How exactly does sleep influence mental health and how does social media play a role? Researchers at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry are working to understand the relationship in two recently published papers.
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Northern Tornadoes Project verifies 77 tornadoes in Canada for 2020
Northern Tornadoes Project verified 77 tornadoes across Canada in 2020, increasing the verified count by a remarkable 166 per cent using advanced methods.
Expansion of parental benefits saved marriages
An expansion of parental benefits in Quebec 15 years ago revolutionized the province’s labour force – the intended outcome – but it also saved some marriages, a Western study has found. Using Statistics Canada data, sociology professor Rachel Margolis and her...
New research underscores the importance of the measles vaccine
As vaccines for COVID-19 begin to be distributed across the globe this week, new research from Western University underscores the importance of vaccination against the measles virus, another pathogen that has caused numerous outbreaks in the recent past as well....
Planetary scientist available to comment on Canadian astronauts going to the Moon
Gordon Osinski, director of Western’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration (Western Space), is available to media for comment about today’s announcement that the Canadian Space Agency has signed an agreement with NASA, which provides two crew opportunities for...
Piano performance expert available to comment on 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth
Leslie Kinton, one of Canada’s best-known and most sought-after chamber musicians, is available to comment on the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. An associate professor of piano performance at Western University, Kinton says Beethoven would...
Age of oldest child key to unlocking immigration mobility within Canada
With Canada moving to welcome more immigrants, and communities hoping to retain these new workers rather than see them move on, a Western University study reports that the age of a family’s eldest child is a key factor. Canada’s plan to support economic recovery from...
Expert and former Olympian available to comment on breakdancing as Olympic sport
Competitive breakdancing or “breaking” has been added as an official sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies is available to the media for...
Molecule found in green tea may block negative effects of chronic cannabis use
Since the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis in Canada, experts have sounded the alarm on the negative effects of THC on adolescents’ developing brains. This main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis can have long-term cognitive and behavioural effects...
No pain, no gain for knee osteoarthritis
In the late 1970s, Jamie O’Donnell deked and dangled on the ice for the Mitchell Hawks. Big goals, big games: he has no trouble remembering his junior hockey glory days. But if he ever does, his knees won’t let him forget. O’Donnell, now 62, is not alone in his pain....
Vaccine and cure remain focus on World AIDS Day
Jimmy Dikeakos, PhD, understands why virologists like himself quickly pivoted their focus to COVID-19 when the global pandemic struck earlier this year: Vaccines and treatments were needed and the international research community responded. The issue, he said, is that...
Experts available to comment on COVID-19 pandemic’s emerging challenges
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the globe, experts from Western University are available to media to comment on emerging challenges, vaccine policy and the way forward. ** Kate H. Choi Associate Professor of Sociology, Acting Director of the Centre for...