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Health & Medicine
Dangers of a sedentary COVID-19 lockdown: Inactivity can take a toll on health in just two weeks
Reducing daily steps to fewer than 1,500 — similar to the activity level of people who are housebound during this pandemic — for just two weeks can reduce an older person’s insulin sensitivity by as much as one-third.
Culture & Society
Historical photo of mountain of bison skulls documents animals on the brink of extinction
Images of bison bones provide a window into the cultural and ecological relations that tie animal and human lives together.
Health & Medicine
Two-eyed learning clears perspectives between Indigenous and Western knowledge
The Indigenous Teaching Through Art program was created by McMaster’s Department of Family Medicine, in collaboration with local Indigenous colleagues, to fill a knowledge gap about the history of Indigenous people in Canada.
Canada & the World
McMaster researchers receive almost $75,000 in funding for projects with community partners
Three Social Sciences faculty members have been awarded SSHRC Partnership Grants to support work with community organizations.
Health & Medicine
Researchers discover drug combination dramatically cuts heart attack risk
Heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular incidents can be cut by 20 to 40 per cent through use of a polypill, which combines three blood pressure medications and a lipid-lowering drug, taken alone or with aspirin.
Health & Medicine
McMaster researchers study saliva-based, asymptomatic testing as a route to limit the spread of COVID-19
Saliva samples resolve many issues related to nasal swab testing, which can be unpleasant and requires trained medical professionals who are at risk from a procedure that often induces coughing and sneezing.
