Paralysis

With a Toronto Blue Jays cap on his head, William Johnson turns to his wife Ann and asks how she's feeling about the baseball team. "Anything is possible," responds Ann, 48, who lives in Regina.Her husband quips back saying that it seems…

Emily Wright, a Toronto elementary school teacher, started taking the drug Ozempic in 2018 as a way to control her food cravings and blood sugar in her battle with Type 2 diabetes. Soon after starting the drug, she said she started to…

Peru has recorded four deaths and 182 cases of GBS since June of this year. After the number of cases of Guillian-Barre Syndrome spiked in Peru, the government imposed a national health emergency.In response to a surge in Guillain-Barre…

<!-- -->Fortunately, Ms Mattei is now on the road to recoveryA 25-year-old Italian woman who had been suffering from back pain has become paralyzed due to a rare disorder, Newsweek reported. According to the report, Aurora Mattei's …

This representational picture shows a scientist examining a chemical compound in a petri dish. — Unsplash/FileScientists have discovered a new chemical compound namely "1938" which can help damaged nerves regenerate after…

Last Updated: May 06, 2023, 04:38 ISTThe conflict has created a humanitarian crisis, with about 100,000 people forced to flee with little food or water to neighbouring countries, the United Nations said. (File photo: AFP)The agency was in…

In virtually all persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and in up to half of all cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia, a protein called TDP-43 is lost from its normal location in the nucleus of the cell.…

Justin Bieber has shared a video of him flashing a smile - an inconsequential move for most stars, but huge for him considering facial paralysis forced the singer to cancel his world tour. Two weeks ago the Canadian cancelled…

Julian Scholefield says he did everything possible to protect himself and his family from the coronavirus. The B.C. man says he received his first Pfizer vaccination shot in May of 2021. Six months later, he went back for his second…

CNN  —  Two months had passed since Virginia Torrecilla’s last chemotherapy session and the Spanish footballer felt hopeful again. She was fragile, weighed a few kilos less…