Nearly 30,000 people last year were homeless when admitted to hospital or discharged from hospital, a first-of-its-kind Canadian analysis shows. Almost all of these inpatients were admitted following a visit to an emergency department, and the complexit …
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New 3D ultrasound may improve accuracy of liver cancer treatment
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Air pollution exposure contributes to childhood asthma
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Study pinpoints role of language disruptions in psychosis
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Walking patterns could predict type of cognitive decline
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Alumna leads the world in robot ethics
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‘Brain training’ may help treat post-traumatic stress, clinical trial finds
Neurofeedback can reduce symptoms and lead to remission in PTSD patients.
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New 3D ultrasound may improve accuracy of liver cancer treatment
Simulated study finds new robotic ultrasound system can optimize liver cancer ablation therapy
Study finds virtual care results in significant environmental and patient cost savings
Carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by more than 650M kg and patient travel was cut by 3.2B km
Marking a century of life-saving discoveries in diabetes care
Special feature highlights stories of researchers, patients
Innovator caps year with top Vanguard award
Dr. Douglas Fraser recognized for breakthroughs in COVID and brain injury research
Tima Bansal and Amit Garg awarded Western’s top research honour
Hellmuth Prizes recognize the impact of Ivey researcher in business sustainability and Schulich Medicine kidney scientist.
Air pollution exposure contributes to childhood asthma
Ontario study by Western and Lawson researchers shows children born in Sarnia at higher risk
Study pinpoints role of language disruptions in psychosis
Like a small airport trying to handle too much air traffic, parts of the brain not meant to process language are trying to perform this complex job in patients with psychosis.
Walking patterns could predict type of cognitive decline
Researchers’ assessments of gait variability identified Alzheimer’s disease with 70-per-cent accuracy.
Alumna leads the world in robot ethics
Aimee van Wynsberghe’s journey to Bonn runs through Western and CSTAR.
Medical software licence underlines WORLDiscoveries success
Ting-Yim Lee’s imaging software is an example of cutting-edge technology applied to improving health care.
‘Brain training’ may help treat post-traumatic stress, clinical trial finds
Neurofeedback can reduce symptoms and lead to remission in PTSD patients.
Vanguard innovator may have found first-ever sepsis treatment
Dr. Qingping Feng is tantalizingly close to learning whether the sepsis treatment he has worked on for more than two decades will ultimately help save millions of lives.