TORONTO, January 9, 2013: More than half of family doctors do not receive discharge summaries of their patients who undergo cardiac rehabilitation, which may result in ineffective post-discharge care, York University study reveals. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of disability in the world, and cardiac rehabilitation programs have been proven to keep […]
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York U researchers identify abnormalities in response to flickering light in migraines
TORONTO, January 2, 2013: Migraine sufferers are extra sensitive to flickering lights starting at an early point in the visual pathway, York University researchers have found. Professor Frances Wilkinson and her co-researchers Michel Thabet, Professor Hugh Wilson and Olivera Karanovic report in the January 2013 issue of Cephalalgia that those who are not affected by […]
New urban studies course invites York U students to explore Toronto through hip hop culture
Toronto, Dec. 18, 2012 – An innovative new course at York University is using Toronto as an urban laboratory to understand the unique relationship between hip hop culture and Canadian urbanism. “It’s the first course in Canada to examine a subject in the social sciences through a hip hop lens,” says course creator and instructor […]
Industry sponsorship leads to bias in reported findings of clinical trials: York U research
Toronto, Dec. 13, 2012 – Industry sponsored clinical trials present a more favourable picture of the effects of drugs and medical devices than those reporting on non-industry sponsored trials, according to a new Cochrane Review published Dec. 12 by an international team of researchers including York University Professor Joel Lexchin. “It is important that clinical […]
New Osgoode program assists law students to meet needs of people with disabilities
TORONTO, December 10, 2012 – York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, which has been a leader in “law in action” for several decades, has approved the creation of a new experiential education program to assist law students in understanding the issues of people with disabilities. The Disability Law Intensive Program, the first of its kind […]
‘Education for every girl’ vision wins York U free tuition for future student
TORONTO, December 3, 2012 – York University future student Sosina Tilahun, 18, will receive one year free tuition as part of the university’s this is my time contest jointly presented by MuchMusic. She plans to enroll in York U’s film program offered by the Faculty of Fine Arts. Tilahun was chosen from a large […]
Function-focused care creates better outcomes for hospitalized seniors: York U study
TORONTO Nov. 28, 2012 – Seniors hospitalized for a serious event such as illness or injury have fewer falls, less functional decline and earlier discharge with lower costs of care if they are treated in an acute geriatric care unit where staff focus on early intervention for functional decline, according to a recent study by […]
