Men who paid for sex more likely to live with HIV

Published: 25 January 2022

Twenty years’ worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers. These men are about 50 percent more likely...

Sex Cells! A workshop on sex- and gender-based analysis plus (SGBA+) in research

Tuesday, November 26, 2019 18:00to20:00

Considerations of sex and gender are key to conducting inclusive research, building unbiased technology and facilitating equitable healthcare.3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA...

Equality need not be painful

Published: 13 July 2016

Pain researchers' arguments for using only male rodents in preclinical pain research don't hold up to scrutiny, says McGill neuroscientist Jeffrey Mogil. Nature

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll chemistry in the brain

Published: 8 February 2017

The same brain-chemical system that mediates feelings of pleasure from sex, recreational drugs, and food is also critical to experiencing musical pleasure, according to a study by McGill University...

Help prevent the transmission of HPV!

Published: 25 March 2013

The McGill Division of Cancer Epidemiology has recently launched the CATCH study to test the effectiveness of a Carrageenan-based gel in preventing the tranmission of HPV. Carrageenan is derived...

Pain curbs sex drive in female mice, but not in males

Published: 22 April 2014

“Not tonight, dear, I have a headache.” Generally speaking, that line is attributed to the wife in a couple, implying that women’s sexual desire is more affected by pain than men’s.

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