Reading Time: 5 minutes U of A obesity, health experts help update guidelines that shift focus from the weigh scale and onto health outcomes
Category: Science
What you need to know about cancer
Reading Time: 4 minutes Cancer isn’t one disease with one cure, but researchers have made significant progress in understanding and treating it
Get science out of the lab and onto the street to save lives
Reading Time: 6 minutes We know good safety practices from our grandmother – but are we courageous and persistent enough to follow them?
Federal government undermines COVID-19 vaccine development
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s amended Patent Act weakens protections for intellectual property in the life sciences just when rights are vital for mobilizing a rapid response
Canadians with disabilities face barriers to financial security
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study shows those living with disabilities average 25% less in assets and COVID-19 is making the situation worse
White supremacists misappropriating Norse mythology: expert
Reading Time: 4 minutes Scandinavian studies professor debunks idea of ‘racial purity’ that makes racist extremists identify with Viking culture
Discovery of HIV infection mechanism could hold key to COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes New understanding leads U of A researchers to try a new class of drugs against SARS-CoV-2 and HIV
Eight things you need to know about the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine
Reading Time: 13 minutes Experts share their knowledge, hopes and fears about the chances of finding a way to inoculate the world against the deadly virus
Dungeons & Dragons may help at-risk kids level up social skills
Reading Time: 4 minutes U of A researchers look at community program to find out why playing the popular role-playing game seems to foster social growth
Study reveals insights into how we change as we age
Reading Time: 7 minutes Landmark 35-year research project yields surprising findings about happiness, relationships, generational differences and more