The University of Ottawa is celebrating the launch of its new Health Equity for the Aged Lab (HEAL). This initiative aims to improve the health and well-being of seniors from linguistic and cultural minority communities.
The University of Ottawa is celebrating the launch of its new Health Equity for the Aged Lab (HEAL). This initiative aims to improve the health and well-being of seniors from linguistic and cultural minority communities.
The newly discovered gene variant could contribute to high rates of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Inuit populations.
Researchers at the CHEO Research Institute and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have discovered a previously unidentified gene variant that causes Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), which is present in Inuit populations in both Nunavut and N...
The newly discovered gene variant could contribute to high rates of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Inuit populations.
Researchers at the CHEO Research Institute and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have discovered a previously unidentified gene variant that ...
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year, and rising.
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year,...
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year, and rising.
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year,...
A mild winter and wet spring has provided ticks with the right circumstances to be a real pest this summer. Preventative measures are necessary to monitor ticks and avoid your health being compromised.
A mild winter and wet spring has provided ticks with the right circumstances to be a real pest this summer. Preventative measures are necessary to monitor ticks and avoid your health being compromised.
“Many individuals can take a simple problem and make it complicated --- not many can take a complicated problem and make it simple.” This is the motto of the Tallman family, one that they conveyed to the leaders of the Parkinson Research Consortium (PRC) upon their initial meeting. Gord, Bev, Don, and Diana Tallman’s interest was to fund Parkinson’s disease (PD) research in Ottawa. Hence they rea...
“Many individuals can take a simple problem and make it complicated --- not many can take a complicated problem and make it simple.” This is the motto of the Tallman family, one that they conveyed to the leaders of the Parkinson Research Consortium (PRC) upon their initial meeting. Gord, Bev, Don, ...
April 2023 marked the first anniversary of the HRREC Human Rights Clinic project supporting the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Dr Fernand de Varennes.
April 2023 marked the first anniversary of the HRREC Human Rights Clinic project supporting the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Dr Fernand de Varennes.
Algae and plants aren’t called “primary producers” for nothing. They’re the base of all food webs, and the sugars and oxygen they produce through photosynthesis are what allow every other organism on this planet to thrive, including us. So, if they go down, we go down with them.
Algae and plants aren’t called “primary producers” for nothing. They’re the base of all food webs, and the sugars and oxygen they produce through photosynthesis are what allow every other organism on this planet to thrive, including us. So, if they go down, we go down with them.
Climate change is with us, and floods are becoming more frequent and devastating. Professor Ousmane Seidou, a researcher in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, explains what the situation will look like for Canada and for the rest of the world in the next five to 10 years.
Climate change is with us, and floods are becoming more frequent and devastating. Professor Ousmane Seidou, a researcher in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, explains what the situation will look like for Canada and for the rest of the world in the next five to 10 ye...
“The core facilities program at uOttawa — a unique model that is the first of its kind among the U15 — has essentially democratized access to cutting-edge equipment and reliable high-quality research services and expertise,” says Mohamad Nasser-Eddine, associate vice-president, research support and infrastructure, at the University of Ottawa. “Twelve years of investing in our core facilities have ...
“The core facilities program at uOttawa — a unique model that is the first of its kind among the U15 — has essentially democratized access to cutting-edge equipment and reliable high-quality research services and expertise,” says Mohamad Nasser-Eddine, associate vice-president, research support and ...
