Health Sciences

• Security incident prompts police response, delays on Edmonton LRT

  The Edmonton police tactical unit were seen at the Health Sciences/Jubilee LRT station on Friday morning. 

  Crime

  Mar 31, 2023
  
• Western University study shows vaping education led students to quit

  A new study from Western University shows that university students who vape wanted to cut back after learning about the threats the habit could pose to their health.

  Health

  Jan 29, 2023
  
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• Kingston Health Sciences takes imaging results to new app

  KHSC partners with PocketHealth, an app that centralizes and digitizes imaging scan results for patients.

  Health

  May 20, 2022
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• Hamilton ER’s see rise in heart attacks following snowstorm

  Hamilton Health Sciences say emergency rooms across Hamilton saw a significant increase in heart attacks Monday, following the blizzard that swept through Southwestern Ontario.

  Health

  Jan 18, 2022
• Queen’s School of Medicine launches first university-owned technology group

  Queen's School of Medicine has launched its first-ever university-owned technology program that has already reached international users.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2021
• McMaster, Brock extend health sciences partnership, aim to keep more doctors in Niagara

  McMaster and Brock universities are extending a partnership that began in 2012 and has helped train and keep more physicians practising locally.

  News

  Jan 9, 2020
• Queen’s study says hormone involved in exercise could slow Alzheimer’s disease

  A Queen's University study found that Alzheimer's patients have less of the hormone irisin, which has led them to create ways of boosting irisin in the brain.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2019
• ‘HSC is a war zone’: Ex-hospital security guard speaks out about conflicting rules

  A former Health Sciences Centre security guard is speaking out about the confusion over their role at the hospital, saying the job and rules have changed.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2018
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• Portable imaging system to help identify concussions using brain activity

  Symptoms of a concussion can vary greatly between individuals and include headaches, nausea, loss of memory and lack of co-ordination, which make it difficult to find treatment options.

  Health

  Mar 14, 2018
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• Virtual reality helping U of S students and surgeons analyze the brain like never before

  A team at the University of Saskatchewan has developed a virtual reality brain and it's allowing students and surgeons to analyze like never before.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2017