Approximately half of transgender Ontarians who have a family physician are not comfortable discussing transgender-related health issues with their family physician. Greta Bauer, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western...
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Jean Chrétien to present keynote address at Western’s Social Science Academic Conference
The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, who served as Prime Minister of Canada for three full terms in majority governments, will deliver the evening keynote address at Western University's second annual Social Science Academic Conference on Saturday, January 23. Mr....
New Western study suggests arthroscopic knee surgery not cost-effective compared to other ‘non-operative’ treatments
It's been nearly a decade since Western University researchers reported that arthroscopic knee surgery provides no additional benefit compared to optimized physical and medical therapy among sufferers of osteoarthritis (OA) and yet the surgery is still routinely...
Western University experts available to discuss Alzheimer’s disease research during Alzheimer’s awareness month
Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry are at the forefront of research into Alzheimer’s disease. In 2011, 747,000 Canadians were living with Alzheimer’s – a number that is expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2031 if no measures...
Exposure to marijuana in adolescence causes schizophrenia-like changes in the brain
Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry have published a study showing the significant, long-term impacts of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the psychoactive component in marijuana – on the adolescent brain. After...
Western University experts available to discuss New Year’s health and wellness resolutions
As 2016 gets underway, many Canadians have made New Year’s resolutions to improve their health and wellness. Will they stick to their commitments? What are the best paths to success? Western University experts are available to provide insight and commentary as...
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
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
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’
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...
Western professor to provide detailed ‘insider’s account’ of UN Climate Change Conference
As the world watched events of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) unfold, Western University's Radoslav Dimitrov seized a front row seat to the proceedings, representing the Republic of Bulgaria and serving the European Union as a delegate and part...
Western University experts available to discuss concussions
On December 10, the Rowan’s Law Advisory Committee Act (Rowan’s Law), Bill 149, moved one step closer to becoming law in Ontario. Rowan’s Law is named after Rowan Stringer, an Ontario teen who died in 2013 after sustaining multiple concussions. If passed, Ontario will...