Control your blood pressure, control your life

Hypertension this year’s theme for World Health Day The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated its birthday on April 7 by putting the focus...
April 5, 2013

Could Self-Testing Help Overcome HIV/AIDS Epidemic?

Having people test themselves for HIV is effective and could help bring the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic under control, a new study contends. The...
April 4, 2013

Accreditation of the MSc(A) Direct-entry program in Nursing

I am very proud and pleased to announce that the Ingram School of Nursing has received confirmation from the Canadian Association of Schools...
April 4, 2013

Major advance in understanding risky but effective Multiple Sclerosis treatment

Powerful treatment improves patients’ lives and provides new insight into mechanisms of the disease A new study by Multiple Sclerosis researchers at three...
April 4, 2013

The American Journal of Human Genetics Profile on Dr. Clarke Fraser

The American Journal of Human Genetics is a medical journal in the field of human genetics. Since its inception in 1948 by the...
April 3, 2013

The RI-MUHC and McGill at the forefront in the fight against tuberculosis

March 24 was World Tuberculosis Day. To mark the occasion, more than 100 people attended a Research Institute of the McGill University Health...
March 28, 2013

‘Exciting’ experiment sees Montreal doctors use webcams to administer anaesthesia to patients in Italy

As the 20 patients in Pisa, Italy, waited to undergo thyroid surgery, they descended into unconsciousness thanks to a cocktail of anaesthetic drugs...
March 25, 2013

Daily pill can cause kidney damage

A wonder drug taken daily by millions of Britons to control cholesterol could dramatically increase the risk of kidney damage, researchers warn. High...
March 22, 2013

Family dinners nourish good mental health in adolescents

Benefits of family meals to mental health examined in a large community sample of adolescents Regular family suppers contribute to good mental health...
March 22, 2013

Nine McGill researchers among recent CRCs announced

Nine McGill researchers, including 2 members from the Faculty of Medicine, are among the recipients of the newly awarded and renewed Canada Research...
March 19, 2013

Genetic heterogeneity underscores the complexity of breast cancer and the promise of personalized medicine

LDI geneticist studies how genetic changes influence an individual’s cancer Novel next generation genetic sequencing technology has revealed that genetic heterogeneity within an...
March 14, 2013

Message to the McGill Community from Stuart H. Cobbett – Selection of McGill’s 17th Principal and Vice-Chancellor

A message to the McGill community Stuart H. (Kip) Cobbett Chair of the Board of Governors of McGill University On behalf of the...
March 5, 2013