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York profs to advance health research with more than $3.5M in federal CIHR funding

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently granted York University professors more than $3.5 million dollars combined, money that will go towards research that aims to help parents and neonatal infants, addresses equity and political barriers to global public health concerns and helps further our understanding the role of an important hormone in heart health. 

How to have a healthy heart this Valentine’s Day

TORONTO, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 – Have a healthy heart this Valentine’s day. York U heart disease experts can show you how. That’s important because 2.4 million adult Canadians are affected by heart disease and, for women, it is the leading cause of premature death. The following York University professors from the Faculty of Science […]

Popular class of drugs reverses potentially harmful genetic changes from heart disease

TORONTO, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 – Beta blockers are commonly used world-wide to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions, such as arrhythmias and heart failure. Scientists have known for decades that the medications work by slowing the heart rate and reducing the force of contraction – lessening the burden of work carried out by the […]