Posts Tagged: schulich medicine & dentistry

New online study explores link between healthy brains and bodies

January 12, 2024

Neuroscientist Adrian Owen has partnered with Science and Industry Museum in the UK for a study about the connection between healthy bodies and brains.

New study recommends prioritizing diabetes care for global post-pandemic recovery

December 19, 2022

A new global study, co-authored by a Western professor, examines the impact of COVID-19 on diabetes care by drawing a…

Innovative lung imaging technique shows cause of long-COVID symptoms

June 28, 2022

Using functional MRI with inhaled xenon gas, researchers have  identified for the first time, that long-COVID symptoms are related to…

Researchers use social network analysis to model virus evolution

May 5, 2022

New research from Western University suggests some viruses evolve more like a dynamic social network – rather than a rigid…

Expert Explainer for World Diabetes Day: Dr. Irene Hramiak on advances in diabetes care

November 11, 2020

World Diabetes Day is marked every year on November 14 to draw attention to issues of paramount importance to the…

COVID-19 disruption will likely lead to 28 million surgeries being cancelled worldwide

May 14, 2020

More than 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a…

Molecule found in oranges could reduce obesity and prevent heart disease and diabetes

March 2, 2020

Researchers at Western University are studying a molecule found in sweet oranges and tangerines called nobiletin, which they have shown…

Changes to medical school admission process puts more focus on experiences and values

August 26, 2019

This year’s incoming medicine class at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is the first to have been…

Granddaughter’s epilepsy battle inspires $2.5-million donation

November 20, 2018

Spurred on by their granddaughter’s ongoing battle with epilepsy, Western Chancellor Jack Cowin, BA’64, LLD’00, and his wife Sharon have…

Genetic mutation may increase risk of pancreatic cancer in females

October 4, 2018

In a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, researchers have…