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A few days after birth, every infant who comes into the world in Canada gets a little pin prick in the heel and gives up a drop of blood for...

Way back in 1928 when Scottish biologist, Alexander Fleming, discovered penicillin, the bacterium he used in his research was Staphylococcus aureus, known today simply as staph, one of the most...

Somewhere back in our childhood, most of us can remember some kid who was forever fussing and scratching at his or her eczema, driving everyone around them half-crazy. It might...

Irritable bowel syndrome! Surely a curious use of an adjective almost always applied to a human emotion. But when you consider the perverse behavior of this condition – its definition...

Recently, an acquaintance of mine experienced a strange and disturbing reaction while driving home to Whistler from a luncheon date in Vancouver. It began with a sudden headache and quickly...

Recently I came across a curious quotation from noted chef and author, Anthony Bourdain, to the effect that his last meal, were he ever on death row, would be bone...

So, have you recovered yet from the switch to daylight saving’s time? Or are you still having trouble getting yourself out of bed in the morning? Although the adjustment is...

How long does it take you to do the weekly grocery shopping: 20 minutes, 45 minutes, two hours? If you fall into the latter category, I’d guess that you are...

If asked what disease kills more women than any other, most people would likely say breast cancer. They’d be wrong – heart disease comes first – but right at a...

Remember the term ‘vector’ from your high school biology classes? Of course you do – it’s that bird or bug or animal that transmits a disease from a host to...