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Twenty-seven percent of individuals who had an emergency department visit for cannabis use developed a new anxiety disorder within three years, according to new research.

COVID-19, although no longer considered by the World Health Organization as a public-health emergency of international concern, remains a threat in Canada and worldwide. Although many discoveries have been made over the past three years, there remain many unanswered questions as subvariants continue to spread and affect people around the world. This is why the Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response ...

A groundbreaking research study is being launched in Iqaluit to explore wastewater monitoring as a tool to detect and prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in Nunavut.

Dr. Richard Naud’s work has important implications for theories of learning and memory and could potentially lead to future developments in AI.

Our broad research community has emerged as a true innovator in EV/exosomes research, making new discoveries with potentially broad impact.

Concussion is the most common brain injury impacting 400,000 Canadians annually, yet research to date has primarily focused on professional and high-performance athletes or military veterans, with little effort to integrate data collection across the full spectrum of patients. This siloed approach has greatly restricted the potential for new discoveries in brain health and insights related to indi...

The uOttawa-led team found that exposing cancer cells to sublethal doses of chemotherapeutics increases the resistance of cell populations to higher doses of drugs.

The new ranking puts uOttawa squarely in the top tier of ‘Medical Doctoral’ universities in Canada.

A world-first clinical trial published in JAMA could provide an easy way to save tens of thousands of units of blood every year in Canada and much more worldwide. The trial, which involved more than 27,000 patients in 25 adult intensive care units (ICUs) across Canada, showed that taking less blood for lab tests using “small-volume” tubes reduced the need for almost one blood transfusion for every...

Research from the Faculty of Medicine suggests immune and non-immune cells can be reprogrammed by changing how nutrients are used. These insights may prove to have ramifications for battling cancer.