Education
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
A Quebec research network aims to protect seniors from respiratory viruses
A team of Quebec researchers has just received joint funding of $12.3 million from the Ministère des Finances and de l'Économie and Medicago...
February 14, 2014
World renowned scientist Dr. Brenda Milner receives Dan David Prize
Montreal, February 13, 2014 – Dr. Brenda Milner, an active researcher at the age of 95 at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital,...
February 13, 2014
Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre receives $12,500 donation from La Vie en Rose
La Vie en Rose, through its Roses of Hope Foundation, donated $12,500 to The Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre affiliated to...
February 12, 2014
McGill, MUHC and Chinese Lions Club team up to offer free eye clinic
On a typical day the Ocularis Eye Clinic and Montreal Retina Institute in Montreal, run by Dr. John Chen (associate professor) and Dr....
February 12, 2014
Quebec rejects mandatory university for nurses
The Quebec government, at least for the time being, has rejected the 2012 request from Quebec's nursing order to make a university degree...
February 12, 2014
MUHC physician defends electronic cigarette use
MUHC physician Dr. Gaston Ostiguy believes that electronic cigarettes are useful for medical purposes, in particular in efforts to help patients to stop...
February 12, 2014
McGill inaugurates new Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre
On February 6, 2014 McGill’s Department of Immunology celebrated the inauguration of the new Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre (MDTC), an advanced research...
February 7, 2014
$1M for Asthma research
(Chicoutimi) Years of effort have enabled UQAC researcher Catherine Laprise, PhD in the genetics of asthma, to be rewarded by being given a...
February 5, 2014
Doctors say that a majority of Quebecers take cholesterol pills for nothing
Doctors denounce the proliferation of prescriptions for cholesterol pills "It has become like a candy dish," denounces a doctor who wants to remain...
February 5, 2014