Brain imaging may help move mental health care toward a more biological era — but the shift is still early Psychiatry has long lived with an uncomfortable tension. It treats common, serious and often disabling conditions, yet it still relies heavily...
Read moreNew targets in hard-to-treat cancers are sharpening the promise of precision oncology One of the hardest truths in cancer care is that the most dangerous tumours are often the ones that keep changing. They evolve, develop resistance, switch molecular...
Read morePoor sleep in pregnancy may be an overlooked warning sign for gestational diabetes Pregnancy can make a good night’s sleep feel almost impossible. Between nausea, reflux, body aches, anxiety, frequent trips to the bathroom and the simple mechanics of...
Read moreNew brain imaging tools are getting better at tracking activity across multiple cell types at once One of the oldest technical problems in neuroscience has been surprisingly simple to describe: the closer you look at the brain, the less of it you can...
Read moreMany cases of type 2 diabetes may be preventable — and that changes the public health story For years, type 2 diabetes was often framed mainly as a disease to manage once it appeared. Diagnosis, blood sugar control, medication, complications — all of...
Read moreWhy BMI alone does not tell the full story about obesity-related health risk Few medical numbers are as widely recognized as BMI. It appears in clinic charts, health apps, news stories and public-health campaigns because it is easy to calculate, inex...
Read moreNew comparisons among ALK-targeted therapies could sharpen treatment decisions in lung cancer In ALK-positive lung cancer, the rise of targeted therapy has changed more than prognosis. It has also changed the kind of decisions oncologists have to mak...
Read moreLow-dose buprenorphine may help extend ketamine’s benefits for suicidal ideation, study suggests When someone is in acute suicidal crisis, speed matters. One reason ketamine has drawn so much attention in psychiatry is its ability to reduce suicidal...
Read moreWarming temperatures may create more room for vector-borne diseases in Canada Climate change is usually discussed through its most visible consequences: heat waves, wildfires, floods and smoke-filled skies. But some of its health effects are quieter,...
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