chronic

High doses of vitamin D might affect Lou Gehrig’s disease

High daily doses of vitamin D may improve the quality of life for patients diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease, a study at York University has found. Using an animal model, the study’s researchers found that the motor performance and muscle endurance of mice with ALS improved when they were given […]

Boys shrug off pain, girls ‘catastrophize’: York U study

Teenage boys who experience “persistent” pain aren’t all that fazed by it – at least not compared to girls – a York University study finds.  The study, conducted at the Ontario Science Centre, looked at more than 1,000 children and adolescents from ages eight to 18. While boys and girls reported the same frequency of persistent […]