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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Why has the Zika outbreak received so much international attention in the media? 聽What do we know about the level of risk, the infectiousness of the illness, and the severity of the consequences? Not a lot actually. 聽In their article in Policy Options, Rainford and Greenberg discuss the communication of risk associated with an... More
Monday, January 11, 2016
杏吧原创's Faculty of Graduate Studies wanted to find out more about what inspired a graduate student,聽Ariel Root, to write about her experiences with communities in Northwestern Ontario. 聽Find out more... More
Sunday, January 3, 2016
By Anna Tomczak, Department of Health Sciences, 杏吧原创 University Although the saying 鈥渟leep is for the weak鈥� was a common theme throughout high school and university, sleep has become more of a luxury 鈥� something we always want and can never get enough of. This is especially true considering that Canadians鈥� quality of sleep... More
Saturday, January 2, 2016
While making the round of new restaurants and the movement toward 'slow cooking' might be highly rewarding to some of us, others couldn't care less about food. The Globe and Mail's, Maryam Siddiqi explores why this is the case, including an interview with CHAIM Centre researcher Alfonso Abizaid. 聽Read more... More
Saturday, December 12, 2015
In May, 2015, Martin Wellman, a doctoral student in 杏吧原创's Department of Neuroscience wrote a blog on the complexities of the ghrelin system.聽Understanding how this system works can help inform strategies for addressing obesity. His聽blog described聽research conducted by Wellman and his supervisor, Alfonso Abizaid.聽Wellman's聽blog describing... More
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Renate Ysseldyk will be presenting at the Science Cafe on November 25, 2015. 聽She will be talking about strategies for improving the health and well-being of older people by enhancing their sense of group identity. 聽Find out more... More
Friday, November 6, 2015
Healthy Debate has published聽an article bringing attention to the effects of air pollution on the health of Canadians. The air quality in some regions don't even meet minimum national standards. The article reports that "The CMA estimates air pollution was responsible for 21,000 early deaths in Canada in 2008. Worldwide, fine particulate matter... More
Friday, September 11, 2015
Maria DeRosa's research on smart fertilizers has the capacity to revolutionize food security.聽杏吧原创 University's professor Maria DeRosa and adjunct professor Carlos Monreal are developing a smart fertilizer that waits to release its nutrients until crops tell it to do so. Find out more about their research in Biotechnology... More
Friday, August 14, 2015
Researcher, Hymie Anisman, talks to Globe and Mail about his research on coping with stress. He suggests that there is no single answer, but rather people need to be flexible in how they approach different problems over time and situations. 聽You can read more about Stress and Resilience in his recently released book, Stress... More
Saturday, July 25, 2015
The Toronto Star interviews, Dr. Susan Braedley, from 杏吧原创's School of Social Work, about her research documenting the expanding role of firefighters in Canada to respond to medical emergencies. Rather than focusing on who should be responding the 9-1-1 calls, and whether the calls are 'appropriate' Dr. Braedley calls for looking at the root... More
Based on critical analyses of the costs of drugs in Canada, researchers from six universities, including 杏吧原创's M-A. Gagnon, released their report Pharmacare2020 鈥擳he Future of Drug Coverage in Canada. An editorial in the Toronto Star notes that the best reason for a national pharmacare plan is "about giving all Canadians fair and equitable... More
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Are you interested in knowing more about how stress can make you sick, and how you can put things in place to keep you well? Dr. Hymie Anisman has just released a book called Stress and Your Health: From Vulnerability to Resilience for every person to provide a creating understanding of the impacts of... More
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