Imagine visiting a doctor who doesn’t speak your language fluently. Now imagine trying to explain your symptoms, understand medical advice, and make important health decisions, all through a language barrier. Frustrating, right? Beyond just being frustrating, it turns out that language barriers in medical environments could have detrimental effects on heart health.
OSURJ is a science journal that prides itself on its ability to serve as a support system for students that are working to get publications under their belt.
Targeting mitochondrial dynamics—the ways that mitochondria alter their structure within cells—could be crucial in stopping the development of cancer, according to research by Dr. Julie St-Pierre and her colleagues.
The Connecting Young Minds (CYM) conference provided University of Ottawa students with the inspiration, community, and guidance they need to navigate the often-daunting world of medicine and research, featuring insightful talks, networking, and a showcase of undergraduate research.
The most effective health intervention is vaccination, which guarantees that kids will not only make it through their first year of life but will also thrive as adults. Vaccines have prevented almost 154 million deaths in the last 50 years, or six deaths every minute. The 51% decrease in the global under-5 death rate since …
“Sleep deprivation already changes something even before you realize that,” said U of O Professor Zhou Fang.
Although there are valid reasons to believe our gut has an influence on our mood because it’s at the centre of our physiology, nervous system, and hormones, a word of caution might be needed.
The funds will go towards a new faculty of health sciences building and establishing a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health.
How are amphibious centipedes able to walk and swim? How are they able to coordinate their bodies as they transition from land to water or vice-versa?
Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread before or during your studies? Have you or any of your family ever seen a math-anxious student? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, don’t wait another minute: pick up the phone and call the professionals.
The researchers observed improvement in cardiac function and electrical signal conduction in the mice that were given the spray, and the results were able to be replicated in repeated experiments.
This finding disrupts any preconceived notions that Pleistocene wolves were located at bottom of the carnivore levels.
“It opens up all these possibilities now for future research,” said U of O professor Pierre Berini.
Explorative research by Michael Murack finds that chronic sleep disruption causes depression in adolescents.
If successful, these viruses could become an effective therapy in fighting breast and ovarian cancers providing hope to those who need it the most.
CHEO and U of O have partnered with the City of Ottawa to work on a “shitty” research project dealing with local sewage.
Due to growing concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Ottawa’s office of the vice-president, research (OVPR) has asked that all non-essential critical research or non-time sensitive research begin scaling down their activities by Friday.
Five University of Ottawa professors are receiving more than $2 million in funding from the federal government to support research projects aimed at addressing the COVID-19 epidemic.
Deciphering emojis in messages can be confusing, but a U of O PhD student is using his research project to break down the meaning behind communicating using emojis. Olivier Langlois submitted his master’s thesis on Sept. 19, which showcased how people responded to emojis within text messages.
“We care for patients — we have been for 25 years — using basic science and role models with collaborators in various fields including chemistry, molecular biology, imaging, and others, to try and really characterize the changes between mobility to better prevent and treat them,” says U of O professor Guy Trudel.
The gathering held over the weekend, held partly on campus, looked to highlight the guitar’s relationship to electronic music and the academic study of the instrument.
Study suggests consuming probiotics, live bacteria found in yogurt and fermented milk, during puberty may help build resilience to mental illness later in the lifespan through the gut microbiome.
The fundamental principle of quantum mechanics is superposition which states that a particle can exist in multiple places at the exact same time.
A recent study led by University of Ottawa researcher Dr. Jarius Cross led to a shocking discovery. There was, collectively, zero reading done by U of O students during the winter semester reading week.
For four days, Trudeau’s team exposed zebrafish to Prozac as embryos. Shortly after hatching, the fish were showing lower cortisol levels compared to those not exposed to the drug. When exposed to stress or new environments, the male fish responded less.
