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Taking progestogens during high-risk pregnancy could reduce preterm birth Taking progestogens - steroid hormones - during pregnancy could reduce the risk of preterm birth in high-risk single baby pregnancies, research has shown. Although these compounds have been in use for some time, results of individual clinical trials investigating their effectiveness in preventing preterm birth have been conflicting, and so further evaluation of the research evidence was needed. University of York research...

In the introduction to the anthology  Where the Nights are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets, David Eso quotes Michael Brian Oliver, who says “Love poetry… is not personal; it repeats a cosmic dialogue.” Who can inhabit desire, and who is part of this cosmic dialogue? For this month’s Award of Awesomeness, send your love poems about friends, history, cosmology, ecology, lovers, and more. spacer

Hello, my name is Hope Mahood and I’m the Coordinating Editor of News and Opinions for The Western Gazette and I’m joined today by USC presidential candidate Callista Ryan. How are you doing Callista? I’m good, how are you? I’m not bad, yeah! Thanks for having me!  Thank you for being here. So this is the USC’s first fully-online campaign season — how’s that been? It’s definitely been a really good experience and really challenging at the same time. I...

Courtesy of Callista Ryans campaign team Candidates faced some of the USC’s most fraught issues to date this year, from Zoom university to addressing systemic racism on our virtual campus — all while trying to run Western’s first-ever fully-online presidential campaigns. The situation seemed grim, yet all three stood up to the challenge. But, one candidate stood head and shoulders above her counterparts. The Gazette’s editorial board voted...