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Kidney donation won’t cause long-term health woes: London-led study
Donating a kidney does not lead to any negative long-term health problems, a just-published international study led by London researchers has found. The research found that there was little difference in rates of high blood pressure, kidney function or other physical or mental health function between donors and healthy people after seven years. The study […]
Oldest Western University grad now four degrees into retirement
Hooked on learning, 77-year-old Paul Hansen – who’s getting his PhD – says it was “a little bit scary” at first going to school with teens.
Researchers pioneer method to combat swimmer’s itch by relocating ducks | Great Lakes Echo
Jeff Stratton’s beloved Larks Lake left his feet and legs covered in hundreds of itchy red welts.
“It was horrible,” said Stratton, 68, “Crazy itchy. Crazy painful.”
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Community input sought for cleaned-up lakes, shorelines | Great Lakes Echo
It’s taken over 30 years and $80 million to restore Muskegon Lake and a few nearby smaller bodies of water.
Decades of pollution and rapid urbanization created ecological problems so severe that the lake was designated a “Great Lakes Area of Concern” by the U.S. and Canada in 1987.
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London-based study finds specific inflammation may increase risk of colorectal cancer
Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry examined six different types of colitis in a new preclinical study.
London-led study aims to to delay, prevent dementia
Lawson Health Research Institute scientists are hoping to recruit seniors with mild cognitive impairment for a new study into whether lifestyle and behavioural changes can delay or prevent dementia.
Over a quarter of Canadian high schoolers are vaping: Study
In a study by Western University and its affiliate Brescia University College, scientists found 26 per cent of high schoolers across the country reported having vaped in the previous month.
Education key to getting students to stop vaping: Western study
Western University researchers showed undergraduate students from 23 universities across six provinces an eight-minute video detailing the potential consequences of the habit.
Artificial intelligence age-estimation technology prone to biases, study shows
Researchers from Western University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel tested 21 age-estimation AI technologies and compared them to the performance of 30 human observers.
Artificial intelligence age-estimation technology prone to biases, study shows
Researchers from Western University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel tested 21 age-estimation AI technologies and compared them to the performance of 30 human observers.