NATIONAL POST | IVF linked to slightly higher risk of maternal complications: study

We found that 30.8 per 1,000 of the women in our study who received an infertility treatment experienced a severe pregnancy complication,” said lead researcher Dr. Natalie Dayan, director of obstetric medicine at McGill University Health Centre.

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CBC NEWS | Plagued by concussions, former Wildcat sought help for new treatment and the reply was huge

"It's not easy for people that have had concussions," said Dr. Alain Ptito, a neuropsychologist at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and director of the Department of Psychology at the McGill University Health Centre.

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FINANCIAL POST | Two Canadian engineering giants are headed in starkly different directions

Construction-contract bidding can reap profits exponentially greater than design work, “but they need to make sure that they get it right,” said Karl Moore, an associate professor at McGill University’s business school.

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WASHINGTON POST | The risks of redundancy

Jacob T. Levy is an outstanding political theorist who is also, full disclosure, a good friend. During the Trump years, he has written more and more for a wideraudience, to great effect.This past weekend, however, he expressed some weariness on Twitter about writing for a public audience in the Age of Trump.

CTV NEWS | McGill to launch $14M student wellness hub

McGill University has announced a significant investment into providing more mental health services for its students.The announcement of a new $14-million student wellness hub is funded in part by the Rossy Foundation. “This means providing students with timely mental health care of the highest quality, while also creating opportunities for students to promote their own well-being through awareness, prevention, and early intervention programs,” said Stephanie Rossy of the Rossy Foundatio

THE WASHINGTON POST | Los Angeles teachers just proved that the common wisdom about unions is wrong

Just off the 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles, a billboard urges teachers to “read this before spending another $1,000 on union dues.” The ad touts teacherfreedom.org, a site sponsored by the Koch-backed California Policy Center that offers instructions on how teachers can leave their union, along with testimonials from people identified as teachers recounting how much freer they felt after leaving their union.

BLOOMBERG | A Billionaire Starts a Retail Management School at McGill University

Having handed the reins to his son David, the billionaire Aldo founder is keen to help educate the next generation and has helped fund a retail management school at Montreal’s McGill University, his alma mater. The curriculum will incorporate many fields of expertise needed to thrive in today’s industry, from data analytics and anthropology to artificial intelligence.

CBC NEWS | What Do You Think Of The New Canada Food Guide

We ask callers what they think of the new Canada Food Guide. We're joined in studio by non-diet dietitian Lisa Rutledge & McGill University Executive Chef Oliver De Volpi.

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MONTREAL GAZETTE | Christopher Labos: Here's how some diabetics can save their money

Many diabetics check their blood sugar regularly at home. On the surface, this seems like a good idea since controlling your diabetes can prevent some of the worst complications of the disease — namely kidney failure, vision loss and even foot infections leading to amputations. But many diabetics may be checking their blood sugar unnecessarily and wasting a fair amount of money in the process.

THE CONVERSATION | A memory pill? Cognitive neuroscience’s contributions to the study of memory

During the first weeks of the new year, resolutions are often accompanied by attempts to learn new behaviours that improve health. We hope that old bad habits will disappear and new healthy habits will become automatic. But how can our brain be reprogrammed to assure that a new health habit can be learned and retained? 

BBC NEWS | How socially-charged adverts could become the norm

“Anything done too much is going to saturate. If you take any advertising technique – sex, celebrities – that’s used consistently for a long period of time, people tune it out,” says Ashesh Mukherjee, an associate professor of marketing at McGill University. The hot-button issues-driven format simply is not common enough for now; we’re not near oversaturation yet.

NATIONAL POST | McGill science group takes aim at pharmacies for selling 'quack' flu remedy

A McGill University science communication group is taking aim at a commonly available homeopathic flu remedy and questioning why pharmacies continue to sell what it calls “quack remedies.”

THE GLOBE AND MAIL | For Indigenous kids' welfare, our government knows better; it just needs to do better

This week, the story of a newborn baby removed from her family in Manitoba added to a litany of reports about the over-representation of First Nations children in child welfare care. The number and persistence of these stories lead many to believe this is a problem without a solution. But real answers have been on the books for decades – governments just need to implement them.

CTV NEWS | National dementia strategy should include input from patients, caregivers: report

"The report is not a plan," said Dr. Howard Bergman of McGill University, who chaired the six-member panel. "It will inform those preparing the plan by looking at the evidence and then assessing the best practices."

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CBC NEWS | Canada's new justice minister is a Montrealer: Meet David Lametti

Colleagues of Canada's new Justice Minister David Lametti say that, before his career in politics, he was known for his generosity and mentorship as a law professor at McGill University. At McGill, Lametti focused his academic work on intellectual property, even pioneering it as a field of research in law at the university, according to Richard Gold, the associate dean of the McGill Faculty of Law graduate studies program.