Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, can be very stressful for babies and their parents. Assistant professor of medicine and allergy physician Derek Chu offers some tips to manage eczema in babies.
Patients can recover from orthopedic surgery just as well without using opioid-based painkillers, says a McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Health-care researchers should avoid using the terms “race”, “ancestry” and “ethnicity” interchangeably in research reports and studies, McMaster Professor Sonia Anand says in her latest study.
The increase in paramedic transport rates over the last decade far exceeds population growth and walk-in emergency department (ED) visits in Ontario, according to a new study from ICES and McMaster University.
Researchers from McMaster University and Queen’s University have discovered a gut bacterial ‘super-producer’ of histamine that can cause pain flare-ups in some patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
People with mild or moderate eczema may gain some relief by adjusting their diets, but there are important downsides to consider, McMaster researcher Derek Chu warns.
A COVID CommUNITY – South Asian study led by McMaster University researchers has found that South Asian communities living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) suffered disproportionately from COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic.
Residents of Ontario retirement homes have higher rates of hospital-based care compared to people in long-term care (LTC) facilities, McMaster researchers have found.
Offspring whose fathers are metabolically compromised may be at increased risk of developing the same condition themselves, McMaster researchers have found.
Using artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced microscope technology, researchers at McMaster have discovered a previously unknown neurodegenerative illness.
Regular cycling can greatly improve mobility in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD), a genetic disease that causes muscle degeneration, a study led by McMaster researchers finds.
Changes in sleep patterns during late pregnancy and shortly afterwards are closely related to severe depression and anxiety, a new McMaster-led study finds.
Flavio Kapczinski, a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, is the co-principal investigator of an international study that has found that low levels of a certain blood protein may be a trigger for depression.
A global study involving McMaster University researchers including (from left to right) Anthony Chan, Davide Matino and Alfonso Iorio has trialled a potential new treatment that could be a game-changer for people living with hemophilia A.
McMaster University professor Neeraj Narula has discovered that consuming large amounts of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) can increase the risk of Crohn’s disease, but not ulcerative colitis (UC).
Bacteria do not colonize babies until the moment of birth, but the mother’s microbiome can still influence fetuses in key ways, say McMaster researchers Kate Kennedy and Deb Sloboda.
A team led by McMaster University researchers Gilmar Reis and Edward Mills has discovered that a single injection of pegylated interferon lambda (lambda) can successfully treat COVID-19 in people early in the disease.
Long-term consumption of Allura Red food dye can be a potential trigger of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, says McMaster researcher Waliul Khan, using experimental animal models of IBD.