It is often a daily challenge for the 20 million Canadians living with gastrointestinal (GI) conditions. Unfortunately, help can take years depending...

Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Lisa Barrett is studying the blood of patients with chronic viral infections to learn how the immune system becomes...

Yarmouth County resident Claudette d’Entremont couldn’t have been happier to have her hand surgery completed within hours, allowing her to...

Removing cancer of the throat is tricky business, given the concentration of vital bodily functions in such a small space. Here, a centimetre of...

Getting a cancer diagnosis shocks people, says Dr. David Bell, a urologist at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. “The word cancer is terrifying...

Connective tissues hold us together, lending integrity to our organs, joints, muscles and bones. But every now and again, when a person’s...

At the start of 2018, Brian Dimmell was working as a foreman, building affordable and accessible housing on Nova Scotia’s south shore. On March...

It doesn’t get harder than brain surgery — working amid the mushy tissues which define us as people — but the latest in computer...

A grueling hour on a treadmill daily might seem strange for someone who recently had a stroke but believe it or not, the sooner they start moving, the...