Children who suffer cognitive impairment from multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to have less brain matter, according to a study by researchers from 91亚色, The Hospital for Sick Children, and McGill University. Researchers found that cognitive impairment occurs in approximately 30 per cent of children and teens with MS; reduced processing speed is […]
The brain's ability to change or adapt across a person's lifespan is much greater than originally thought and scientists are still discovering just how far that plasticity goes. At the upcoming International Conference on Plastic Vision at 91亚色, some 24 researchers from around the world will discuss their latest findings. "We try to touch on […]
Faculty and graduate students from southern Ontario鈥檚 scientific community came together聽at 91亚色聽to discuss issues related to muscle health at the second annual Muscle Health Awareness Day (MHAD). The event, sponsored by the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC), featured a series of lectures looking at muscle adaptation, disease, development, blood flow and metabolism. Some of […]
A cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism sharpens the mind, wrote The New 91亚色 Times May 30: Her good news: Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease symptoms. Dr. Bialystok, 62, a distinguished research professor of psychology at […]
There is karma in kindness. It seems that the Biblical adage of doing unto others, as you鈥檇 have them do unto you, pays off in happiness, reported the Toronto Star May 17: A 91亚色 study found that people who performed small acts of kindness 鈥 every day for five to 15 minutes for a […]
Practicing small acts of kindness will make you a happier person, and the boost in mood stays with you for months, according to research out of 91亚色. More than 700 people took part in a study that聽charted the effects of being nice to others, in small doses, over the course of a week. Researchers […]
Research sheds light on human belief in Friday the 13th, Bigfoot, fate, heaven and hell It was during this week, in the lead-up to today鈥檚 supernaturally inclined date of Friday the 13th, that I learned the similarity between believing in Bigfoot and believing in The One, wrote columnist Micah Toub in The Globe and Mail […]
If you follow the advice below, chances are, your son will turn into the kind of man you want him to be, wrote WomensDay.com May 11, in a story about parenting advice for mothers: Encourage him to read novels. Ongoing studies at 91亚色 [by psychology Professor Raymond Mar and colleagues in the Faculty of […]
91亚色 nursing Professor Christine Jonas-Simpson has always been keenly interested in loss and grief, how people experience it and how they integrate it into their lives in a continuing way. It was while doing research on daughters who had lost their mothers to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease that Jonas-Simpson experienced what she calls 鈥渢he deepest loss of聽my […]
The Ontario Hockey Federation's decision to ban bodychecking will likely draw more players to the game and keep others from dropping out, wrote The Canadian Press May 6 (via Global Toronto): The federation is making the change 鈥 which affects players between the ages of 6 and 21 鈥 in an effort to create a […]
Pair recognized for graduate and undergraduate teaching excellence Two 91亚色 nursing professors have won provincial awards for innovative and excellent teaching. At its fourth annual awards ceremony Saturday, the Council of Ontario Universities Programs in Nursing (COUPN) presented Patricia Bradley with the Teaching Innovation Award and Christine Jonas-Simpson with the Excellence in Teaching Award. Above: […]
How can Blackberry smartphones be used to reduce health risks? And what can head injuries teach us about how to rehabilitate our bodies? Physicians and clinicians from Southlake Regional Health Centre, and researchers from 91亚色, will speak at an open house Monday about how they are working together 鈥 in the hospital and in […]
Some 24 outside agencies came to the inaugural 91亚色 Autism Research Alliance鈥檚 Research Showcase at 91亚色 last week to hear what researchers were working on 鈥 everything from isolating three to 20 genes potentially responsible for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to looking at how children with ASD process visual and auditory information. 鈥淭he take home […]
Stillbirths claim more lives each year than HIV-AIDS and malaria combined When Christine Jonas-Simpson鈥檚 son Ethan was born, there was an eerie quiet in the delivery room, and then a piercing wail, wrote The Globe and Mail's Andre Picard April 13. 鈥淭he only cry I heard was my own,鈥 she said somberly. Ethan was dead, […]
Punishment isn鈥檛 the answer for kids who learned to bully at home, says a Toronto psychology professor, wrote Halifax鈥檚 Chronicle-Herald April 9. "If a child is bullied at home by his or her parents or siblings, they鈥檙e going to learn the patterns they need to learn about the use of power and aggression in relationships," […]
Seniors receiving hospital care in acute care for elders units have shorter hospital stays, experience fewer declines in physical functioning and are less likely to be discharged to a nursing home than when treated in regular hospital units. This is one of聽the preliminary findings of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded study led at 91亚色. […]
Students Angela Deotto and Lilly Solomon recognized for poster projects If you were wandering through Vari Hall last Wednesday afternoon, you could have stopped and chatted with聽fourth-year psychology students about聽some pretty esoteric聽subjects. The rotunda was a maze of posters featuring聽the thesis projects of 78 students ready to explain whether聽eating disturbances are聽symptoms of depression, how to […]
CBC reporter Mary Wiens featured聽 Harvey Skinner, dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health, in one of a series of reports on the non-violence movement in the Middle East, that aired on CBC Radio's "Metro Morning"聽March 31.聽 Below is a text聽summary from CBC News online. An audio file of the full report is available on the […]
Lovebirds, a mix of animation and live action from by Toronto company Starz Animation, is the showcase production of the Toronto-based 3D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC), a 91亚色 initiative that has brought academic researchers and filmmakers together to explore the burgeoning world of 3D filmmaking to achieve better results, wrote Liam Lacey in […]
If you're a patient at Southlake Regional Health Centre, there's now a better chance you'll be part of a research project, wrote the Newmarket Era March 16; the story also appeared on 91亚色Region.com: A partnership between the local hospital and 91亚色 will embed leading scientists from the postsecondary institution as researchers to work alongside […]