A new global study provides further evidence about how to continue with safe surgery during the pandemic, and has also led to the launch of a dedicated toolkit to guide hospitals in keeping elective surgery up and running safely. The study, published in the British...
World Diabetes Day is marked every year on November 14 to draw attention to issues of paramount importance to the diabetes world. While there have been major advances in diabetes care in the last century, rates of diabetes continue to rise globally and cause lasting...
As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Ontario, parents are grappling with how and if they can continue with Halloween traditions in a safe way. Greta Bauer, PhD, Professor at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is an epidemiologist...
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to climb, experts are urging people to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu. Dr. Stephen Wetmore, Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry says never...
Millions of surgeries around the world were cancelled during the first wave of the pandemic, for fear patients might contract COVID-19 in hospital. As the second wave peak approaches, a new global study suggests hospitals should set up ‘COVID-19 free’ areas for...
As daily new case counts of COVID-19 climbed across the country in late September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada was now in the second wave of the pandemic. Dr. Nitin Mohan, Assistant Professor, Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been working to better understand and characterize the varied symptoms of the disease. One of the most concerning symptoms is the development of large blood clots that can cause blockages in the arteries that...
A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University has made significant steps forward in understanding COVID-19 through two back-to-back studies published this week in Critical Care Explorations. In one study, the team has identified six molecules...
During the past two weeks, provincial governments have been announcing plans to bring students back to school in September. Western University experts Dr. Michael Silverman and Dr. Saverio Stranges, co-authors of “Ethics of COVID-19 related school closures,” a...
Patients with COVID-19 who undergo surgery are at increased risk of postoperative mortality and pulmonary complications, a new global study published in The Lancet reveals. Western University Associate Professor Janet Martin is part of the CovidSurg Collaborative...
Three studies investigating a range of important COVID-19 questions led by teams from Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute are among an initial 15 projects funded through the Government of Ontario’s COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund. Studying a human...
In his nearly 25 years of studying research ethics, Western University Professor Dr. Charles Weijer says this is the most difficult ethical question he’s ever encountered. As part of The Working Group for Guidance on Human Challenge Studies, Dr. Weijer along with 13...
