By Matthew Nudy, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Penn State
If you’re a woman over 40, you have no doubt heard your doctor tell you to get a mammogram as part of routine screening for breast cancer. But there’s another reason, too.
A mammogram can show no sign of breast cancer and still reveal something worth discussing with a doctor: calcium deposits in the medium-sized arteries that carry blood to the breast. These calcium deposits may offer a clue to a woman’s future heart health.
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By Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Administration, Fayetteville State University
An epidemiologist who was on the ground during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak examines the lessons that experience offers for the DRC.
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By Bridget Bwalya, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management, University of Zambia
For decades, competing global development models have shaped sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural landscape. Traditional western donors, such as the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), have promoted climate-smart agricultural systems such as conservation agriculture, working through non-governmental…
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By Franklin Glozah, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science in Health, University of Ghana
Africa is a multi-billion dollar market for gambling, with a growing number of young people using smartphones to place bets, particularly on football matches. The issue is often framed in terms of addictive behaviour, but that doesn’t provide a full picture.
Franklin Glozah was part of a team of public health researchers who examined existing research across sub-Saharan…
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By Cornel Grey, Assistant Professor in Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Western University
The Art Gallery of Ontario’s ‘Sunday Best’ gathers a century of Black style, from churches to ballrooms, and reveals dressing well as an ethic of dignity and care.
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By Katerina Sviderska, PhD Candidate in Politics, University of Cambridge
When European Union officials Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa recently joined Mark Carney on the docks of Montréal’s Old Port for the Canada-EU Summit, Canada’s prime minister presented closer ties with the EU as a good deal for Canadian households.
He argued a closer relationship promised more choices and lower costs for families at a time when American tariffs are…
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By Liv Coleman, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, University of Tampa
In the midst of what pundits are calling a blue tsunami nationwide, Florida remained resolutely red, electing Republican Byron Donalds as its first Black governor and sending Republican Ashley Moody back to the U.S. Senate.
Donalds ran on a promise to continue the legacy…
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By Gavin Furrey, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
The recent Parti Québecois victory is more akin to detecting a faint pulse in a terminally ill patient than a spectacular jolt back to life.
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By Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor, The Conversation
From photosynthesis to fluffy cloud formation, plankton play a huge role in planetary systems, from marine food chains to the carbon cycle.
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By Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
The US midterm elections have shifted the balance of power in Congress, delivering a massive blow to Donald Trump and his Republican party. This has implications both at home and possibly abroad, including for US policy towards Ukraine; an issue that was hardly mentioned during the campaigns.
But even if Ukraine did not figure much in the election, the question in US politics of what to do about the war has not gone away. Indeed, in the weeks and months before the result was announced, Trump had been busily…
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