Canadian Institutes of Health Research president hosts town hall meeting at York

After accepting an invitation from the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, Dr. Alain Beaudet, president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), made his first visit to York University on Jan. 19. During the visit, Beaudet met with a strong and diverse group of York researchers and conducted a town hall meeting. The […]

New book examines promotion of health to boost quality of life and reverse stagnating Canadian health trends

Political decisions and ideology continue to play a huge role in determining the quality of life of individuals and communities in Canada, as well as society as a whole, says York health policy & manangement Professor Dennis Raphael, editor of the newly published book Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings being […]

York University opens Canada’s first Muscle Health Research Centre

York University officially opened the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC), the first of its kind in Canada, at 10:30 today. “This centre is unique in that we’re zeroing in on skeletal muscle and its relationship to health, with a strong focus on what exercise can do,” says Professor David Hood, the centre’s founding director. “We’re looking for new discoveries […]

Regular exercise can turn back the clock for aging muscle

It may not be the fountain of youth, but researchers at York University have discovered that regular exercise can effectively turn back the clock for aging skeletal muscle. The study, “Molecular basis for an attenuated mitochondrial adaptive plasticity in aged skeletal muscle,” was recently published in the journal Aging. The results indicate that the elderly are […]

New study finds sand surfaces make for safer playground landing

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and York University have found that using granite sand as playground surfacing reduces the risk of arm fractures in children. The researchers compared the sand surfacing to frequently used wood-chip surfaces. The study is published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. Falls on a playground may […]

York PhD student wins CIHR Synapse Mentorship Award

York’s Michael Vesia, a PhD candidate in kinesiology in the Faculty of Health, is the winner of a 2009 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Synapse Mentorship Award worth $5,000 for his work in organizing a Brain Day at the University. Brain Day was originally designed by Vesia and Portage Trail Middle School Grade 8 teacher […]