Time to grieve: Addressing bereavement challenges during COVID-19
(Batya Swift Yasgur/ Psychiatry Advisor) — Grief is a normal, albeit sad and challenging, part of life. All human beings will experience loss of a loved one at some point and will experience grief. Although acute grief is usually self-limited, we never fully stop grieving. But individuals whose grief remains intense and …
Cancer that went undetected during the pandemic an ‘impending disaster’
(Leah Hendry/ CBC News) — Cancer specialists are bracing for a wave of patients suffering from more advanced disease due to delays in both screening and diagnostic testing during the pandemic.
About 60,000 Quebecers receive a cancer diagnosis in any given year.
But according to a report released …
Experimental drug reverses Alzheimer’s disease symptoms in mice
(Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) — Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed an experimental drug that reversed key symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The drug works by reinvigorating a cellular cleaning mechanism—chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)—that gets rid of …
Pasadena woman, 36, diagnosed with colon cancer wants earlier screening
(Colleen Connors/ CBC News) — Stephanie Budgell does not want others to go through her experience of a Stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis, and is calling on health authorities to lower the age for screening.
“I want family doctors to see that it’s not an old man’s disease anymore,” said …
Experts warn of teenage mental health time bomb
(Claudia Tanner/ iNews) — Oli, who did not want his surname used, says the past year during the global pandemic has really shaken his mental health.
“Before lockdown, if you’d have told me I would have most of a year off school I’d have thought that sounds amazing,” said the 17-year-old. “But it was the toughest time …
App helps breast cancer patients, survivors keep moving
(Jill Barker/ Healthing) — While the survival rate of breast cancer has been on the rise since 1987, it’s still the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Canadian women and ranks second in cancer-related deaths of women.
But with 88 per cent of Canadian women now living at least five years after diagnosis, an increasing …
If your pandemic partner is getting on your last nerve
A psychologist’s advice for life after COVID-19
(Dave Yasvinsk/ Healthing) — As the end of the pandemic moves mercifully closer to reality, a new wave of anxiety is washing over shell-shocked survivors as they slowly step out of the safety of their extended solitude.
Experts say COVID-19 has taken a PTSD-type toll on society, the full extent of which may not be understood …
Doctors suggest Covid-19 could cause diabetes
(Natalie Grover/ The Guardian) — A cohort of scientists from across the world believe that there is a growing body of evidence that Covid-19 can cause diabetes in some patients.
Prof Francesco Rubino, from King’s College London, is leading the call for a full investigation into a possible link between the two diseases. …