A study led by 91亚色 researchers has found seniors fare better 鈥 have fewer falls, less functional decline at discharge and shorter stays 鈥 in acute geriatric care units where staff have a function-focused approach to care. The purpose of the research was to determine the effectiveness of care for seniors in the acute phase […]
91亚色 nursing Professor Sannie Tang will talk about a social justice framework for critical health research at the next Women鈥檚 Mental Health and Well-Being Speakers Series. The talk, 鈥淔illing in the Puzzle of a Social Justice Framework for Critical Health Research: Lessons Learned from Iris Young and Paulo Freire,鈥 will take place Tuesday, Nov. 20, […]
Why do male honey bees receive the royal treatment, while female bees do the work? It鈥檚 all in the brain, according to a new study by bee researchers at 91亚色 in Toronto and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Researchers at the two institutions set out to study differences in how genes are turned […]
Health care practitioners can increase the number of patients referred to a cardiac rehabilitation program by more than 40 per cent, helping them to reduce their risk of dying and improve their quality of life, say researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. Researchers explored multiple strategies to increase referrals to cardiac rehabilitation programs at […]
What happens in those places that are apart from the big cities and major hospitals when health care is needed? Who attends a labouring mother involved in a high-risk delivery or a critically ill newborn when a medical evacuation flight is delayed by bad weather or distance? Those questions and more are at the heart […]
This year, 91亚色 is honouring sociology and women鈥檚 studies Professor Pat Armstrong and psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg with its highest award, Distinguished Research Professor, for their outstanding contributions to the University through research. The title will be conferred on Armstrong at the Spring 2010 Convocation on June 16 at 10:30am and on Greenberg during the […]
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was at 91亚色 on Monday to mark the start of National Nursing Week, and chaired a round-table discussion that included undergraduate nursing students and graduate students in the nurse practitioner program. McGuinty, accompanied by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and 91亚色 West MPP Mario Sergio, began his visit with […]
Premier Dalton McGuinty's visit to 91亚色's School of Nursing was covered in the North 91亚色 Mirror May 11: To kick-start National Nursing Week and highlight the province鈥檚 announcement to introduce another 14 nurse practitioner-led clinics in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty dropped in on a group of nursing students at 91亚色 Monday, May 10. […]