Monthly Archives: November 2013

27 11, 2013

How is Facebook Changing Our Brains? MRI Study

2013-11-27T21:06:05-05:00November 27th, 2013|Uncategorised|

Ubiquitous as Facebook has become, it still feels somewhat jarring when a new MRI study is published about its possible effects on the brain. Is Facebook so all-important that medical research studies about it are now necessary? Truly though, what started out as a photo-sharing website for university students has pervaded into nearly every aspect [...]

5 11, 2013

MRI Autopsy Introduced in Canada

2013-11-05T20:46:48-05:00November 5th, 2013|Medical Imaging, MRI, MRI Research, MRI Vancouver|

As the National Post announced in an October 30 article, "Ontario recently became the first jurisdiction in Canada to begin using imaging machines designed to diagnose the living as a tool to uncover the medical secrets of the dead." Morbid though it may sound, there are indeed benefits to using medical imaging methods such as [...]