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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.

Op-ed by Christopher Labos, Montreal doctor and associate with the McGill Office for Science and Society. 

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Published on: 23 Jan 2019

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? 

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Published on: 22 Jan 2019

“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 㽶Ƶ. The hot-button issues-driven format simply is not common enough for now; we’re not near oversaturation yet.

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Published on: 21 Jan 2019

A 㽶Ƶ 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.”

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Published on: 18 Jan 2019

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.

Op-ed by Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. She is a professor at the School of Social Work at 㽶Ƶ.

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Published on: 17 Jan 2019

Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy Chris Ragan sat down with TVO'S The Agenda with Steve Palkin to discuss carbon pricing.

"In 2014 the Ecofiscal Commission was created to advocate for putting a price on carbon. It comprised people from across the political spectrum, including former Reform Party founder and leader, Preston Manning. A consensus seemed to be emerging. But, these days it has become a heated debate across Canada. The Agenda welcomes economist Chris Ragan, chair of the commission, to discuss the battle over the carbon tax."

Classified as: max bell school of public policy, max bell school, School of Public Policy, Ecofiscal, Chris Ragan on Carbon Pricing
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Published on: 16 Jan 2019

"The report is not a plan," said Dr. Howard Bergman of 㽶Ƶ, 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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Published on: 16 Jan 2019

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.

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Published on: 15 Jan 2019

After a physically painful experience, men’s memories can exaggerate the pain, which makes them more stressed about and sensitive to pain in the future, researchers at 㽶Ƶ and the University of Toronto, Mississauga, have found. Women, on the other hand, handled pain like champs. 


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Published on: 14 Jan 2019

The detection of a signal coming from deep space is definitely something to be excited about — but it's probably not aliens, warns one of the professors who helped build Canada's CHIME telescope.

"It is really highly unlikely that it's a beacon from other civilisations," said Matt Dobbs, professor of physics at McGill University.

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Published on: 14 Jan 2019

Article by Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unity in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at 㽶Ƶ, and is a member of the PLOS Biology Editorial Board.

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Published on: 14 Jan 2019

Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Chris Ragan, sat down with Breakfast Television Montreal to speak about equalization payments. 

"Equalization payments are inflaming Quebec-Alberta tensions. Dr. Christopher Ragan explains what they are and how they add fuel to the fire."

Classified as: max bell school of public policy, max bell school, public policy, School of Public Policy
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Published on: 11 Jan 2019

Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Chris Ragan, sat down with Breakfast Television Montreal to discuss carbon pricing.

"The federal carbon tax plan is causing friction across parties and provinces, and will be a key issue this election year," Professor Ragan explains.

Classified as: max bell school of public policy, max bell school, School of Public Policy, public policy, Chris Ragan on Carbon Pricing
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Published on: 8 Jan 2019

Newly appointed Max Bell School of Public Policy professor Taylor Owen wrote a piece for the Globe and Mail on how governments should regulate Big Tech companies. 

"There is currently a disconnect between the global scale, operation and social impact of technology companies and the national jurisdiction of most countries' tech laws and regulations. As former BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie has argued, the digital economy may need its Bretton Woods moment."

Classified as: max bell school of public policy, max bell school, public policy, School of Public Policy, Taylor Owen on Digital Governance
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Published on: 7 Jan 2019

Dr. Sheila Wang, a dermatologist at the 㽶Ƶ Health Centre, came up with the idea for the app when she was in medical school and noticed that the standard practice was to measure wounds with rulers or other handheld instruments.

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Published on: 19 Dec 2018

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