The Beat Goes On, at Any Age
Heart disease is the number one killer of women in Canada. But St. Boniface Hospital researchers are working hard to change this. Before women go through menopause, they tend to have fewer heart attacks and strokes than men. However, they experience more after...
Please, Eat Your Peas!
Don’t like finishing your vegetables at dinner? St. Boniface Hospital researcher Dr. Michel Aliani can tell you why you should. Aliani is Principal Investigator, Nutritional Metabolomics Research in the Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders (DND) at the Hospital’s...
Cutting-Edge Care
Women are at a disadvantage when it comes to traditional cardiac research. The cardiovascular system has the most differences between men and women after the reproductive system. Yet, historically, most cardiac research has been based on men’s hearts. This leaves a...