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Heart risks have always been a major factor in the COVID-19 pandemic. People with heart conditions are at greater risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19, and COVID-19 infection itself can cause heart complications like myocarditis or arrhythmia. However, rare vaccine side-effects can also affect the heart, including cases of myocarditis.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Glen Pyle of the University of Guelph reviews new research that confirms the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination. A study of more than 20 million people found that COVID-19 vaccination helps prevent the heart risks associated with infection. “The study found that common cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 — including blood clots, stroke, arrhythmias and heart attacks — were substantially reduced in the vaccinated group, with protective effects lasting up to a year after vaccination.”
Also today:
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Patricia Nicholson
Health + Medicine Editor
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Common cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 — including blood clots, stroke, arrhythmias and heart attacks — were substantially reduced in vaccinated patients.
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Glen Pyle, University of Guelph
New research confirms that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at reducing the cardiovascular complications that are a hallmark of COVID-19 infection.
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Muhammadsobir Fayzov, a Tajik suspect in the Moscow terror attack, sits in a glass cage in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on March 24, 2024.
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Richard Foltz, Concordia University
News that four of the suspects in the Moscow terror attacks are Tajik will likely result in further demonization against people already facing poverty and discrimination, despite a glorious history.
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Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on March 19, 2024.
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Priya Gupta, McGill University
The deep connection of homes in Gaza to Palestinian land, territory and nationhood makes Israel’s destruction of them a genocidal tactic.
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Ride hailing apps can be convenient for some, and inaccessible for others.
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Mahtot Gebresselassie, York University, Canada
A class action lawsuit filed against Uber and Lyft in British Columbia draws attention to the experiences of wheelchair users.
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Dating apps have helped people make millions of connections.
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Neil McArthur, University of Manitoba
Dating apps provide a valuable social service. The industry should be regulated to protect consumers, increase competition and address fraud.
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Supporters and opponents of a proposed ordinance to add caste to Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws gather at City Hall on Feb. 21, 2023.
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Anne Murphy, University of British Columbia; Suraj Yengde, Harvard University
Casteism is commonly seen as a form of discrimination limited to South Asia. However, diaspora communities in Canada are also grappling with issues of caste.
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La Conversation Canada
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Un enquêteur examine la salle de concert incendiée après l'attentat contre le bâtiment du Crocus City Hall à la périphérie ouest de Moscou, en Russie, le 23 mars 2024. Au moins 137 personnes y ont perdu la vie.
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Richard Foltz, Concordia University
Les auteurs de l’attentat de Moscou seraient originaires du Tadjikistan. Le pays, le plus pauvre de l’ex-URSS, connaît un régime répressif et corrompu, où l’islamisme radical fait son nid.
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Au fil des années jusqu'à aujourd'hui, de nombreux professionnels de la santé continuent de soutenir la théorie selon laquelle avoir les pieds plats est un facteur de risque majeur pour les troubles musculosquelettiques.
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Gabriel Moisan, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
Avoir des pieds plats asymptomatiques n’est pas problématique et ne nécessite pas de traitement. Il y a un besoin important de déboulonner ce mythe important.
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Arts
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Harriet Fletcher, Anglia Ruskin University
The increasing misogyny and oppression against women is reflected in this new horror, elevating it to something more than a mere nunsploitation movie.
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Environment + Energy
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Brian Darby, University of North Dakota
Rock dust is only part of the story of soil. Living creatures, many of them too tiny to see, keep that soil healthy for growing everything from food to forests.
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Politics
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Eran Kaplan, San Francisco State University
The destructive force that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has unleashed in Gaza is rooted in a century-old ideology that says overwhelming power is how Israel should deal with Palestinians.
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