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Witelson Prize celebrates six years of furthering ophthalmology in Canada

The Henry Chaim Witelson Memorial Prize in Ophthalmology is celebrating its sixth anniversary of giving unique learning opportunities to McMaster University medical students to learn about ophthalmology and participate in preserving or restoring eyesight. The sixth anniversary of the prize is especially notable since each recipient has fulfilled the goal of the prize, which is to encourage more students to enter the field of ophthalmology and contribute to the exciting new developments in clinical care and research in a rapidly changing medical/surgical specialty.

Second-hand smoke just as damaging to women’s fertility

It has been known for some time that smoking can affect a woman's fertility, but a study published in the medical journal Human Reproduction by a research team at McMaster University, suggests that exposure to side-stream smoking - smoke given off by a smouldering cigarette - is just as damaging. In a study of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) researchers examined the quality of embryos and the implantation and pregnancy rates of 225 women who were grouped according to whether they were non-smokers, smokers or side-stream smokers (women who lived with a partner who regularly smoked).