Dorcas Marfo

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Dorcas Marfo

A new study by Canadian scientists captured something interesting: a faint glow emitted by living organisms that faded as the species died. The research may sound supernatural, but before you imagine glowing bodies or human auras, researchers want to be clear – this isn’t mysticism, it’s biology in action. “We metabolize; we give off light,” study co-author and University of Calgaryassociate professor Daniel Oblak told CTVNews.ca in a Zoom interview Wednesday.

3 weeks ago | noovo.info | Dorcas Marfo

Le Canada pourrait être confronté à une augmentation spectaculaire des maladies inflammatoires chroniques de l'intestin (MICI) au cours des deux prochaines décennies, selon une nouvelle étude mondiale.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Dorcas Marfo

Canada could be facing a dramatic rise in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) over the next two decades, according to a new global study. Published in Nature Portfolio last month and co-led by researchers from the University of Calgary, the research analyzed data from more than 500 population-based studies from 82 countries, spanning more than 100 years.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Dorcas Marfo

When global trade tensions began rattling supply chains, Alex Sagherian didn’t want to see how it would all shake out. Rather than wait, Sagherian, executive vice-president of NLI International Corp., redirected his Mississauga-based firm inwards – redirecting its resources towards Canadian operations.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Dorcas Marfo

When the personal support workers called to say her parents weren’t home for their scheduled visit – again – Wendy Dieleman knew the search was on. “If none of my siblings had them, then we really didn’t know where they were,” Dieleman told CTVNews.ca Wednesday in a phone interview. “(On) different occasions they were in someone else’s apartment visiting or someone had taken them out for supper.”The problem wasn’t that her parents were doing anything wrong.