HEELS TO HEAL: McGill medical and dental students strut the runway to raise awareness about eating disorders

In an effort to raise awareness and funds in support of persons with eating disorders, close to 100 McGill medical and dentistry student...
April 14, 2014

Researchers find that influenza has an Achilles’ Heel

Flu epidemics cause up to half a million deaths worldwide each year, and emerging strains continually threaten to spread to humans and cause...
April 11, 2014

How our immune system kills abnormal blood cells

Discovery could lead to new treatment avenues for leukemia and lymphoma A team of researchers at the IRCM, led by Dr. André Veillette,...
April 8, 2014

McGill, a partner for Montreal

Suzanne Fortier presents project for Royal Victoria Hospital site April 4, 2014 - One of Suzanne Fortier’s priorities as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of...
April 7, 2014

1 in 3 prescriptions unfilled, Canadian study finds

One third of Quebecers leave their prescriptions unfilled finds McGill’s Dr. Robyn Tamblyn in a study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health...
April 3, 2014

Ancient Virus DNA Gives Stem Cells the Power to Transform

In a paper co-authored by McGill’s Guillaume Bourque that was published online March 30 in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, researchers have discovered...
April 3, 2014

The responsibility to manage public benefits lies in the hands of the government

In an editorial written for the web site rarediseaseawareness.ca, Dr. Paul Goodyear, Professor of Pediatrics at McGill University argues that the government should...
April 3, 2014

Noisy brain signals: How the schizophrenic brain misinterprets the world

People with schizophrenia often misinterpret what they see and experience in the world. New research provides insight into the brain mechanisms that might...
April 3, 2014

Plugged in but powered down

Young men who have suffered from depression early in life are more vulnerable than women to spending many hours in front of a screen...
April 1, 2014

Two biomedical engineers from McGill’s Faculty of Medicine profiled in recent edition of “Les affaires”

Dr. Louis Collins, a professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and in the Department of Biomedical Engineering is pushing the boundaries...
March 24, 2014

Tuberculosis control needs a complete and patient-centric solution

Madhukar Pai, Prashant Yadav and Ravi Anupindi McGill International TB Centre, Montreal & Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann...
March 24, 2014

Training doctors, sharing expertise in treating chronic diseases discussed

Dr. David Eidelman, Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of Medicine at McGill University was in Oman this week, where he and the delegation...
March 20, 2014