Ancient spinal injury—a story of survival
It was a single fragment of bone, but to Angela Lieverse, it told an 8,000-year-old tale of violence and compassion.
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It was a single fragment of bone, but to Angela Lieverse, it told an 8,000-year-old tale of violence and compassion.
Aug 14, 2017
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Researcher Catherine Trask and recent master's graduate Xiaoke Zeng have found that farmers experience prolonged "body shock" when riding horses or driving farming machinery on uneven terrain during an average workday. Whole ...
Jun 19, 2017
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Men and women who were once mobile, busy and hard-working often find themselves contained by the physical limitations of their aging bodies, a consequence of growing old.
Jun 12, 2017
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In Canada, bone fractures due to osteoporosis affect one in three women and one in five men over their lifetimes, costing the health care system more than $2.3 billion a year.
Sep 30, 2014
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(Medical Xpress) -- A University of Saskatchewan research team led by Tony Kusalik and Scott Napper have harnessed bioinformatics and molecular biology to create powerful software that promises to become a must have ...
Jun 4, 2012
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In 2022, an estimated 7,000 Canadians were diagnosed with leukemia, a term used to define cancer of the blood cells. Of that 7,000, it is estimated that nearly half will face mortality. University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...
Feb 7, 2023
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As the fifth wave of the pandemic—driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant—begins to show some early indications of subsiding, USask researchers are pointing to the warning signs of the effects on distressed ...
Feb 4, 2022
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University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers and partners at the City of Saskatoon (CoS) and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) have developed a COVID-19 early warning system by sampling and testing the city's wastewater ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Dogs may hold the key to uncovering novel cancer therapy targets and treatments that will benefit domestic animals and their owners, as well as human cancer patients.
Aug 17, 2020
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After finally emerging from months of working and sheltering at home, with the majority of the population following pandemic prevention measures, Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine (Ph.D.) knows the last thing people want to think about ...
Aug 17, 2020
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