Terry Fox run: You're invited!

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Students and Faculty from The Ingram School of Nursing, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Communication Sciences and Disorders and Medicine have joined together to form a team to participate in...

Two paths for the personal essay

Published: 25 August 2017

Article by Merve Emre, Professor in the Department of English...

The misplaced arguments against Black Lives Matter

Published: 24 August 2017

Jacob Levy, a political philosopher, argues that BLM is “one of the most significant political mobilisations in defence of freedom” in decades. Its supporters oppose police brutality, mass...

Expert: tree damage due to storms

Published: 23 August 2017

"The storm, which hit Tuesday afternoon and brought winds of up to 120 km/h, snapped tree branches, uprooted trees and downed hydro poles from the West Island over to the Saint-Henri neighbourhood,...

New understanding of how muscles work

Published: 23 August 2017

Muscle malfunctions may be as simple as a slight strain after exercise or as serious as heart failure and muscular dystrophy. A new technique developed at McGill now makes it possible to look much...

Can you sweat out toxins?

Published: 23 August 2017

No one will ever be able to conduct a large enough study to link such low levels of chemicals with health problems, said Joe Schwarcz, a professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal. “It...

Hypertension during pregnancy may affect women’s long-term cardiovascular health

Published: 21 August 2017

Women who experience hypertension during pregnancy face an increased risk of heart disease and hypertension later in life, according to a new study.

Could olfactory loss point to Alzheimer’s disease?

Published: 15 August 2017

By the time you start losing your memory, it's almost too late. That's because the damage to your brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may already have been going on for as long as twenty...

Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms

Published: 22 August 2017

Imagine if doctors could determine, many years in advance, who is likely to develop dementia. Such prognostic capabilities would give patients and their families time to plan and manage treatment...

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