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Seniors’ simple falls prompt costly paramedic visits
September 7, 2018
A newly published study shows London-area paramedics are spending at least a month’s worth of time each year literally picking up seniors who have called emergency services for help in…
Commentary: Western researchers explore implications of MAID for organ donation in Canada
September 6, 2018
A newly published article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine raises ethical questions and challenges for organ donation in cases where a patient has elected Medical Assistance in…
Researchers date ‘hibernating’ HIV strains
September 4, 2018
Researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and Simon Fraser University (SFU), in partnership with University of British Columbia (UBC) and Western University, have developed a novel…
Western campus traffic disruptions first week of September
August 31, 2018
As the fall term begins, drivers using roads on Western’s campus throughout the first week of September are being asked to take note of traffic disruptions and to expect delays….
Western welcomes back 33,000 students
August 31, 2018
Western University is set to welcome approximately 33,000 students to London as Orientation Week and the 2018 fall term begins. A full schedule of O-Week activities has been designed for…
Research shows point-of-purchase labels and reward cards improve the consumption of healthy foods in university dining halls
August 30, 2018
A recently published research paper by a team of professors, graduate students, and the Nutrition Manager at Western University shows that point-of-purchase labels and reward cards improve the consumption of…
Western welcomes Susan and David Axelrod to Robarts’ Leaders in Innovation Dinner
August 27, 2018
Frustrated with the inability to protect her child from the devastation of uncontrollable seizures and the side effects of medications, Susan Axelrod joined forces with two other concerned parents to…
Researchers shed new insights into fate of Franklin Expedition
August 23, 2018
A team of academic researchers from MacEwan University in Edmonton, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Western University in London, University of Saskatchewan, Trent University in Peterborough, University of Waterloo and…
$2.5-million gift bolsters ALS research at Western
August 23, 2018
Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is poised to make greater advances in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research than ever before, thanks to a substantial $2.5-million gift from…
Harlen, Xu named among 2018 Schulich Leaders
August 22, 2018
Tony Xu and Ryan Harlen, two of the nation’s highest achieving secondary students, will begin their undergraduate studies at Western this fall as recipients of prestigious Schulich Leaders Scholarships. Launched…
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