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Student researchers making their mark

The more time you spend getting to and from work, the less likely you are to be satisfied with life, says a new study by Applied Health Sciences faculty, Margo Hilbrecht, Steven Mock, and Bryan Smale.

When it comes to planning an event, liquid nitrogen and spoons don’t usually top the list of supplies — unless you are a student in Zara Rafferty’s Recreation and Leisure Studies class.

People with Parkinson’s disease drive faster, have slower reaction times on their brakes and struggle to assess dangerous driving conditions, according to University of Waterloo research.

Newly published findings from the University of Waterloo are giving women with bad backs renewed hope for better sex lives. The findings—part of the first-ever study to document how the spine moves during sex—outline which sex positions are best for women suffering from different types of low back pain.  The new recommendations follow on the heels of comparable guidelines for men released last month.

To many, the 900 kilometre Thelon River stretching from Northwest Territories to Nunavut is considered pristine, barren, wilderness. To researcher Bryan Grimwood, the river also represents homeland.

Overindulging in high-calorie snacks is partly caused by temporary lapses in a very specific part of the brain, according to a new University of Waterloo study.

Two University of Waterloo researchers specializing in chronic disease prevention are newly appointed Applied Public Health Chairs, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced. The prestigious positions, awarded only once every five years, include close to a million dollars each in funding for highly focused research programs of national relevance to public health.

On September 18, Professor John Hirdes of the School of Public Health and Health Systems was inducted as a Fellow to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS).

Overindulging in high-calorie snacks is partly caused by lapses in a very specific part of the brain, according to a new University of Waterloo study.

The study, published in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, is the first to conclusively link reduced operation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with self-restraint in the dietary context.