26% of Students – New Study Reveals Alarming Rise of Nicotine Vaping in Schools
Over 25% of high school students in Canada have reported using vapes, with 12% stating they have only used nicotine-containing vapes. Jamie Seabrook from Brescia…
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A Painful Truth: LGBTQ+ Adults Report Higher Rates of Pain
Western University sociology professor says pain can be used as an overall holistic measure of physical and psychological well-being at the population level. A new…
Saturn’s Moon Titan Has Ingredients for Life
Catherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist isn’t space-suiting up for her own interstellar voyage, she is…
Significant Risks From Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy Discovered in New Research
A new study from researchers at Western University and Queen’s University definitively shows that regular exposure to THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, during…
Molecular Cannabis Study Reveals How CBD Offsets the Psychiatric Side-Effects of THC
Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side…
The First Stars of the Universe Were as Bright as 100 Million Suns
A newly published study analyzes the time evolution of the luminosity of a cluster of Population III protostars formed in the early universe, revealing that…
Study Reveals Link Between Gut Bacteria and Autism
A team of scientists from Western University and the University of Arkansas have discovered a unique blood marker that shows a link between gut bacteria…
Canadian Man in Vegetative State Communicates That He’s Not in Pain
A Canadian man who was thought to have been in a persistent vegetative state for more than a decade has been able to communicate to…
HIV Vaccine Approved for Human Clinical Trials
Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at The University of Western Ontario have been studying HIV for the last twenty years and working on a…
