Undergraduate, Grad & postdoctoral studies & Health Sciences 2018-19 info: 2nd Edition

Published: 14 September 2018

Undergraduate, Health Sciences and Graduate, and Postdoctoral students can find updated academic info on the eCalendar—browse each faculty section or search the entire site for program requirements...

Undergraduate, Grad & postdoctoral studies & Health Sciences 2018-19 info: 2nd Edition

Published: 14 September 2018

Programs, courses, and other Undergraduate, Grad & postdoctoral studies & Health Sciences information has been updated to reflect new program offerings and academic info for 2018–19 on the...

New network bringing together Indigenous students and health professionals

Published: 20 August 2018

Based in Kahnawake, Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network seeks to support and encourage Indigenous students. (...) "We do need more representation in all health-related fields. There's a growing...

15-minutes of exercise creates optimal brain state for mastering new motor skills

Published: 9 July 2018

If you want to learn to walk a tightrope, it’s a good idea to go for a short run after each practice session. That’s because a recent study in NeuroImage demonstrates that exercise performed...

Low-Income HIV Patients Suffer with Healthcare Access

Published: 19 April 2018

Quebeckers do not have equal access to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV and AIDS, a long-term study undertaken by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre ...

Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world

Published: 6 February 2018

A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.  

Flawed research methods exaggerate the prevalence of depression

Published: 18 January 2018

An over-reliance on self-report screening questionnaires, wherein patients essentially define their own condition, in place of diagnostic interviews conducted by a health care professional, has...

McGill study finds people infected with HIV more likely to develop fatty liver

Published: 30 November 2017

Fatty liver is among the most frequent causes of liver disease in Canada and in Western countries and is one of the main indications for liver transplant. For some time, researchers have suspected...

Mindfulness training shows promise for maintaining weight loss

Published: 23 November 2017

Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?  McGill University researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away...

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