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Fostering patient-centred care

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Elah Ajene
On Feb. 22, the University of Manitoba’s Café Scientifique hosted a session on innovative health-care technologies and their use in understanding and improving patient experiences.  The panelists included a team of interdisciplinary researchers who spoke...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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The importance of women’s heart health

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Robert Moshe Thompson
There is a misconception among the general public that women do not have heart attacks.  In the media, heart attack patients are most often portrayed with classic heart attack symptoms such as chest pressure and...
Dallin Chicoine
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Global applications of critical minerals

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Elah Ajene
Rare earth elements and other metals are often termed “critical minerals,” as they are in high demand and economically essential.  From aerospace and electronics to national defence and energy generation, critical minerals are applied in...
Dallin Chicoine
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The anatomy responsible for speech

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Robert Moshe Thompson
There are many organs that help produce speech, such as the tongue, lips, teeth and other structures within the mouth like the palate.   Phonetics — a branch of linguistics — studies the way speech sounds...
Jenna Solomon
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When the heart really breaks

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Robert Moshe Thompson
The term “broken heart” has been used to refer to the intense sadness that follows rejection and loss for hundreds of years.   In a more literal sense, “broken heart syndrome” is a heart condition that...
Jenna Solomon
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Assistant professor uses biomaterials in construction

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Elah Ajene
Nature is resilient.  The natural world has the ability to self-renew, self-repair and maintain function despite disturbances.   Biomimetic designs draw abstract lessons from nature and use them as a source of inspiration in various systems.  This is...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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U of M profs among world’s most cited researchers

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Robert Moshe Thompson
In 2021, six U of M scientists were on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list. They were all from the Rady faculty of health sciences.  Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list contains the names of scientists whose...

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