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The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated July 28, 2013 as World Hepatitis Day.  The date July 28 was chosen in honour of the birthday of Nobel Laureate Professor Baruch Samuel Blumberg, discoverer of the hepatitis B virus. This year's World Hepatitis Day campaign mantra is; "This is hepatitis. Know it. Confront it."  Hepatitis is an inflammation […]

June is Brain Injury Awareness Month in Canada! Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is one among many common neurological conditions.  ALS attacks the nerve cells (neurons) in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.  These motor neurons degenerate and die, eventually leading to a loss of the ability to start […]