Health Beat: 3 new treatments for COPD

CLEVELAND – Not long ago, crocheting was simply too much for Mary Morgan. “I couldn’t do it because my back hurt so badly, with every breath I was trying to take,” said Morgan, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The former...

Function found for mysterious heart disease gene

A new study from researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), published today in Cell Reports, sheds light on a mysterious gene that likely influences cardiovascular health. After five years, UOHI researchers now know how one genetic variant works...