Meet Gen Z’s new therapist: ChatGPT
November 24, 2025
Mark Daley, chief AI officer and computer science professor at Western University, explains that chatbots are anthropomorphized — or have human characteristics — by default.Global Voices Unite: First Speakers Announced For World Indigenous Cancer Conference 2026
November 21, 2025
The World Indigenous Cancer Conference (W.I.C.C) 2026 is set to bring together global leaders, researchers, and advocates to advance cancer equity for Indigenous peoples worldwide. Taking place in Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand from 20–24 April 2026, the conference will feature an inspiring programme of knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and action.Male kidney donation may be linked to a higher chance of developing a scrotal condition, study finds
November 12, 2025
A new population-based, cohort study from London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI), Western University, and ICES, found that living male kidney donors have a higher chance of developing a scrotal condition called a scrotal hydrocele, which is when an area around the testicle swells with fluid, causing discomfort which may require surgery to easeUniversity of Maryland Institute for Health Computing Launches First Continuing Medical Education Course in Artificial Intelligence
November 11, 2025
The University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC) held its first-ever Continuing Medical Education course on October 28 for healthcare practitioners in a daylong session held on their campus. The topic focused on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.London hospital offers employees $1,500 for referrals that lead to hires
October 27, 2025
London Health Sciences, which operates Victoria and University hospitals in London, Ont., is offering a $1,500 incentive for employees who refer external candidates who end up getting hired.The latest in AI video creation with Mark Daley on London Morning
October 15, 2025
Mark Daley, the chief artificial intelligence officer at Western University, joins London Morning every month to talk about AI and its impact on our lives, culture and society. Guest host Travis Dolynny talked to Daley about Open AI's new Sora 2 app and the rapid evolution of AI video.University of Malta academics recognized among the world's top 2% of researchers
September 26, 2025
The University of Malta said that 14 of its academic members of staff were featured in Elsevier's August 2025 data-update for "Updated science -wide author databases of standardized citation indicators", a list that is widely known as the Standford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists rankingClinical trial could help people with kidney failure live longer
September 25, 2025
Researchers at Western's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) have launched a clinical trial evaluating a new type of dialysis filter called Elisio HX , which may significantly improve outcomes for people living with kidney failure across Canada.Daley: Rise of chatbots detracts from developing AI for common good
September 20, 2025
What’s being sold as scientific infrastructure by AI creators increasingly resembles science fiction gone awry, two researchers warnWithout further study, doctors say Canada should ban some oilsands tailings release
September 18, 2025
"We've seen a complete lack of effort and funding to be able to adequately long-term monitor the health impacts. It's never been done," said Nicole RedversCollaborating with Indigenous communities can lead to meaningful climate action
August 18, 2025
Cultural burning is an Indigenous community-based practice where controlled fire is used to manage landscapes like forests. These work by reducing dried, flammable vegetation in a manageable way.Research Identifies Epilepsy Risk Factor
August 01, 2025
A new study reveals air pollution may contribute to the development of epilepsy, a brain condition that causes seizures.International Marketplace closures sparks ‘food desert’ concerns
July 29, 2025
“A food desert is generally thought of as an economically disadvantaged area that doesn’t have easy access to healthy and affordable food,” said Jason Gilliland, a professor at Western University.Q&A: London is making big development moves. How are they doing?
July 23, 2025
Urban development expert Jason Gilliland joined London MorningPodcast out of UVic uplifts Indigenous women leading the climate fight
July 21, 2025
Listen a podcast about intergenerational knowledge that meets the moment'How children in Rwanda advocate for better air quality
July 08, 2025
Explore how the Western community is collectively contributing to meaningful change in the world, today.Regular cannabis use can cause a serious vomiting syndrome. Should people be warned?
July 03, 2025
ER visits due to CHS have increased in recent years, possibly because of higher THC potencyWhat the land can teach us
June 27, 2025
Danya Carroll, PhD, is exploring the intersection of Indigenous knowledge, public health and environmental policy.‘Godfather of AI’ says intellectually mundane jobs will disappear
June 24, 2025
Daley notes those who studied in some technical fields like computer science, are finding it harder than usual to land their first positions. Experts say what may be partially to blame is a hesitation to hire for roles that may be automated or done by fewer people working with AI assistants.Hope from the embers
June 20, 2025
"Short-sighted forest management practices have really contributed to the increasing destructiveness of wildfires" - Nicole Redvers, a member of the Deninu Kųę First Nation, in the Northwest territories of Canada, and researcher at Western UniversityMore family doctors near retirement, raising concern about future of primary care
June 16, 2025
“Looking to the future, we are concerned that the primary care system may not be able to absorb these medically complex patients who are attached to retiring family physicians, which will only exacerbate the current crisis,” says senior author Dr. Bridget RyanWhy more youth are landing in the ER with vomiting from cannabis use
June 12, 2025
Emergency departments are seeing a surge in cases of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome.IOC highlights role of sport in tackling physical inactivity at World Health Assembly
May 23, 2025
Reacting to the alarming results of the Global Status Report on Physical Activity published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the IOC’s Director of Health, Medicine and Science, Dr Jane Thornton, expressed great concern.How to safeguard against Lyme disease
May 19, 2025
Tick season brings a potential for contracting Lyme disease. London Morning spoke to St. Joseph's Hospital's head of infectious disease, Dr. Michael Silverman, about how to safeguard yourself from Lyme disease and the proper way to remove a tick if one has been attached to you.Air pollution linked to epilepsy risk, study finds
May 14, 2025
New research shows a link between air pollution and increased risk of epilepsy, a brain condition that causes seizures.Distinguished University Professor title awarded to two Western faculty
April 23, 2025
Western faculty members Dr. Emil Schemitsch and Xianbin Wang have earned the title of Distinguished University Professor for their exceptional contributions to research, teaching and service to the community throughout long careers at Western.Faculties of Medicine, Nursing receive nearly $5 million to seek health-care solutions and treatments
March 21, 2025
Five projects led by researchers from the faculties of Medicine and Nursing have been awarded $4,915,125 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.New Study Confirms Antidepressants Work for Anxiety – But the Long-Term Story Is Unwritten
March 18, 2025
“The research shows that antidepressants are highly effective at treating GAD, at least in the specific circumstances seen in trials,” says senior author Dr. Giuseppe Guaiana, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western UniversityPfizer's IXIFI® will be available in Canada as of April 1, 2025
March 17, 2025
"Biosimilars are designed to be highly similar to their reference products and the availability of IXIFI in Canada is a welcomed addition for us and our patients with inflammatory diseases," said Dr. Vipul Jairath, gastroenterologist at London Health Sciences Centre, and professor of medicine at Western UniversityProviding evidence to support Indigenous midwifery
March 13, 2025
Dr. Jennifer Leason's, PhD, most recent research project, Reclaiming Indigenous Birth, was born out of a conversation she had while attending a national forum on the forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Ottawa in 2018, a gathering held in response to Amnesty International calling for action.OSE Immunotherapeutics Hosts KOL Webinar Post-ECCO on Lusvertikimab and the Future of IBD
March 06, 2025
Prof Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Prof Arnaud Bourreille, Prof Vipul Jairath and Nicolas Poirie highlighted the significance of Lusvertikimab’s clinical trial results within the current research and therapeutic landscape.The environmental impacts of AI
March 06, 2025
According to Mark Daley, Western’s chief AI officer and computer science professor, while AI does have an environmental impact, the conversation is far more nuanced than social media suggests.Sick of sick notes: Doctors say scrapping paperwork would save time better spent on patients
February 27, 2025
Maria Mathews, the Canada Research Chair in Primary Health Care and Health Equity at Ontario's Western University, says electronic medical records can, counterintuitively, increase the administrative burden doctors faceWorld first clinical trial will study specialized ‘poop pills’ to improve treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer
February 26, 2025
The LND101 pills were pioneered and are produced at Lawson and are showing promise in the treatment of various cancers, including melanoma, through studies at Lawson and LHSCRI. The trailblazing FMT team at St. Joseph’s is led by Lawson Scientist Dr. Michael SilvermanCan human researchers flourish in the age of intelligent machines?
February 03, 2025
What if we restructured research institutions and funding programs to focus on the uniquely human aspects of science? This could mean shifting graduate education away from routine problem-solving (which AI increasingly handles) toward skills like managing and overseeing the whole of the research process and facilitating collaborations across disciplines and sectors.Review confirms that antidepressants reduce anxiety, but long-term impact remains unclear
January 29, 2025
A new Cochrane review confirms that antidepressants effectively reduce symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) under trial conditions, although there is limited data on long-term usage. The review was published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.Indigenous knowledge can help make health care more sustainable in the North, study says
January 20, 2025
New research paper explores a sharing circle held with Indigenous elders in the N.W.T. featuring an interview with Dr. Nicole Redvers for CBC News.Exercise, weight loss and 10 other ways to avoid dementia, according to London scientists
January 09, 2025
Surim Son, a PhD candidate in epidemiology at Western University and lead author of the study published in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease was interviewed by CBC News.
