Articles By Dave Yasvinski

• Case study: Too much soy sauce puts teen in coma

  Case study: Too much soy sauce puts teen in coma

  The young man drank 56,000 milligrams of sodium, causing a life-threatening surge of salt in his blood.

  Dave Yasvinski 3 hours ago Nutrition

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• Good sleep and good sex linked for women

  Good sleep and good sex linked for women

  Study finds that women who toss and turn at night are more likely to report dissatisfaction with their sex lives.

  Dave Yasvinski 21 hours ago Sleep

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• Diabetes could be treated weekly instead of daily

  Diabetes could be treated weekly instead of daily

  International clinical trials found a new once-a-week treatment for Type 2 diabetes to be an effective and convenient alternative.

  Dave Yasvinski 2 days ago Diabetes

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• Cash for COVID: U.K. study pays people to get reinfected

  Cash for COVID: U.K. study pays people to get reinfected

  The one-year study will pay people aged 18 to 30 who have survived the virus around $8,700 to measure the protection against reinfection.

  Dave Yasvinski April 19 Coronavirus

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• A chat with a pharmacist may curb vaccine hesitancy

  A chat with a pharmacist may curb vaccine hesitancy

  'Hesitancy also includes a lack of access,' explains the co-author of a new study.

  Dave Yasvinski April 16 COVID-19 Vaccine

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• Cancer patient’s tumours disappear after COVID

  Cancer patient’s tumours disappear after COVID

  Doctors think virus triggered a strong immune response, but warn cancer patients against deliberately exposing themselves to the virus.

  Dave Yasvinski April 16 COVID-19 Vaccine

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• Case study: No transplant due to mistaken addiction

  Case study: No transplant due to mistaken addiction

  Doctors suspected the 61-year-old woman, who swore she didn’t drink, was hiding an alcohol abuse disorder.

  Dave Yasvinski April 15 Healthy Living

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• Speed bumps a risk to pregnant women, study finds

  Speed bumps a risk to pregnant women, study finds

  Sudden movements can be risky for pregnant women, causing minor injuries to the fetal brain, an abnormal fetal heart rate, and abdominal pain.

  Dave Yasvinski April 14 Women's Health

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• Pandemic linked to 6 unhealthy eating behaviours

  Pandemic linked to 6 unhealthy eating behaviours

  Eating disorders are on the rise, as well as a range of habits such as mindless eating, eating more and eating to cope.

  Dave Yasvinski April 13 Nutrition

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• Variant may ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine, study says

  Variant may ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine, study says

  The South African variant is believed to be 60 per cent more transmissible than the original strain.

  Dave Yasvinski April 12 COVID-19 Vaccine

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