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Researchers study how to better treat mental health problems for seniors and youth
November 8, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Video games can help seniors maintain health SFU education and gerontology researcher David Kaufman has found that playing video games is good for the mental health of the elderly. Kaufman’s research, which surveyed 1,200 seniors, indicates that video games slow “mental decline” and help seniors build and maintain social connections, staving off feelings of loneliness and depression. Many among the elderly are socially isolated. Seniors who played video games with each other were found to gain more from it than seniors who played alone. As part of this analysis, Kaufman's research team created…
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SFU partners with Fraser Health to open world-class medical imaging facility
October 8, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate SFU and the Fraser Health Authority have partnered to open a brand-new medical imaging facility at the Surrey Memorial Hospital. The facility, named ImageTech, went public on September 18, and is hailed by a SFU…
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SFU researchers investigate ecological and human health
June 13, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate B.C. coastal waters contain high levels of plastic SFU’s Ecotoxicology Research group has found high levels of microplastic in the waters of the Lambert Channel and the Baynes Sound on the coast of Denman Island.…
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