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Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Video spotlight: Misinformation expert meets the manosphere

New documentary film hosted by Timothy Caulfield examines the hypermasculinity movement in contemporary culture.

November 20, 2024
By Geoff McMaster

A new Canada-wide website about the safety of medications for pregnant women launched today, thanks in part to extensive data from Alberta. U of A epidemiologist Padma Kaul is the principal investigator for Alberta’s ongoing research into mother-child health. (Photo: Getty Images)

Health And Wellness, Research

New website provides pregnant women with much-needed info on medications

Aim is to help women and their clinicians understand which meds are safe to take during pregnancy.

November 19, 2024
By Gillian Rutherford

A new U of A study shows that drugs like Ozempic may not just be causing people to lose weight — they may be causing the heart to lose muscle. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

Weight-loss drug found to shrink heart muscle in mice, human cells

U of A researchers urge caution about the unknown unintended negative health consequences of trendy anti-obesity medications.

November 18, 2024
By Michael Brown

As a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta, nutrition researcher Carla Prado will develop practical, personalized resources to help women and other patients with cancer maintain vital muscle mass. (Photo: John Ulan)

Science and Technology, Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Leading nutrition expert aims to help women tip the scales in their favour against cancer

Carla Prado is one of 11 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs at the U of A.

November 14, 2024
By Bev Betkowski

Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize

Michael Houghton wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

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Science and Technology, Research

U of A Nobel winner’s impact extends from personal to global

Michael Houghton’s colleagues and trainees describe the determination that led him to discover the hepatitis C virus and continue his quest for vaccines that will save millions of lives.

08 October 2020 By Gillian Rutherford

Research, Science and Technology

COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner

A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is essential—and thanks to scientific advances and global will, it will likely come faster than any previous vaccine, according to virologist Michael Houghton.

08 October 2020 By Michael Brown

Research, Health And Wellness

Michael Houghton reacts to receiving Nobel Prize

U of A virologist Michael Houghton explains the only thing that could best receiving a Nobel Prize.

07 October 2020