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MONTREAL GAZETTE | Sunscreen shouldn't be a DIY project

Wearing sunscreen is probably one of the best cancer deterrents there is. We often forget how common skin cancer is. One in five adults will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer in their lives, making it more common than all other cancer diagnoses combined. Fortunately, if caught early, it can be easily treated. It is also largely preventable, says Christopher Labos, a Montreal doctor and an associate with the McGill Office for Science and Society.

Published: 7 Aug 2019

EDMONTON JOURNAL | Polar journey exposes Edmonton student to arctic culture and climate

(Chiara Concini) is one of 130 high school and post-secondary students from around the globe aboard the Ocean Endeavour, taking a two-week plunge into arctic culture and geography in a program called Students On Ice.

Published: 6 Aug 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | 'Hands are tied': Class-action requests filed against Capital One

Not one but two requests to approve class actions against the American bank in Quebec were filed at the Superior Court of Quebec on Tuesday, only 24 hours after Capital One announced there had been a personal-data breach. The requests have to be approved by a judge before a class action can go any further. This latest massive security breach, which was confirmed on July 19, was announced Monday by Capital One. It affects 106 million members, six million of them Canadian.

Published: 1 Aug 2019

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY | This Is the Secret to Close Friendships

Miriam Kirmayer is a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at McGill University and a therapist who specializes in young adult and adult friendships. She says" one common thread I hear in my work as a therapist who focuses on friendship is just how disconnected so many of us feel from our friends and communities.

Published: 31 Jul 2019

NATIONAL POST | Beyoncé's 22-day, 100 per cent plant-based diet 'embraces food myths' and promotes crash dieting, experts say

Last week, the pop diva posted a YouTube video, “22 Days Nutrition,” promoting a diet plan created by her trainer and “exercise physiologist” Marco Borges. (The singer doubled up and followed the diet for 44 days in preparation for her 2018 Coachella performance.)

Published: 30 Jul 2019

BIG NEWS NETWORK | The amazing baby brain says 'pas de problème' with bilingualism

People often say that babies are like little sponges - with their ability to soak up language quickly and easily.

Yet much of the early research on language acquisition has focused on young infants learning only one language. This research was guided by an implicit assumption that learning one language is the usual and optimal way to learn to talk. 

Published: 30 Jul 2019

CBC | Plant-based eggs join meatless options at Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons is testing the fake omelette — made with mung bean protein isolate — in two regions in southern Ontario. If it's a hit, the product will join the Beyond Meat plant-based burger and breakfast sausage already on the menu at Tim Hortons and A&Ws across Canada.

Published: 29 Jul 2019

MONTREAL GAZETTE | Outdoor yoga at McGill 'a great break during the day'

McGill University is making the most of summer and offering free yoga classes on its lower field in downtown Montreal.

The classes, which are organized in partnership with Lululemon, are held every second Wednesday from noon until 1 p.m.

“It’s nice because you’ve got the connection with nature,” said instructor Elody Hafner.

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Published: 29 Jul 2019

NIH | Kieffer Dissects Opioid Effects on the Brain

For almost as long as we’ve known about the powerful spell opium can cast on a user, scientists have been trying to learn precisely how the drug operates in the body, particularly in the brain. According to recent Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series guest Dr. Brigitte Kieffer, researchers are closer than ever to understanding, witnessing, mimicking and perhaps predicting opioids’ work within the gray matter. 

Published: 29 Jul 2019

GLOBAL NEWS | McGill students take on Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for daycare centre

Roderick Mackinnon and Thomas Prévost have just set off on a seven-day hike up Mount Kilimanjaro on Wednesday. The adventure, however, started four months ago when the McGill management students were accepted into the Global Impact Program fellowship. “We basically worked as social impact consultants with various NGOs, NPOs and social enterprises in South Africa, mainly around Johannesburg,” explained Mackinnon from his hotel room in Tanzania.

Published: 25 Jul 2019

THE GUARDIAN | As co-working spaces colonise cities, are workers paying the price?

Co-working was originally practised by artists and other creative workers whose work was, by definition, off-the-cuff: project-based and commissioned. These workers would “co-work” in order to share resources such as client and supplier networks, as well as materials.

Published: 25 Jul 2019

MICROSOFT | The KnowRef Coreference Corpus: a resource for training and evaluating common sense in AI

AI has made major strides in the last decade, from beating the world champion of Go, to learning how to program, to telling fantastical short stories. However, a basic human trait continues to elude machines: common sense.

Published: 24 Jul 2019

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

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