People who visited the emergency department (ED) or were hospitalized due to cannabis use were at a greater risk of a new dementia diagnosis within five years, compared to individuals with an ED visit ...

For over a decade, it was widely believed that the maximum wet bulb temperature that bodies could handle was 35 C — unlikely ...

A group of Canadian undergrads is using plants to revolutionize medicine. Faced with soaring drug prices and global shortages ...

A new University of Ottawa study on human heat tolerance suggests that it is lower than previously thought and the city needs ...

Explore the science behind cold plunges and how they transform your cells for better health and cold tolerance.

The possession, sale, and production of psilocybin for recreational use are illegal in Canada. Why then, do brick-and-mortar ...

Taking a trendy ice bath—or, as they are formally known, "cold-water immersion"—actually changes the way your cells operate. This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of Ottawa, Canada ...

A new study from the University of Ottawa finds repeated cold plunges may improve cellular health and resilience by enhancing autophagy and reducing damage signals.

For over a decade, Ruel served as the head of cardiac surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute ... Kennedy Jr. advancing an anti-science and vaccine-skeptical agenda.

University of Ottawa researchers have discovered new ways to control ... The new ionization method could also be applied to attosecond science, which deals with light-matter interaction at very small ...

Ottawa is the seat of Parliament and the home of much of the public service. It’s also a city of one million residents working and raising families in the shadow of the federal government. The ...

NDP candidate for Ottawa Centre, Joel Harden ... David Stewart, a political science professor at the University of Calgary, agrees. "These are very atypical times in Canada and people seem ...