Suicide isn’t painless: JGH tackles taboo subject

For generations, suicide and its symptoms were the health crisis no one wanted to talk about. Some of the top psychiatry researchers in...
April 5, 2011

Highlights of budget coverage

The last two weeks saw the tabling of two budgets, from both the Quebec and Federal governments. While a no-confidence vote has triggered...
March 29, 2011

The second century in modern medical education

VP-Dean Richard I. Levin contributes to the latest issue of Gravitas, official newsletter of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)....
March 29, 2011

Osler Library Newsletter

The source of health sciences history for McGill’s Faculty of Medicine In the latest issue of the Osler Library Newsletter, Dr. Peter Macklem,...
March 29, 2011

A world first in the fight against tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a major global health threat. Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacteria every second. Every...
March 29, 2011

Nominate someone for an Ovation

The nomination process for the 2011 Dean of Medicine Awards of Excellence has officially begun! The goal of this vital program is to...
March 29, 2011

Shedding light on late-winter blues

By Sol Inés Peca The days may be getting longer and spring may have started, but it still looks and feels like winter...
March 22, 2011

One giant leap for the Penfield dissector

McGill Faculty of Medicine alumnus and astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk was recently at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro (MNI),...
March 22, 2011

Uncovering the brain’s role in food and obesity

The McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence (MWP), in partnership with the UK’s Science and Innovation Network, the Douglas Mental Health...
March 15, 2011

Earthquake in Japan

Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami on the Northern Pacific coast of Japan on March 11, many members of our McGill family may...
March 15, 2011

Improving new drug predictions

It’s all too familiar: researchers announce the discovery of a new drug that eradicates disease in animals. Then, a few years later, the...
March 9, 2011

Braving the cold

By Sol Inés Peca Montreal winters may be icy, cold and tiring, but the frigid and remote Antarctic can be downright brutal. Third-year...
March 8, 2011