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Utilisons-nous les bons outils pour évaluer les risques des feux de forêt sur la santé?

Utilisons-nous les bons outils pour évaluer les risques des feux de forêt sur la santé?

La microcirculation représente une part sous-étudiée du système cardiovasculaire dans le contexte des feux de forêt selon des chercheurs en kinésiologie de l'Université York, qui sont disponibles pour des entretiens tant en anglais qu'en français TORONTO, 23 août, 2023 – Tandis que les feux de forêt continuent d'avoir un impact dévastateur à travers le monde […]

New study out of York U answers the question: is anyone truly healthy?

New study out of York U answers the question: is anyone truly healthy?

Population-level research suggests nearly all of us have something we could work on TORONTO, July 04, 2023 – A new long-term study of population-level data shows that when it comes to health, pretty much everyone could make improvements, plus the relationship with risk factors and mortality changes over time, sometimes in surprising ways. “You can […]

New study gives clues on why exercise helps with inflammation

New study gives clues on why exercise helps with inflammation

Researchers have long known that moderate exercise has a beneficial impact on the body’s response to inflammation, but what’s been less understood is why. New research coming out of York University done on a mouse model suggests that the answers may lie at the production level of macrophages — white blood cells responsible for killing off infections, healing injury and otherwise acting as first responders in the body.  

York University leads groundbreaking research to ensure technology revolution leaves no one behind

York University leads groundbreaking research to ensure technology revolution leaves no one behind

$318-million Connected Minds initiative to bring equity and inclusion to murky waters of AI April 28, 2023 A massive seven-year interdisciplinary research initiative led by York University – backed by substantial federal research funding — is setting out to tame the unruly world of AI and other disruptive technologies, so humans can benefit equitably from […]

York University leads $318.4M first-of-kind inclusive next-gen technology research initiative

York University leads $318.4M first-of-kind inclusive next-gen technology research initiative

Together with Queen’s University, the cross-disciplinary work is backed by $105.7M in federal funding through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund TORONTO, April 28, 2023 — Is an equitable world that includes humans and machines possible? York University researchers believe it must be and have set out to make it so through a first of its kind interdisciplinary […]