Speeding up SSRIs

Published: 3 August 2017

For people suffering from depression, a day without treatment can seem like a lifetime. A new study explains why the most commonly prescribed antidepressants can take as long as six weeks to have...

More Canadians than ever are living alone, and other takeaways

Published: 3 August 2017

Céline Le Bourdais, the Canada research chair in social statistics and family change at McGill University in Montreal, cautions that the statistics on one-person households can be misleading....

Expert: Air passenger bill of rights

Published: 2 August 2017

“A new air passenger bill of rights would punish airlines for keeping people on the tarmac longer than three hours, forcing them to compensate passengers. But it would not compel carriers to...

Expert on Census 2016: More Canadians living alone and without children (August 2)

Published: 2 August 2017

“Canadians are living increasingly alone and without children, according to the latest census figures released by Statistics Canada.” (CBC)

Experts: Dairy, lumber and NAFTA (***UPDATED***)

Published: 2 August 2017

“U.S. President Donald Trump's surprisingly caustic complaints about trade with Canada in recent days could be setting the stage for a broader renegotiation of the North American Free Trade...

Brains are more plastic than we thought

Published: 19 July 2017

Practice might not always make perfect, but it’s essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It's also the basis of brain training, an approach that holds potential as a non-invasive...

“Rebalancing society” module launched

Published: 19 July 2017

On the occasion of the High Level Political Forum held on 18 and 19 July at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, PRME in collaboration with McGill University and KEDGE Business School are...

Fear, fearlessness and animal extinction

Published: 24 July 2017

Too much fear can be dangerous for species’ survival. In fact, fear alone, even in the absence of a live predator, can lead to species’ extinction if the population size is small enough suggests a...

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