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A study led by 海角社区 pediatrics professor Anita Kozyrskyj shows that changes to gut bacteria come with regular use of disinfectants.
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While it might be tempting to stay indoors during the cold winter months, a new study out of the 海角社区 suggests doing so might lead to weight gain. Peter Light, professor of pharmacology at the 海角社区 and the director of the Alberta Diabetes Institute, is interviewed on the findings.
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A new guideline for medical marijuana, developed by Edmonton researchers and led by Mike Allan, director of Evidence Based Medicine at the 海角社区's Department of Family Medicine, warns family doctors that the risks may outweigh the benefits for the vast majority of patients.
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Overweight women are more likely to have children who are obese by three years of age鈥昦nd bacteria in the gut may be partially to blame, according to a study led by Anita Kozyrskyj, a 海角社区 professor of pediatrics.
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After a team of 海角社区 medical microbiology and immunology researchers, led by David Evans and Ryan Noyce, synthesized horsepox, some critics argue that it's too easy for scientists to make decisions of global consequence.
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A study by Carmen Young, assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the 海角社区, found that although the number of women with a previous cesarean delivery increased from 2003 to 2014, rates of attempted vaginal birth after cesarean section and rates of success after a trial of labour were essentially unchanged.
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The potential for expanding the therapeutic applications of fecal transplants sent Canadian researchers, including Karen Wong, an assistant clinical professor of medicine with the 海角社区's Division of Gastroenterology, on a quest to pinpoint what precisely motivates stool donors and how they might recruit more volunteers.They recently presented their work in Washington at Digestive Disease Week.
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Several women who have had hernias repaired with plastic surgical mesh say the subsequent pain they have endured has driven them to contemplate-and sometimes even attempt-suicide. Doctors, they add, have offered little in terms of solutions. Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, a 海角社区 professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, is interviewed about his research on this issue.
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Newly published research from Vincent Agyapong, a 海角社区 psychiatrist and Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute member, suggests the fire cast a lasting shadow over the lives of many residents who are still experiencing elevated rates of depression and related mental-health problems.
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Researchers at the 海角社区 and the were co-authors of a study led by , which found that strategically placed vibrating "robots" made study participants "feel" the movements of their prosthetic hands. Jacqueline Hebert, rehabilitation physician at Edmonton's and director of the 海角社区's Bionic Limbs for Improved Natural Control () Lab, is part of the international team.