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Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

U of A experts aim to advance life-changing health research
Suzette Bremault-Phillips

Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

PTSD therapy walks patients through past trauma
Liam McCoy, It’s time for doctors to team up with AI diagnostic tools

Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

It’s time for doctors to team up with AI diagnostic tools
Brain Diagram

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

New research links brain region to linguistic ability
Neurons

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

‘Orphan neurons’ could hold key to standing after spinal cord injury
Holding hands

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Psychiatric training for family doctors aims to provide better mental health care for rural and Indigenous patients
Trigeminal Neuralgia

Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research

Gamma Knife trial offers hope to people with trigeminal neuralgia
Vaccine

Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

Vaccine shows promise in fighting neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s
Person with robotic arm

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Feeling is believing: Lack of touch impairs hand-eye co-ordination
Simonetta Sipione, Elena Posse de Chaves, John Monryor stand in front of a Pharmacy sign

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Researchers uncover how brain lipids help neurons communicate and protect themselves
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Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Researcher tackles ‘super kidney’ challenge in critically ill patients
Dementia

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Earlier diagnosis and treatment of dementia may help delay progression of the disease: researchers
Brad Kerr

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Research team identifies potential new target for relieving pain after surgery
AI healthcare

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

U of A researchers use machine learning to predict future opioid overdose cases
Vision

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Mixed reality glasses give ‘the whole world back’ to people with partial vision loss
DNA

Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research

Genomics could hold the key to stroke risk
MS

Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

Study reveals discrepancies in care for Albertans living with multiple sclerosis
Toshi Yokota

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Gene therapy shows promise for treating rare muscle disease
Photo Ben Dyson

Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

Game on: Transforming cognitive research at the UofA
Hand Swiping on Phone

Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

Smartphone swipes reveal clues to how we make decisions
Child Drawing

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Machine learning helps predict ADHD in kindergarten students
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Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Hard-to-study region of the brain comes alive during our deepest sleep
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Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

New study yields significant insight into a major driver of Alzheimer’s Disease
Two women walking outdoors.

Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

Sitting less, moving more helps stroke patients recover mobility
Woman standing at whiteboard teaching students

Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

Why being bilingual could help keep your mind sharp as you age
student

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Research addresses mental health disparities among Canada’s youth
Anastassia Voronova

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

New U of A study shows heart-brain connection in KBG syndrome
photo of Esther Kim

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Six things to know about primary progressive aphasia
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Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

A revelation in protein folding offers hope for potential ALS medicines
Maria Ioannou

Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

Fat in the brain could be key to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease
Karim Fouad

Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

Rehabilitation expert leading research into spinal cord injuries
Valerie Sim

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

U of A labs receive important funding towards determining cause of ALS
monkey pox virus

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Researchers seek clues to how monkeypox virus may infiltrate brain cells
Photo of Dr. Bradley Kerr

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

New research suggests chronic pain is different for males and females
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Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Newly identified biomarker could lead to simple blood test for rare autoimmune disease
Bo Cao

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Machine learning used to predict future health as Canadians age
brain

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Inside the mind of the machine
neurons

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Research reveals clues to why immune cells seem to cause brain damage
Sherif Mahmoud

Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research

Different methods of giving patients a drug to prevent stroke complications lead to ‘massive variation’ in outcomes
woman on phone

Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

Machine learning model able to detect signs of Alzheimer’s across languages
photo of Sanjay Kalra

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Researchers pinpoint neurochemical marker linked with loss of motor function in ALS
 DANIEL MORENO DE LUCA

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Genetic testing offers insight to improve care for youth living with autism spectrum disorder
Jacqueline Cummine

Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Research

Researcher uses MRIs to explore the intricate processes involved in reading
3MDR Machine

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

New provincial funding helps advance innovative therapy, support for military members and veterans
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Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Research

New national network brings together expertise and experience to tackle long COVID
Anastassia Voronova

Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Researcher takes another step toward discovering how a brain molecule could halt MS
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Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Key Alzheimer’s risk factors affect men more than women, study shows
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Research, Science and Technology, UAlberta

U of A study sheds new light on how GABA affects nervous system
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Research, Science and Technology, UAlberta

Machine learning predicts risk of opioid use disorder for individual patients
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UAlberta, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

Researchers team up to speed up nerve regeneration
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News

Repairing relationships through forgiveness may help people recover from moral injury
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Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Beautiful brain: exhibit illuminates the human connections behind neuroscience
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Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

NMHI graduate’s ‘plan B’ PhD project may advance stroke research
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Research

U of A researchers with the Edmonton Stroke Program contribute to major advance in treatment of stroke
Beaver

News

Can beavers catch chronic wasting disease?
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News

For patients with mental health conditions, genetic testing may soon help physicians select the right drug
Photo of graduate student Brandon Hauer

News

Convocation spotlight: Brandon Hauer, PhD in Neuroscience
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Social media data show language related to depression didn’t spike after initial pandemic wave
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News

U of A innovation leading to hope for MS patients
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News

Put on your thinking cap: mild electrical stimulation could boost cognitive ability
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News

U of A researchers leading in applying neuroinformatics to precision health research
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News

Adding molecule to brain could be key to treatment for myelin disorders such as MS, study shows
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News

Researchers accurately identify people with PTSD through text data alone
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News

VR technology could reveal how the brain forms memories in the real world
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News

How to build resilience and boost your mental health
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News

Researchers developing bioengineered ‘bridge’ to help heal spinal cord injuries
Alex Ouellette Zuk

News

Fall 2021 Convocation Spotlight: Alexandra Ouellette Zuk, ‘21 MSc, Neuroscience
Anastassia Voronova

News

Brain molecule helps ‘wake up’ cells that could help tackle MS and similar diseases, study shows
Dr. Kalra standing beside MR

News

$2.85 million awarded to create new platform to accelerate and support ALS research
bandaged limb

News

Biosensors embedded in bandages could monitor diabetic foot wounds to prevent amputations
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News

New texting services launched to support first responders’ mental health
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News

Species of gut bacteria linked to enhanced cognition and language skills in infant boys
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News

Protein variant prevents transmission of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer
Peggy St. Jacques

News

Research into how we retrieve memories could help treat people with PTSD and other anxiety disorders
Jacqueline Hebert

News

Cross-disciplinary program will train industry-ready grads in growing field of SMART technology
Dr. Andy Greenshaw

News

Provincial data show a link between visits to supervised consumption services and decreased fentanyl-related overdose deaths
Zebrafish

News

Early exposure to cannabis compounds reduces later neural activity in zebrafish
Implantable device

News

Improved detection of atrial fibrillation through new devices could prevent a significant number of disabling strokes
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News

Researchers hope AI can help diagnose depression more accurately
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News

Researchers craft AI-based tool that detects bipolar disorder at earlier stages
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News

Exercising in the morning might make it harder to remember things that evening, study suggests
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News

Researchers aim to end chronic pain in MS patients by finding its starting point
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U of A team receives new funding to advance understanding of misfolded proteins linked with dementia
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Professor’s passion for ‘rewiring’ the human body draws international praise
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Daily text message service helps with stress, anxiety and depression during COVID-19: studies