Tag: Canada News

While most aspects of care quality in long-term care homes did not differ in the first year of the pandemic from pre-pandemic levels, a new study shows that the use of antipsychotic drugs increased in all provinces.

Sixty per cent of roughly 1,600 Canadians who took part in a new McGill University study say their lifestyle habits either stayed the same or improved during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new agreement between McMaster University and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) will enable collaboration on evidence-based solutions to infectious disease problems.

A research project on fast-tracking drug development for neurodegenerative diseases and another on technology to study the brain at the patient’s bedside are two Western projects among four across Canada awarded grants through the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF)...

A new study from researchers at the University of Toronto and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is challenging conventional wisdom on human-computer interaction and reducing bias in AI.

Arianna Mamer got bit by the science bug as a high school student in Rocky Mountain House, Alta.

Non-avian dinosaurs were probably in decline long before an asteroid smashing into the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago sealed their fate, according to a University of Alberta...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis and is characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.

Sara Abu-Obaidbelieves that the entire wastewater management industry is due for a paradigm shift.

A new framework developed by University of Waterloo researchers demonstrates the significant economic health savings and benefits from urban park investments.