Background Long-term care facilities across Canada have been disproportionately affected
by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to describe the experiences of frontline workers …

BACKGROUND: Canada’s universal health care system does not include universal
coverage of prescription drugs. We sought to estimate the effects of adding universal public …

Objective:A Canadian health authority implemented a multisectoral intervention designed to
control severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission during long-…

Background Advances in pharmaceuticals offer improved health outcomes for a wide range
of illnesses, yet medicines are often inaccessible for many patients worldwide. One potential …

Elevated branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are associated with obesity and insulin
resistance. How long-term dietary BCAAs impact late-life health and lifespan is unknown. Here, …

Reduced protein intake, through dilution with carbohydrate, extends lifespan and improves
mid-life metabolic health in animal models. However, with transition to industrialised food …

Obesity is generally associated with insulin resistance in liver and muscle and increased risk
of developing type 2 diabetes, however there is a population of obese people that remain …

Objective To understand the differences in characteristics of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2)
and sporadic patients with surgically excised vestibular schwannomas in the state of …

Pancreatic islets are essential for maintaining physiological blood glucose levels, and
declining islet function is a hallmark of type 2 diabetes. We employ mass spectrometry-based …

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