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Shonna Leung is calling for more CPR training for the public and in schools, and AED machines in all venues, after her partner collapsed at a pub.

Shonna Leung is calling for more CPR training for the public and in schools, and AED machines in all venues, after her partner collapsed at a pub.

Shonna Leung is calling for more CPR training for the public and in schools, and AED machines in all venues, after her partner collapsed at a pub.

<p>University of Alberta researchers have identified an amino acid that may play a key role in predicting poor clinical outcomes and the treatment of long COVID.</p> <p>In <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(23)00431-7"><u>research published in </u><em><u>Cell Reports Medicine</u></em></a>, the team says it has developed a predictive test to determine which patients with COVID...

University of Alberta researchers have identified an amino acid that may play a key role in predicting poor clinical outcomes and the treatment of long COVID.

Doctors and community leaders gathered at Nanaimo’s hospital Tuesday to press the provincial government for a cardiac program that would serve overhalf the island’s population.

Doctors and community leaders gathered at Nanaimo's hospital Tuesday to press the provincial government for a cardiac program that would serve overhalf the island's population.

For patients in central and north Vancouver Island, there is no catheterization lab where doctors can perform procedures common since the early 2000s.

Standard-Freeholder column on the Cornwall Community Hospitals Heart Function Clinic and Pulmonary & Heart Function Rehabilitation Program

Study highlights how the sex differences in COVID-19 are linked to ACE2 protein Female COVID-19 patients face less severe disease complications and a lower risk of dying than male patients thanks to hormones and chromosomes that contribute to a stronger immune response, according to new research from a University of Alberta-led team. "The highlight of our study is how the sex differences in COVID-19 are linked to ACE2," said senior author Gavin Oudit, professor of medicine in the Faculty of Med...