On 4 October 2018, a new joint position statement was released by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) which included approval of low carbohydrate diets for use in the management of type-2 diabetes in adults. It essentially...

Cataract is caused due to the opacification of the natural lens in the eye, leading to cloudy vision. It is a common occurrence in the elderly -- and a commonly performed surgery across the world. The management of cataract has evolved recently from a stage of visual restoration to a stage of...

The pain from the pinched nerve in the back of Jeff Glidewell’s neck had become unbearable.   Every time he’d turn his head a certain way, or drive over bumps in the road, he felt as if jolts of electricity were running through his body. Glidewell, now 54, had been living on...

Recommendations made by the “Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth” for kids between the ages of 8 and 11 years, say that their day should include at least 60 minutes of physical activity, two hours or less of recreational screen time, and 9 to 11 hours of sleep. Yet, in...

A 29-year-old man had injured his spinal cord at the thoracic vertebrae in the middle of his back during a snowmobile accident in 2013. He has now regained his ability to stand and walk with assistance after spinal cord stimulation and physiotherapy. These results, published in Nature...