Using dental anthropology to understand humanity
For decades, anthropologists have used teeth to answer questions about the lives and relationships of ancient and modern-day people. Dental anthropology is the study of…
For decades, anthropologists have used teeth to answer questions about the lives and relationships of ancient and modern-day people. Dental anthropology is the study of…
“Handicapped,” “Special needs,” “accessibility-seeking,” or the newly popular “differently abled.” These are just a few euphemisms — terms to soften or obscure a word deemed…
High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart disease and affects close to one in four Canadian adults. Cancer causes around a quarter…
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues, causing the lining of the joints…
Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that occurs in 1 out of every 10,000 female births. Infants with the syndrome generally develop normally for…
As a child, Kirstin Brink loved dinosaurs. Today, she is a vertebrate paleontologist and assistant professor in the U of M’s department of geological sciences….
According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, up to 80 per cent of premature heart disease and stroke can be prevented by making healthy life…
In 1893, a brush with death would lead to the invention of a machine capable of reading human brain waves. At the age of 19,…
Janine Newton Montgomery’s journey into school psychology began as a kindergarten teacher. When her role teaching students to read led her to cross paths with…
At the U of M’s Village Lab, which explores the intersections of health and social sciences with a focus on marginalized communities, the Gigii-Bapiimin study…