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• The Montreal Gazette publishes the third in a week-long series of articles — Aging Well  — produced in partnership with the newspaper and Postmedia Works. Today's article features the work of Ehsan Rezabeigi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, on bone replacement technology. Rezabeigi is currently developing a synthetic bone graft that promotes bone regrowth and eventually dissolves inside the body. The Gazette's e-edition picks up yesterday's Aging Well installment, headlined "Saving for Life", featuring the work of Arvind Jain, a professor in the Department of Finance in the John Molson School of Business, on investment behaviour. In the article, Jain focuses on retirement investment. 
• A news release from Helius Medical Technologies announces clinical trial results from its multiple sclerosis pilot study. The independent trial to evaluate the company's Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS) device took place at the Concordia PERFORM clinical research centre and the Montreal Neurological Institute. The release was published by Digital Journal, StockWatch, Business Wire, BioSpace, Medical Devices Business Review and AZ Central.
• Payvand Iran News publishes a review of Iran in World History (Oxford University Press, 2015), the latest book by Richard Foltz, a professor in the Department of Religion and director of Concordia's Centre for Iranian Studies.
• News X is the latest to report on research from Concordia, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and the Montreal Chest Institute that shows regular exercise can reduce asthma symptoms The study, published in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research, was led by Simon Bacon, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science.
• Newswise writes about a study by Caroline Fitzpatrick, a postdoctoral fellow at the PERFORM Centre, and Linda Pagani of Université de Montréal, according to which preschoolers who score lower on a working memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout risk scale when they reach the age of 13.

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