Posts Tagged: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
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…
Expert available to discuss medical assistance in dying for persons with mental disorders
May 27, 2016
A newly published article written by Louis Charland from Western University’s renowned Rotman Institute of Philosophy and his collaborators warrants…
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…
New virtual reality ‘toolbox’ allows for cross-species brain testing
May 11, 2016
Neuroscientists at Western University have developed a new virtual reality ‘toolbox’ that can be used to build video games with…
New gene testing technology finds cancer risks “hiding in plain sight”
April 28, 2016
A research team led by an award-winning genomicist at Western University has developed a new method for identifying mutations and…