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AGE-WELL announces $5 Million in new funding for groundbreaking research to improve the lives of Canadians

Milton's new velodrome could be a boon to track cycling long after the Pan Am Games are over, says Waterloo researcher.

Providers of mental-health services still rely on intervention techniques such as physical restraint and confinement to control some psychiatric hospital patients, a practice which can cause harm to both patients and care facilities, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo.

A Department of Kinesiology researcher is aiming to reduce the risk of hip fracture – an all-to-common injury that can have fatal consequences.

Professor Andrew Laing is leading a research project that will model both hip fracture risk and the effects of prevention strategies. Laing’s research is funded by a $140,000 Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, June 10, 2015) – The public can now make a more informed choice about long-term care thanks to a new online tool launched today that compares facilities across Canada based on nine indicators such as safety, quality of life and general health of residents.

The University of Waterloo's 110th Convocation took place Tuesday, June 9, conferring degrees for graduates in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.

Young adults who use social media to quit smoking are twice as successful in their efforts as those who use a more traditional method, according to new research from the University of Waterloo.

Winning idea aims to increase access to cardiac rehab

Toronto (June 4, 2015) A team of innovators from the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo has won the Infoway Innovation Award as part of the Hacking Health Design Challenge held during e-Health 2015. 

Three University of Waterloo Recreation and Leisure Studies students were honoured this week for their contributions to the field of therapeutic recreation (TR) at the annual Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) conference.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, May 29, 2015) – A new research centre at the University of Waterloo that will revolutionize the ability to predict and delay illness and injury associated with aging is receiving $1.3 million toward wireless wearables and other devices and technology.

The contribution from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will support a variety of diagnostic and measurement tools in the Advanced Aging ResearCH Centre (ARCH) at Waterloo, which will house Canada’s most comprehensive collection of equipment focused on aging.