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The story behind a vegetative patient’s shocking recovery

The story behind a vegetative patient’s shocking recovery

Western University's Adrian Owen provided expert analysis to award-winning science writer Kate Lunau for her long-form, feature story about the "shocking" recovery of a patient in a vegetative state, which was published by Maclean's on December 31, 2015. Owen is the...

New imaging technique will save lives and money

New imaging technique will save lives and money

An international research collaboration, led by Western University, has developed a new imaging technique that will save hospitals money and more importantly, give some patients a second chance at life. Utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology,...

Stroke and dementia are on the decline in Ontario

Stroke and dementia are on the decline in Ontario

Researchers at Western University have published the first study in the world showing a decline in the incidence of dementia at a whole population level which they believe is connected to the overall decline in strokes. Between 2002 and 2013, the incidence of stroke...

Why people with autism sometimes fail to see ‘the big picture’

Why people with autism sometimes fail to see ‘the big picture’

New findings by Melvyn Goodale from Western University's Brain and Mind Institute, in collaboration with Australian researchers at Swinburne University of Technology and La Trobe University, show that people with high autistic tendencies see the world very differently...

The beginning of the end for HIV

The beginning of the end for HIV

Western University’s Eric Arts, PhD, is leading the only North American site collaborating with the European AIDS Vaccine Initiative (EAVI2020) to accelerate the development of an HIV vaccine. Arts and his team of researchers at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine...