Research
Reducing Surgical Infections to Improve Patient Care
A pioneering study by Infection Prevention and Control Service leads to a dramatic drop in Surgical Side Infections McGill University Health Centre Tucked...
April 17, 2018
Safety concerns over tungsten
Mouse study provides insights into how the metal accumulates in bone tissue McGill Newsroom New research shows how and where tungsten accumulates in...
April 17, 2018
Scientists map important immune system enzyme for the first time
Story by Pippa Wysong. Source: Canadian Light Source Biochemists from McGill University are getting a good look at just how a specific...
April 10, 2018
Like babies, eggs send signals when hungry
Canadian researchers are decoding the secrets of how ova grow and stay fertile Source: MUHC Newsroom In humans and other mammals, the...
April 9, 2018
Cracking Eggshell Nanostructure
New discovery could have important implications for food safety Source: McGill Newsroom How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture...
March 30, 2018
Smoking in patients with heart attack reduced with varenicline
Source: Lady Davis Institute (By Tod Hoffman) In patients who have had a heart attack, the drug varenicline significantly reduced smoking during the following...
March 28, 2018
Use of certain diabetes drugs may be linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Source: Lady Davis Institute (By Tod Hoffman) Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are a relatively new type of diabetes drug that lower high blood...
March 27, 2018
Tackling adherence to treatment on several fronts
Source: McGill University Health Centre Learning to become self-sufficient and responsible is part of life’s journey through the teen and young adult years....
March 27, 2018
Pushing screening of ovarian and endometrial cancers one step further
MUHC and Johns Hopkins join forces to develop a new Gene-based screening test using Pap test fluids Source: MUHC Newsroom A team...
March 22, 2018
Time for bed: Bad sleep habits start early in school-age children
Source: McGill Newsroom Bad sleep habits in children begin earlier than many experts assume. That’s the takeaway from a new study led by...
March 21, 2018
Clinical trial reveals that aspirin is effective at preventing venous thromboembolism following major orthopedic surgeries
Patients at the Jewish General Hospital were among the participants in a large clinical trial that discovered that aspirin was as effective as...
March 15, 2018
Pancreatic cancer research: personalized approach brings new hope to patients
MUHC joins Canadian research team for precision medicine and expands genetic sequencing to the French Canadian population Few early detection tests, undetectable...
March 8, 2018