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August 31, 2023
A new study shows a link between institutionalization, hip fractures, and death
In a thought-provoking study conducted by Dr. Megan Brickley, she shares a summary of her article: Patterns of hip fractures found in institutionalized individuals who died in Missouri, USA, between 1910 and 1967 reveal a disturbing picture of underfunding of public institutions, resulting in a lack of resources and attention and fractures that led […]
August 29, 2023
McMaster welcomes three new Banting postdocs
Three McMaster postdoctoral researchers have received the 2023 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, one of Canada’s most prestigious postdoctoral awards....
August 9, 2023
Vitamin C in Hominin Diet
Professor Emeritus Henry Schwarcz proposes a solution to an old and important problem in hominin (human) evolution: where did our ancestors get vitamin C when they were living in northern Eurasia (for example in the Neander Valley (tal) in Germany)? The answer appears to be: pine needles. “Hominins emerging from Africa in the Pleistocene […]
