Very sick children in need of mental health treatment are ending up in adult psychiatric units because there’s nowhere for them to go when they are in crisis, says a 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
Researchers at the University of Waterloo led the development of the assessment criteria and quality measures that will allow people to compare data of more than 1,000 facilities.
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.
It may use the most simple of technology, but a new water filtration system is transforming thousands of lives in the Dominican Republic.
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.
Type 2 diabetes is associated with worse performance on cognitive tests measuring abilities involved in the control of emotions, behaviours and thought, says a new study from the University of Waterloo.
Smart mattresses designed to prevent bedsores and sensors able to track night wandering are just two of the projects researchers from the University of Waterloo will lead for AGE-WELL, one of five new Networks of Centres of Excellence in Canada.
Despite showing interest in web or mobile apps to help manage their Type 2 diabetes, only a small number of older adults actually use them, says a new study from the University of Waterloo.
There are strong economic incentives for governments to invest in early childhood nutrition, reports a paper from the University of Waterloo and Cornell University.