Reading Time: 3 minutes Getting too much vitamin D can also cause health problems, says U of A pediatric kidney specialist
Category: Science
Group designs better CPR board for resuscitating COVID-19 patients
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pandemic inspires University of Alberta innovation in emergency and critical care
Forensic anthropologist helps police identify unknown victims
Reading Time: 4 minutes For Pamela Mayne Correia, the most satisfying cases are the ones she helps solve with the scarcest of skeletal remains
Butterflies ‘sentinels’ of climate change in mountain ecosystems
Reading Time: 4 minutes U of A scientists urge more monitoring of butterfly populations to help understand alpine environments predicted to change rapidly
Neonatal heart surgery survivors face kidney, blood pressure issues
Reading Time: 4 minutes U of A-led research shows only a third of babies who had cardiac surgery are checked for kidney issues by age six
Is alien life floating in the clouds of Venus?
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s a good chance the global shift from skepticism to possibility about extraterrestrial life is about to extend even further
Are COVID-19 safety measures protecting Canada’s health workers?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study assessing physical, mental health effects of treating COVID-19 patients one of two U of A projects receiving federal funding
Worse birth outcomes, higher pregnancy risk in poorest rural regions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta researchers identify gradients of risk for preterm births, small and large size at birth, smoking and drug use by mothers
‘Superdeep’ diamonds shed light on Earth’s inner workings
Reading Time: 2 minutes U of A researcher leads study revealing new insights into Earth’s carbon cycle
Protein causes mutations that lead to breast cancer cell aggression
Reading Time: 2 minutes U of A researcher uncovers new mechanism for why a particular biomarker is linked with poor outcomes in certain patients