Exercise against asthma. The polarizing Niqab. Protein structures. Geneviève Cadieux show.

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• Top Santé, Domain-B, Women Fitness and Net Doktor (in German) join worldwide media coverage of Concordia-led research that shows how asthma symptoms can be relieved through regular exercise. Simon Bacon, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science and lead author of the study, is quoted. The study, also involving Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Université de Montréal, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Université de Montpellier and Université du Québec à Montréal, was recently published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research. Please note: Bacon will be interviewed about his research, this morning at 11:30 on CJAD's Tommy Schnurmacher Show. 
• The National Post, writing about the polarizing effect of the niqab debate on the election campaign, examines a 2013 study of the niqab in Canada by Lynda Clarke, associate professor in and interim chair of the Department of Religion. Clarke is quoted throughout. The article is reprised by MSN News. Clarke's study is mentioned also in an election notebook on CFRA.com.
• Bio Med Central posts a research article co-authored by Guillaume Lamoureux, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, establishing a 3D model for certain protein structures.
• La Presse Plus writes about photographer and associate professor in the Department of Studio Arts Geneviève Cadieux in an article about a show of her work at the Musée d'Art de Joliette, on until January 3, 2016. 

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