Health in the Community
Taking a stand against gun violence
By Sheldon Gordon, McGill News On a Sunday night in July 2018, St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto declared a “code orange” in...
May 29, 2019
Helping patients manage brain cancer
The Neuro-Oncology Clinic works with clinical trials team to advance care and research By Shawn Hayward, The Neuro Brain cancer is a life-threatening...
May 29, 2019
Can self-testing end the HIV/AIDS epidemic?
In a recent opinion piece for Infectious Disease Hub, Dr. Nitika Pant Pai, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medical Scientist at...
December 1, 2017
McGill’s WWI doctors and nurses: a proud but bitter legacy
The 3rd Canadian General Hospital (McGill) was the first military hospital to be mounted and run by a university Faculty of Medicine during...
November 29, 2017
Treating trauma on a city-wide scale
From McGill News by Jonathan Montpetit, BA’03, MA’16 Memory operates like a strip of film. Bonded to one side of a film strip...
May 26, 2016
McGill medical students hold annual SHOUT event to recognize community involvement
Student engagement and community involvement are key aspects of the medical school experience at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine. McGill medical students are actively planning...
May 26, 2016
Antidepressants: rise in off-label prescriptions
McGill Newsroom Antidepressant use in North America has increased over the last 2 decades. A suspected reason for this trend is that primary...
May 25, 2016
Making a healthier work environment
McGill is currently developing a whole-campus health and wellness strategy. The goal is to have interconnected supports in place that will treat both...
March 30, 2016
Providing support for adults with autism
The past 10-15 years has seen an increase in the number of children being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This means that...
April 1, 2015