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GLOBAL NEWS | The opposition at Montreal city hall wants to make cycling safer for children

Montreal’s opposition party, Ensemble Montreal, wants to make the streets of the city safer for children on bicycles. Opposition leader Lionel Perez said he will ask the mayor to make helmets mandatory for riders under the age of 18.

Published: 6 Sep 2019

MSN | 6 Health Benefits of Cranberries

You may associate cranberries with the holidays, but there are good reasons to consume them year-round, either frozen, dried, or in juice form. In a new study from McGill University in Canada, researchers selected bacteria responsible for urinary tract infections, pneumonia, and gastroenteritis. When bacteria are treated with antibiotics they typically become resistant to its effects.

Published: 5 Sep 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | Montreal researchers probe muscle-loss disease in elderly

A team of Montreal researchers has devised a new set of criteria to better diagnose a disease that affects the elderly, sarcopenia, which causes loss of muscle mass. 

The improved criteria raise hopes that physicians will be able to detect the disease in people earlier, and therefore, to recommend certain types of exercise and nutrition to stem the loss of muscle mass, say scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.

Published: 4 Sep 2019

CTV | Urban agriculture gets boost in efforts to grow farming sector

Urban agriculture is getting a $750,000 boost from the province and from Montreal to help develop the farming sector. The goal is to spur innovation and growth in urban farming, agriculture and local greenhouses, ensuring the projects align with the needs in each part of town to add to the vitality of the area.

Published: 4 Sep 2019

THE GLOBE AND MAIL | Mind your Zs: schools study adding sleep to their lesson plans

Ms. Boursier, a French and ethics teacher at Montreal’s Heritage Regional High School, says she has added sleep to her lesson plans – why it’s important and how to get more of it – because a lack of sleep is hurting her students. Ms.

Published: 3 Sep 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | Covo Cup: McGill, Harvard to mark anniversary of historic rugby match

Sports fans may know that McGill grad James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891; but less known is the fact that McGill rugby also has a place in history for its significant contribution to the creation of what became American football.

Published: 3 Sep 2019

INDIA TODAY | Lack of interest in music linked to brain disconnection

Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five percent of the population, found a study.

Using the fMRI data, the researchers found that while listening to music, specific musical anhedonics presented a reduction in the activity of the Nucleus Accumbens, a key subcortical structure of the reward network.

Published: 3 Sep 2019

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW | Earth’s “fingerprint” could one day help us find a habitable exoplanet

 Two astronomers, {Evelyn Macdonald, recent physics graduate, and supervisor Nicolas Cowan, associate professor}, based at McGill University in Montreal, pored over data collected by the Canadian Space Agency’s SCISAT satellite, which was originally launched to help us better understand Earth’s ozone depletion. Since 2004, SCISAT has made continuous observation of the light that passes through the atmosphere when Earth is in front of the sun. 

Published: 3 Sep 2019

MEDIUM | Machine Learning and Mental Health

Neuroscientists and clinicians around the world are using machine learning to develop treatment plans for patients and to identify some of the key markers for mental health disorders before they may set in. One of the benefits is that machine learning helps clinicians predict who may be at risk of a particular disorder.

Published: 30 Aug 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | Three moms launch plant-based milk: a lawyer, a dentist and Katia Pacioretty

Necessity is the mother of invention, the adage goes. And so when a Montreal mother of two couldn’t find an alternative she considered suitable for her daughters once she stopped breastfeeding, she decided to develop her own: an organic plant-based milk called Bebe Latte.

Published: 30 Aug 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | Montreal girl, 6, explores the sky with McGill astrophysicist

“I wanted to meet a specialist of the sky, the stars and the night,” said six-year-old Zoey, who was introduced to astrophysicist and McGill professor Victoria Kaspi at the Mont-Mégantic Observatory in Notre-Dame-des-Bois last week.

“When I was Zoey’s age, I knew very little about astronomy and had no idea one could have a career in this area,” Kaspi said in an email interview after spending the day with the Montreal student.

Published: 30 Aug 2019

VANCOUVER SUN | Higher levels of opioids and meth found in Vancouver waste water

Metro Vancouver has higher-than-average levels of opioids and methamphetamine in its waste-water system compared with other Canadian cities, according to a new Statistics Canada study analyzing cannabis and drug use in the country based on what Canadians flush down their toilets.

Published: 28 Aug 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | Looking for a vibrant commercial stretch in Montreal? Try Instagram

For small businesses and entrepreneurs looking to maximize visibility on a budget, a regularly updated Instagram account with vibrant visuals and constant communicability is seen as a cost-effective way to reach eyeballs without the responsibility of managing a physical space.

Published: 27 Aug 2019

NATIONAL OBSERVER | They're teaching young voters not to be duped by 'fake news'

Samantha Reusch is aiming to help young Canadians identify misinformation online because she and her colleagues can't monitor all social media platforms for false information during this fall's campaign.

Published: 26 Aug 2019

ELEMENTAL | Can You Make a Lactose Intolerance Disappear?

Roughly three-quarters of the world’s adult population has trouble digesting lactose, which is a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy products. Doctors routinely label people who experience these symptoms as “lactose intolerant” and counsel them to avoid dairy products. 

Published: 26 Aug 2019

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