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CBC | Some Westmount dog owners worried about 'dust clouds' in King George Park

Some pet owners who use the dog run in King George Park in Westmount are calling on the City to make changes because they're worried about potential health effects from all the sand in the area.

Dr. Maxime Cormier is a respirologist at the Montreal General Hospital and an assistant professor at McGill University.

Published: 24 Jul 2019

WEBMD | Testosterone Therapy May Threaten the Heart

Taking testosterone might sound like a good idea for an older man, but a new study suggests the treatment might be bad news for his heart.

Men who took it showed a slightly increased risk of heart attack and stroke in the first few years.

Published: 24 Jul 2019

CBC | Nunavik Inuit genetically unique among present-day world populations, study finds

Researchers have found that Inuit from northern Quebec are genetically distinct from any present-day population in the world, and say studying the genes of minority Indigenous populations in Canada can help deliver better health care to these populations.

Published: 24 Jul 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | Free Montreal museums: Beat the heat without breaking the bank

When your job is growing up, the most important thing you can do is explore your world. It starts with fingers and thumbs and gradually expands to brightly coloured toys, then maybe to sandboxes and potato bugs. We want to bring the world to our children, but sometimes parents stop short of visiting museums. The museums will recover from a little boisterousness, and there are ways to visit at a low cost — many waive their fees on certain days of the month.

Published: 22 Jul 2019

CANADA LAND | The Guardian Paves The Way For Canadian Media To Be More Blunt About The Climate Crisis

The Guardian made headlines worldwide for making afew simple changes to its style guide. 

The British daily newspaper announced that its staff would no longer be using the term “climate change” to describe the global rise of temperatures and disruption to standard weather patterns due to human causes. Instead, they’ve begun describing this process as a “climate emergency, crisis, or breakdown.”

Published: 22 Jul 2019

GLOBAL NEWS | Bottled, filtered or tap: Is one water better than the other?

When it comes to options for safe drinking water, experts say Canadians are often confused.

Some people still hold the belief that tap water in particular isn’t safe to drink, while others believe bottled water is so-called “healthier” than tap or filtered water.

Published: 18 Jul 2019

YAHOO | Arthritis Research Canada opens fourth centre

Arthritis Research Canada, the largest clinical arthritis research institution in North America , continues to grow with its newest centre located at McGill University .

Drs.  Deborah Da Costa ,  Michal Abrahamowicz , Susan Bartlett and Marie Hudson will join the new location and bring with them a collective and extensive knowledge of arthritis research.

Published: 18 Jul 2019

CBC | Boeing insists fix to 737 Max software will 'get it right,' but flights are likely still months off

It's the height of the summer travel season, and if the country's major airports are anything to go by, commercial flights are humming along at a brisk clip, but there's not a 737 Max jet in sight — and likely won't be for months.

Published: 18 Jul 2019

QUARTZ | The scientists searching for alien life aren’t very popular in science

In October 2017, a telescope operated by the University of Hawaii picked up a strange cigar-shaped object (artist rendering below), which had slingshotted past the sun at a more-than-brisk top speed of 196,000 miles per hour. Scientists at the university dubbed it ‘Oumuamua, Hawaiian for scout, and at first labeled it an asteroid, then a comet, but agreed that it came from another solar system.

Published: 16 Jul 2019

NEWSCIENTIST | There aren’t enough space explosions to explain strange radio bursts

Many of the brightest, weirdest phenomena in space come from cataclysmic events like explosions or collisions. But many fast radio bursts (FRBs), one of the most mysterious space signals we’ve seen, must not. That might mean that they are all part of a class of FRB that we previously thought might be rare.

Published: 16 Jul 2019

CBC | What at-home DNA tests can tell about you — and what they can't

At-home DNA testing kits have become a mainstream product for offering a look into a user's genetic heritage and even health pre-dispositions. 

While they can offer insight into one's lineage, the results are often an approximation of genetics combined with results from their database of customers.

Published: 16 Jul 2019

THE NEW YORK TIMES | Even Moderate Air Pollution May Lead to Lung Disease

A new study led by Dany Doiron, a research associate at the McGill University Health Center found that even moderate levels of air pollution can cause lung function impairment that rivals the damage caused by smoking. Researchers studied 303,887 British men and women, with data on lung health gathered by physical examination and air pollution statistics geographically coded to the participants’ home addresses. 

Published: 11 Jul 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | The link between alcohol and breast cancer

Some people see alcohol as something that is good for your health, if you consume it in moderate doses. While almost everyone knows alcohol can cause birth defects if you drink while pregnant or will ruin your liver if you drink excessively over many years, people tend to believe that low levels of alcohol consumption are safe, if not beneficial.

Published: 10 Jul 2019

CBC | Bombardier to lay off hundreds of workers at Thunder Bay, Ont., plant

Bombardier plans to cut several hundred jobs at its Thunder Bay, Ont., facility, according to federal and provincial government sources. 

Published: 10 Jul 2019

THE CONVERSATION | To cure brain diseases, neuroscientists must collaborate: That’s why I’m giving my data away

Thomas Durcan, professor at the Montréal Neurological Institute of McGill University is growing stem cells in a dish to develop better treatments for Parkinson’s disease.

Published: 8 Jul 2019

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