A study of nearly 900 adults indicates that although smoking is still the main risk factor for lung function loss, systemic inflammation and obesity also increase the risk of developing chronic ...

Abstract: This paper highlights the importance of measuring systemic risk of commercial banks. Conditional Value-at-Risk (CoVaR) is used to measure the degree of "risk externalities" that a specific ...

After examining the harrowing case of a quadriplegic man who developed such severe and infected bedsores in Quebec’s hospital system that he opted for medical assistance in dying, a coroner has issued ...

Sylvie Brosseau, the widow of Normand Meunier, shows one of the last pictures of the couple together to members of the media on May 15, 2025. She testified that day at a coroner's inquest into the ...