Your U of T Health & Fitness Guide
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Research & Ideas
The Sex Diary of a Fly
U of T researchers study how flies age, and their ability to survive and mate, deteriorates Read More
BRCA1 Gene and the Birth Control Pill
Oral contraceptives for five years or more may increase breast cancer risk Read More
Winter Warm-up
Study points to climate change in Western Canada Read More
Medieval Melodies
Finding the sound of lost medieval music Read More
Service With a Smile
Smiling can improve your work life Read More
The Exxon Factor
Reputations can carry weight over supporting data Read More
New Solution for Blood Transfusions
Cell-free hemoglobin may be an option for patients otherwise opposed to transfusions Read More
The Big Picture
U of T cosmologists are piecing together the epic table of how the universe has evolved over 14 billion years Read More
The Family Business
Law grad Jean Teillet continues the fight of great-granduncle Louis Riel – in the courtroom Read More
Combatting Drug Resistance
Making it easier for scientists to target drug therapy Read More
Almonds Fight Cholesterol
Study finds almonds lower levels of bad cholesterol Read More
Sound Directions
New electronic devices that use sound navigation Read More
Is Depression on the Rise?
Increasing use of antidepressants in Canada Read More
Ad Nauseam
Repetition in advertising confusing consumer memory Read More
A House on Higher Ground
Tree house competition challenges architecture students to think creatively Read More
The Proof Is Out There
In the early 1970s, black holes were just a topic for scientific speculation. Then astrophysist Tom Bolton began pondering the matter Read More
Green Roofs Are Cool
Rooftop vegetation helps maintain cooler interior temperatures Read More
The Music of the Cosmos
Researchers gain their first glimpse of the primordial structures that grew into today's galaxy clusters Read More
A New Weapon in the War on HIV
New drug combination more potent and easier for patients to take Read More
Helping the Heart
U of T scientists identify two genes associated with heart function that could lead to new therapies for heart disease Read More
Teens Silent on Crime
Young people won't talk about being victims of crime for fear of being labeled a "snitch," study finds Read More
Love Changes All
Battles of the sexes are common in the animal world, especially when it comes to mating Read More
A Dream Solution to Pain?
Research could lead to new treatment options for pain sufferers Read More
Why Bees Leave Home
Foraging and food-gathering may be genetically encoded into honeybees' brains Read More
A Gas from the Past
Geochemist discovers gases that may have been present on Earth before the origin of life Read More
Lean Times
In Toronto's expensive rental market, welfare doesn't cover cost of a nutritional diet, study finds Read More
The Gay Voice
Some men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns Read More
The Smell of Success
Prof is researching bacteria that could "eat" air pollutants Read More
Wasting Talent
Canadian employers and immigrants would both benefit from better "mutual orientation," study finds Read More
U of T Magazine Picks Up Nine Awards
Honours include gold for best writing and silver for best magazine Read More
An Intellectual Emergency
In the month following the horror of September 11, and 20 years after her frosh year, writer Margaret Webb returns to U of T, again seeking understanding of the world Read More
The Woodsworker
Peter Schleifenbaum and his one-of-a-kind Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve show that well-managed forests can serve the needs of commercial logging and conservationists. We can have our timber and trees, too Read More
Stewards of Our Forests
Forest certification promotes sustainable practices Read More
Chew on This!
David Jenkins and Janet Polivy both explore the power of food. He probes its impact on the body, while she studies its connection to the mind Read More
Pass the Tomato … and the Salt
Researchers create tomato that thrives in salty irrigation water Read More
Enter at Own Risk
Emergency care in hospitals may be weaker on the weekends, study finds Read More
What’s in a Name?
Labels may end up suiting the people we apply them to Read More
Solvents Harmful to Unborn
Increased risk of visual impairments, study finds Read More
Restoring Movement
Plastic tube may hold hope for paralyzed patients Read More
Words Speak for Themselves
Children find it difficult to interpret tone of voice Read More
The Seven Stages of Life
A guide to health, from our first entrance on stage to our final act Read More
The Infant
At first, the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms Read More
The Schoolboy
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face Read More
The Soldier
Then a soldier, full of strange oaths... jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel Read More
The Justice
And then the justice...full of wise saws and modern instances Read More
The Sixth Age
The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered Pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side Read More
The Last Scene
Last scene of all...is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything Read More
The Meaning of Life?
Scientists have mapped the sequence of our genes – all 35,000 of them. So what now? U of T researchers are at the forefront of what some are calling the New Biology Read More
The Miracle Workers
They are on the cutting edge. And they are doing their work right here. A chronology of medical breakthroughs at U of T over the past 20 years Read More
Storm Warning
Conditions are brewing for a major epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes Read More
Can Diabetes be Prevented?
Even modest changes in diet and exercise reduce risk for Type 2 Diabetes by more than half, study finds Read More
Highs and Lows
The Glycemic Index, developed at U of T, offers a dietary plan for controlling diabetes Read More
Doctor on Call
Between her teaching and her practice, Dr. Miriam Rossi has dispensed a huge dose of guidance and inspiration to minority students Read More
U.S. of Eh?
Canadian English is not being Americanized to the extent once thought, and in fact the reverse is also happening Read More
Cause for Panic?
Multiple chemical sensitivity may be linked to panic disorder Read More
Virtual Thrills, Real Gains
Computer games may help children with cerebral palsy, study finds Read More