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Researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) hope to improve palliative and end-of-life care for children…
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It’s a discovery bigger than the world itself – literally. Astronomers reported evidence of the first potentially habitable Earth-sized…
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They are renowned scholars with dramatically divergent fields of research and teaching – so what do these experts in sharia law, the escape of…
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New research from the University of Toronto Mississauga demonstrates how carnivores transitioned into herbivores for the first time on…
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Researchers say 94 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they would participate in public health programs that screen newborns for a specific number of…
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Giving patients adrenaline after they suffer a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital does not increase their prospects of surviving long-term,…
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A new modeling study suggests that fish consumption advisories for expecting mothers are ineffective in reducing infant exposure to long-lived…
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A new University of Toronto study has found that by the age of two, children are remarkably good at comprehending speakers who talk with regional…
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A group of drugs commonly prescribed for insomnia, anxiety and breathing issues “significantly increase the risk” that older people with…
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What is going on in the brain of a person who has a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder? Aristotle Voineskos knows that…
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A new program called Explore It is giving students an opportunity to job-shadow alumni mentors in their preferred fields to see firsthand how their…
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Teenagers who have suffered a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion are at “significantly greater odds” of attempting suicide, being…