Cortisol spikes are not something you need to fear. In fact, cortisol rhythms – which involve some ups and some downs – are ...

There are no official numbers for the optimal levels of testosterone, but certain medical laboratories use the following reference values for typical total serum testosterone, measured in nanograms ...

Your doctor says everything looks fine, but you still feel terrible. The problem might not be your health but how labs define “normal.” Understanding the difference between normal and optimal could ...

Halifax schools have now lost three days this month to winter storms but a regional centre for education spokesperson says there's no concern the teaching time may need to be made up later in the year ...

BACKGROUND: Forecasts for the future prevalence of cardiovascular disease and stroke are crucial to guide efforts to improve health outcomes across the life course for women. METHODS: Using historical ...

Drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy are intended for people who are overweight. Some patients are using them after bariatric ...

If you want an indication of Maynard James Keenan’s disillusionment with the state of the world, you need only look at the evolution of the characters he most readily associates himself with. Back in ...

January was a month of records and extremes on both ends of the thermometer across Canada. This was the second month in a row the country saw a temperature drop below -50°C, and we witnessed some ...

Kristi is a registered nurse with over 15 years of experience caring for both adult and pediatric patients at the beside. She worked as a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit RN for the first 4 years of her ...

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A liver function test checks how ...

Objective To investigate the associations of oxidative balance score (OBS) with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in two large, population-based ...