While health status is an important factor in whether a person is able to grow old in their home and community (age in place), researchers at McGill University have shed new light on the social factors that can also have an impact, both directly and through their impact on health over a lifetime. 

“The main takeaway from our research is that aging in place is not equally accessible to everyone,” said Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, the senior author on the paper and the Inaugural Chair and Professor in the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy and the Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities. 

Lowering the legal tackle height in women’s rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a world-first study suggests.

Changes to the tackle height law in women’s community rugby in Scotland is linked to reductions in head-to-head and head-to shoulder contacts, the study found.

In collaboration with Scottish Rugby and World Rugby, researchers at the University of Edinburgh used video analysis to study the impact of the lowered tackle height law which World Rugby, the sport’s governing body introduced for community rugby in an attempt to improve safety for players.