Posts Tagged: research
WHO Collaborating Centre at Western University to address international access to surgical care and anesthesia
November 24, 2016
Researchers at Western University have been tapped by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be the first official Collaborating Centre…
Early marijuana use associated with abnormal brain function, study reveals
October 5, 2016
In a new study, scientists in London, Ontario have discovered that early marijuana use may result in abnormal brain function…
Research with impact in London nets almost $30 million in funding
July 22, 2016
From developing state-of-the-art techniques in order to image bones and joints while in motion, to helping more people receive a…
Understanding how chemical changes in the brain affect Alzheimer’s disease
June 22, 2016
A new study from Western University is helping to explain why the long-term use of common anticholinergic drugs used to…
Researchers discover why stress leads to increased seizures in epilepsy patients
June 14, 2016
For epilepsy patients, stress and anxiety can exacerbate their condition; increasing the frequency and severity of seizures. Until now, it…
Western University researcher receives $8.9 million project funding to reduce infant and maternal mortality
May 24, 2016
Western University researcher, David Cechetto, PhD, is training front line health care workers in Rwanda and Burundi to treat the…
Technology delivers personalized treatment to patients with tremors
May 19, 2016
For patients who suffer from Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, writing a grocery list or taking a drink from a…
Chemical in marijuana shows promise in treating schizophrenia
May 3, 2016
According to new research at Western University, marijuana is the ultimate contradiction; at least when it comes to schizophrenia. This…
Innovation meets commercialization in new competition
October 28, 2015
Medically inducing hypothermia in a patient has been shown to prevent further brain injury following stroke, brain trauma or cardiac…
New Western-led research facility looks to protect our rivers
October 16, 2015
Western University geography professor Adam Yates has developed a better way of understanding how actions on land affect life…
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