Big data isn't just an empty buzzword getting tossed around in the realms of business, health and science. For nursing researcher Suzanne Goopy, large data sets and analysis can actually help us better understand how to create ...
May 3, 2018
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For more than a third of children living with epilepsy, the currently approved medications do not stop their seizures. This statistic has not changed for the past five decades, despite the development of many new anti-seizure ...
Apr 19, 2018
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Researchers at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) have for the first time been able to observe—live and in real-time—how the human body responds to often lethal fungal blood infections in the ...
Apr 4, 2018
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It's one of the most talked about injuries in sport today, concussion. Yet, there is no accepted way to image a concussion. University of Calgary scientist Jeff Dunn, PhD, hopes to change that. He and his team have developed ...
Mar 19, 2018
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They're smaller than a mosquito; they only live for about a month, yet these tiny flying insects are having a big impact on people's health. During their short life, sand flies infect about one million people each year with ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Paulette McIlvena went to bed, at home, and woke up three weeks later, in hospital. She became severely ill due to complications from pancreatitis. While she was in a coma McIlvena underwent surgery and was put on dialysis ...
Dec 22, 2017
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This holiday season, we asked Darren Ferleyko, director of Staff Wellness at the University of Calgary, to give us his top six tips to have a healthy, restful holiday break.
Dec 22, 2017
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Exercise isn't very appealing when you have extreme fatigue and nausea from a chronic illness such as kidney failure. So, when you find out lower-intensity exercise can make a difference, it can be a big relief, says Paul ...
Dec 15, 2017
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Elias Pharaon is 85 years old and can sign his name for the first time in five years thanks to a new way to do brain surgery. Performed by a team of University of Calgary physicians and researchers with the Hotchkiss Brain ...
Dec 7, 2017
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One cold morning in January 2015, Jacqueline Burrus ran to catch a bus and slipped on the ice. She put her right arm out to break her fall, and in that instant her life was changed forever.
Oct 27, 2017
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