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January 2020
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Western In The News is an e-Newsletter that highlights stories with a Western focus that received significant media coverage. This service is provided by Western's media relations team.
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Research from Western’s Exercise and Health Psychology Laboratory found that brisk walks – as short as 20 minutes – can compete with caffeine in terms of enhancing working memory and that exercise may also reduce the negative effects of caffeine withdrawal like headaches, fatigue and crankiness. The study was covered by CTV News’ health reporter Alexandra Mae Jones.
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CBC News reported on a new study from researchers at Western University and Queen’s University definitively showing that regular exposure to THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, during pregnancy has significant impact on placental and fetal development.
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Ivey Business School’s Eric Janssen penned a guest column in the Globe and Mail exploring why more Canadians are exploring major career changes early in their working lives.
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Radio Canada’s science and technology documentary series Découverte visited Western’s WINDEEE Research Institute and Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory to recreate the violent tornado that struck the city of Dunrobin, near Ottawa, in 2018.
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A study released by Western, the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Lawson Health Research Institute, found that injection drug users prescribed controlled-release hydromorphone are three times more likely to develop endocarditis, a serious bacterial heart infection, when compared to those prescribed other opioids. The story was covered by Global News.
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CTV News reported on a new study from Western which found that both women and men are significantly more likely to have a heart attack or another major cardiovascular event within thirty days of having a stroke.
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The Stratford Beacon Herald profiled the work of Western PhD student Dayna Prest as she aims to better understand the LGBTQ+ community’s sense of belonging across the Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County area.
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Guelph Today published an article written by Western professor Janice Forsyth and PhD Candidate Taylor McKee about how new “safe sport” policies can help clean up a troubled hockey culture of abuse, discrimination and harassment. The piece was originally published by The Conversation Canada.
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Western meteor scientist and astronomer Peter Brown was featured in a piece on CNET about a meteor spotted over southern Ontario in January.
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In advance of an appearance on CTV’s W5, Western professor Mike Arntfield was featured in a piece on a new course he’s teaching on writing crime fiction.
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