Hookah use is on the rise among Canadian youth, according to researchers with the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact. A new study reports that close to one in four high school seniors now try smoking hookah, an apparatus also known as a water pipe.
Sitting behind your desk all day is bad for your health and experts have long been advising people to stand at their workstations for about 15 minutes an hour.
A company that uses smartphone technology to improve vision care in India was among the big winners at a pitch competition designed to elicit big ideas in health and well-being.
EyeCheck, a for-profit vision-care company, won mentorship and a market validation canvas from the Accelerator Centre at the inaugural Big Ideas Challenge for Health and Wellbeing at the University of Waterloo this week. It uses smartphone technology and proprietary hardware to provide much-needed vision assessment in India with just two pictures.
James Rush has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences for an initial five-year term that commences on July 1, 2015 and ends on June 30, 2020.
Tasked with caring for family members with special needs, young carers’ own needs are often overlooked by community agencies, according to researchers at Waterloo’s Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP).
It may use the most simple of technology, but a new water filtration system is transforming thousands of lives in the Dominican Republic.
Erin Wong, a Kinesiology student (Pre-Health Professions Option) in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences has been recognized by the University of Waterloo as one of six 2014 University of Waterloo Co-op Student of the Year Awards.
Erin worked as a clinical research assistant at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for both her winter and spring 2014 work terms. She led the development of a research protocol for focused ultrasound that will significantly help in the treatment of bone metastases.
Michael MacKinley and Sierra Palaniyandi of the School of Public Health and Health Systems were selected as this year's winners of the 2015 Applied Health Sciences (AHS) heat of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
As part of a campus-wide rollout plan, AHS students will be invited to access the student portal this month.
All undergraduate and graduate students will be emailed by the Student Success Office mid-March inviting them to the portal.
Children and youth who help care for family members with special needs are not adequately supported by community service agencies, according to new research from the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP) at the University of Waterloo. Estimates suggest that up to 12 per cent of Canadians under the age of 25 are young carers.