October 30, 2018

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New clinical protocol after general surgery cuts opioid prescribing in half

Deaths from opioid overdoses have become a common, tragic cause of death in North America. A new prescribing protocol offers a step forward.

Program eases stress for families with epilepsy

A community-based treatment program is hoping it will soon help children, and their parents, deal better with the non-medical issues surrounding epilepsy.

The ‘unstoppable’ power of Grayskull

Chances are, you remember your first action hero. And if you are like Rob McCallum, you will remember Adam, prince of Eternia and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull - heroes of McCallum’s documentary

Man|Made masculinity stands against violence

Western’s Man|Made program is taking steps to help male students give better shape to the meaning of healthy masculinity in their lives.

The Walrus Talks

Remembrance

The Walrus Talks Remembrance will explore the nature of how our minds work, how memories define us, and how the past can shape the future.

Words

Words festival captures our stories

“I love regional literary festivals. When I’m in a town or a city, and there is one happening, I will go," says Western Writer-in-Residence Cherie Dimaline, among the featured authors at Words: London’s Literary and Creative Arts Festival.

Instagram

Today is the first day of 2018 Autumn Convocation at #WesternU. Congratulations to our soon-to-be @westernuAlumni #PurpleandProud 🎓💜 🙌

Twitter

"These findings emphasize the importance of testing turmeric before espousing their health benefits." New research from @WesternU & @lawsonresearch shows no beneficial effects of the popular herbal supplement when used in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Pregnant women urged to exercise

A review of 25,000 studies done at Western University was used to develop guidelines which can reduce the risk of pregnancy-related illness such as depression by at least 25 per cent as well as reduce the risk of developing gestational diabetes, high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia by 40 per cent.

Online voting causes headaches in 51 Ontario cities and towns

Aleksander Essex, an assistant professor of software engineering at Western, said Dominion Voting is essentially “blaming it on their subcontractor,” adding it’s not clear why the entire website appeared to shut down temporarily.

An ‘Eye’ on good books

The brilliance of physicist Stephen Hawking, the wit and whimsy of of Edward Lear - these are among the reading joys of Eye author/poet Marianne Micros, PhD'89, who shares her reading preferences in this chapter of Bookmarks.