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20-year study seeks to understand how we age and why we age differently

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is following more than 50,000 people between the ages of 45 and 85 looking for ways to prevent, slow or cure age-related diseases so we can live healthier for longer.

Researcher turning dance therapy into video game for seniors

Matthew Woolhouse is working with Hamilton City Ballet's Dance for Parkinson's program to create a therapeutic exercise regimen that participants can do in the comfort of their own home.
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Seniors see high-tech cars as both friend and foe, study says

A new study led by McMaster researcher Jessica Gish shows that seniors are embracing Advanced Vehicle Technologies like back-up cameras and blind spot monitors, but are using them selectively.
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New app for stroke survivors receives $250,000 in funding

A $250,000 donation will allow McMaster researchers to test a new app designed to help stroke survivors and their care providers.
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What you can do to ensure #HealthyAging

You, your friends, your parents, your kids - everybody's doing it.
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Finding a solution to the productivity puzzle

Economist Mike Veall is leading a team of experts down a research path not yet taken, in search of an answer to Canada's poor productivity performance.
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Internet addiction may signal other mental health problems in students: Study

Internet addiction among university-aged students may signal other mental health issues, says a new study from McMaster University.
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Mac researcher to harness big data to tackle superbugs

A cross-national research consortia co-led by Andrew McArthur is receiving two of 16 federal grants to further develop a big data solution to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.

McMaster research featured on cover of Time magazine

The story, "The Exercise Cure," includes interviews with Kinesiology's Martin Gibala as well as Health Sciences' Mark Tarnopolsky.

McMaster awarded $5.8M in SSHRC funding

McMaster researchers have been awarded nearly six million dollars in funding through the federal government's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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More than $4.2M for Early Research Awards and research infrastructure

McMaster's David Harris Smith is one of four researchers awarded $140,000 each by the provincial government's Early Researcher Award program, which recognizes early career researchers for their potential to become world-class innovators.
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Engineer working with NASA to improve deep space medicine

As missions to space become longer, the need for diagnosis and treatment of trauma and major illness in astronauts is becoming more acute.