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid […]
Read moreA potential Diamond-Blackfan anemia treatment swims into view
Zebrafish, besides being popular in aquariums, make good stand-ins for studying human diseases. They share about 70 percent of their genes with humans, and can […]
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