The latest numbers from Royal LePage suggest that Vancouver remains Canada’s hottest real estate market, strongly outpacing the rest of the country during the second quarter of 2016. According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver rose 24.6 per ... Read More »
Years of working long hours may help you climb the career ladder, but those hours may take a steep toll on your health — and that’s especially true for women, new research says. “People who habitually put in a lot of long hours for many years, even decades, are really ... Read More »
Lower activity of a specific gene may affect a person’s social behavior, including the ability to form healthy relationships, researchers say. The OXT gene is involved in the production of oxytocin, a hormone linked with a large number of social behaviors in people. It’s sometimes referred to as the “love ... Read More »
While general advice on how to improve diet to reduce diabetes symptoms and obesity can work, researchers in a recent study found a personalized, specific nutrition plan was far more effective for achieving health goals. Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center found structured nutrition therapy helped patients reach health goals ... Read More »
Behavior problems are more likely to hold boys back in school than girls, a new study shows. “When I compared 4- and 5-year-old boys and girls who had the same levels of behavior problems — including difficulty sustaining attention, regulating emotions, delaying gratification and forming positive relationships with teachers and ... Read More »
Many male primary care doctors regard heart disease as a man’s issue and don’t assess risk in female patients, a new French study finds. Many of these physicians “will be surprised by our findings, and I hope this will help them ensure they assess [heart] risk equally in their male ... Read More »
Despite concerns aired by doctors that advanced practice clinicians are redundant and prescribe unnecessary tests and treatment, researchers suggest they could become a key part of healthcare as more and more people gain access to services. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles found that, for a range of ... Read More »
Two studies highlight the complex relationship between parents’ perceptions and their children’s weights. One study found that no matter a child’s actual weight, those whose parents believed they were overweight gained more weight. The other study found that more than 82 percent of parents underestimate the weight of their overweight ... Read More »
A team of researchers from around the world have come across an early sign of hope for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The team, from the United Kingdom and China have shown proof brains may have the ability to repair themselves and fight off the mental illness. ... Read More »
New studies indicates the Zika virus turned into circulating in Haiti months earlier than Brazil’s firstinstances have been mentioned remaining spring. “We recognise that the virus was found in Haiti in December of 2014,” stated Dr. Glenn Morris, director ofuniversity of Florida’s emerging Pathogens Institute. “And, primarily based on molecular ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, April 14 — Using a combination of algorithms as a classifier, a group of researchers determined a series of biomarkers visible in MRI scans that may be useful for diagnosing autism, according to a recent study. Researchers at Brown University found 16 functional connections in the brain that were ... Read More »
KINGSTON, Ontario, April 14 — The penises of circumcised men are just as sensitive as those of uncircumcised men, according to researchers in Canada. Theories about sensitivity, health and ethics have dominated on-and-off debates about circumcision, however researchers at Queen’s University say the one-third of men around the world who ... Read More »
