Education
Researchers discourage rheumatology patients from using cannabis
Montreal, March 3rd 2014 – Patients with rheumatic conditions are in need of symptom relief and some are turning to herbal cannabis as...
March 11, 2014
Would You Deposit Your DNA in a ‘BioBank?’
In Vancouver for a speaking engagement, McGill's Dr. Bartha Knoppers (director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University), Canada's leading...
March 11, 2014
Tracking neighborhood eating habits to promote healthier diets
Using checkout grocery data from Montreal neighborhoods as tool to combat unhealthy food choices Poor food choices, such as overconsumption of carbonated soft...
March 11, 2014
Montréal researchers find a link between pollutants and certain complications of obesity
This breakthrough could eventually help improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiometabolic complications associated with obesity A team of researchers at the IRCM...
March 10, 2014
Discovery of a ‘‘conductor’’ in muscle development
IRCM researchers in Montréal identified a missing link that could have an impact on the treatment of muscular diseases A team led by Jean-François...
March 10, 2014
Looking out for our livers
March is Liver Health Month in Canada Montreal, February 28, 2014 – It is estimated that one in 10 Canadians, nearly three million...
February 28, 2014
Opinion: Cancer patients want control over where they get care
Where is the compassion for cancer patients? Is where to receive vital cancer treatment now going to be simply a matter of what...
February 25, 2014
Boost Your Balance; Avoid Falls
People don't usually think about balance until they fall, but little signs such as relying on handrails to go up and down stairs...
February 24, 2014
Cuddling our children approved by science. Here’s why.
Cuddling our children keeps society from collapsing. An intriguing body of scientific evidence for this comes from long-term research on residents of the...
February 21, 2014
Quebec to introduce patient-based funding
The Quebec government plans to introduce patient-based funding in the health sector, Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau announced Thursday. In his budget announcement in...
February 20, 2014
McGill alumnus Victor J. Dzau, M.D., to Be Next Institute of Medicine President
WASHINGTON -- Victor J. Dzau, M.D., has been named to be the next president of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of...
February 19, 2014
B cell study may lead to treatment options for progressive MS
MS Society of Canada and MS Scientific Research Foundation announce $3.6 million grant to understanding B cells for future MS therapies February 18, 2014 – Toronto – The Multiple...
February 18, 2014