Education
May – Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
What’s new at The Neuro Research: B cell study may lead to treatment options for MS Earlier this year, The MS Society of...
April 30, 2014
Dr. Gilles Brousseau: “We are moving away from the classic model of teaching”
A story appearing today in Le Droit says that the curriculum envisioned for future students at the proposed McGill Faculty of Medicine satellite...
April 25, 2014
Watching, delaying treatment of low-risk prostate cancer may be more cost-effective approach
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men and the third leading cause of death from cancer. Active surveillance of men...
April 25, 2014
Researcher: More Medical Marijuana Studies Needed
While cautioning against self-medicating with marijuana, Dr. Mark Ware, an associate professor in family medicine and anesthesia at McGill's Faculty of Medicine believes that...
April 24, 2014
Researchers garner grants from Canadian Cancer Society
McGill researchers undertake innovative projects Researchers from McGill, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and The Neuro (MNI) have...
April 17, 2014
Antibiotics improve growth in children in developing countries
Youngest children from most vulnerable populations benefit most Antibiotics improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in low and middle income countries,...
April 16, 2014
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
