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No pain, no gain for knee osteoarthritis

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....

Researchers shed new insights into fate of Franklin Expedition

Researchers shed new insights into fate of Franklin Expedition

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 Canadian Light Source at the University of...

Micro-CT scans show 2,100-year-old ‘hawk’ mummy a stillborn baby

Micro-CT scans show 2,100-year-old ‘hawk’ mummy a stillborn baby

A tiny Egyptian mummy long believed to be that of a hawk is actually a rare example of a near-to-term, severely malformed fetus, says an examination led by mummy expert Andrew Nelson of Western University. Detailed micro-CT scans have virtually unwrapped the mummy to...

Persistent firefighters’ injuries make them ‘working wounded’

Persistent firefighters’ injuries make them ‘working wounded’

The longer a firefighter’s career, the greater the chances of suffering from persistent neck, back and limb pain, research co-authored at Western University shows. Fully 70 per cent of all active firefighters who participated in the recent year-long study experienced...

Western Bone & Joint researchers receive two Arthritis Society Grants

Western Bone & Joint researchers receive two Arthritis Society Grants

Western University researchers who are part of the interdisciplinary Bone and Joint Institute have been awarded two major Arthritis Society grants — one to study the cellular workings of osteoarthritis in knee joints, and the other to examine whether a specific...

Bone anatomy shows one size doesn’t fit both

Bone anatomy shows one size doesn’t fit both

Patient health may be compromised, and health costs higher, when the same kind of stabilizing plate is used in a woman’s forearm as in a man’s after a bone break, say researchers at Western University’s Bone and Joint Institute. Fractures of the distal radius, just...