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Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture
U of A experts aim to advance life-changing health research23 July 2026
Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture
PTSD therapy walks patients through past trauma20 July 2026
Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology
It’s time for doctors to team up with AI diagnostic tools30 April 2026
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
New research links brain region to linguistic ability14 April 2026
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
‘Orphan neurons’ could hold key to standing after spinal cord injury1 April 2026
Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness
Psychiatric training for family doctors aims to provide better mental health care for rural and Indigenous patients30 March 2026
Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research
Gamma Knife trial offers hope to people with trigeminal neuralgia9 March 2026
Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture
Vaccine shows promise in fighting neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s9 March 2026
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Feeling is believing: Lack of touch impairs hand-eye co-ordination12 November 2025
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
Researchers uncover how brain lipids help neurons communicate and protect themselves5 November 2025
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Researcher tackles ‘super kidney’ challenge in critically ill patients29 October 2025
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
Earlier diagnosis and treatment of dementia may help delay progression of the disease: researchers9 September 2025
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Research team identifies potential new target for relieving pain after surgery28 August 2025
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
U of A researchers use machine learning to predict future opioid overdose cases2 June 2025
Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness
Mixed reality glasses give ‘the whole world back’ to people with partial vision loss26 May 2025
Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research
Genomics could hold the key to stroke risk8 May 2025
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research
Study reveals discrepancies in care for Albertans living with multiple sclerosis16 April 2025
Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness
Gene therapy shows promise for treating rare muscle disease11 February 2025
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research
Game on: Transforming cognitive research at the UofA6 February 2025
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research
Smartphone swipes reveal clues to how we make decisions20 January 2025
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
Machine learning helps predict ADHD in kindergarten students9 January 2025
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
Hard-to-study region of the brain comes alive during our deepest sleep4 September 2024
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research
New study yields significant insight into a major driver of Alzheimer’s Disease28 August 2024
Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology
Sitting less, moving more helps stroke patients recover mobility24 July 2024
Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness
Why being bilingual could help keep your mind sharp as you age22 July 2024
Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness
Research addresses mental health disparities among Canada’s youth9 July 2024
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
New U of A study shows heart-brain connection in KBG syndrome2 July 2024
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Six things to know about primary progressive aphasia26 June 2024
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research
A revelation in protein folding offers hope for potential ALS medicines20 June 2024
Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture
Fat in the brain could be key to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease22 March 2024
Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture
Rehabilitation expert leading research into spinal cord injuries13 March 2024
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
U of A labs receive important funding towards determining cause of ALS7 March 2024
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Researchers seek clues to how monkeypox virus may infiltrate brain cells16 February 2024
Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness
New research suggests chronic pain is different for males and females24 January 2024
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Newly identified biomarker could lead to simple blood test for rare autoimmune disease16 January 2024
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Machine learning used to predict future health as Canadians age10 January 2024
Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness
Research reveals clues to why immune cells seem to cause brain damage30 May 2023
Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research
Different methods of giving patients a drug to prevent stroke complications lead to ‘massive variation’ in outcomes23 May 2023
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research
Machine learning model able to detect signs of Alzheimer’s across languages15 May 2023
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
Researchers pinpoint neurochemical marker linked with loss of motor function in ALS4 May 2023
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Genetic testing offers insight to improve care for youth living with autism spectrum disorder24 April 2023
Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research
Researcher uses MRIs to explore the intricate processes involved in reading21 April 2023
Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness
New provincial funding helps advance innovative therapy, support for military members and veterans21 April 2023
Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research
New national network brings together expertise and experience to tackle long COVID10 March 2023
Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness
Researcher takes another step toward discovering how a brain molecule could halt MS23 January 2023
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Key Alzheimer’s risk factors affect men more than women, study shows20 January 2023
Research, Science and Technology, UAlberta
U of A study sheds new light on how GABA affects nervous system19 December 2022
Research, Science and Technology, UAlberta
Machine learning predicts risk of opioid use disorder for individual patients7 December 2022
UAlberta, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research
Researchers team up to speed up nerve regeneration24 November 2022
News
Repairing relationships through forgiveness may help people recover from moral injury10 November 2022
Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture
Beautiful brain: exhibit illuminates the human connections behind neuroscience6 October 2022
Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness
NMHI graduate’s ‘plan B’ PhD project may advance stroke research30 June 2022
News
Researchers developing bioengineered ‘bridge’ to help heal spinal cord injuries24 January 2022
News
Fall 2021 Convocation Spotlight: Alexandra Ouellette Zuk, ‘21 MSc, Neuroscience18 November 2021