Very little is known about the long-term health effects of cannabis, says 香蕉视频 scientist Mark Ware. He鈥檚 determined to find out more as the clock ticks down to听legalization. He has embarked on one of the largest studies ever done on pot. So far it has recruited more than 1,000 participants. He hopes to have 3,000 within two years.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2017
Dr. Donald Vinh was able to help patient Steven Francis figure out what has been making him sick for 35 years.听
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Published on: 7 Apr 2017
President听Donald Trump听is different. Unlike any of his forty-four predecessors, he does not even pretend to care about constitutional rules or official protocols. He has no need for facts or norms. And in his drive to 鈥淢ake America Great Again,鈥� he discards not just the听balance of powerwithin our government, but also the deeper balance between our two major myths about what made America great in the first place.
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Published on: 6 Apr 2017
Research and education needs to be provided, Dr. Mark Ware, a professor in family medicine and anesthesia at 香蕉视频, told a drug policy conference in Ottawa.听
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Published on: 5 Apr 2017
The relationship between business and government, a separation of powers no less vital than that within government itself, has become so confounded that it threatens American democracy itself. When free enterprise in an economy becomes the freedom of enterprises-as-people in a society, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, government of the real people, by the real people, and for the real people shall perish from the Earth.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2017
A Canadian-led study about our country's most beloved export -- maple syrup -- has shown that the sweet stuff that makes pancakes so good might also help antibiotics work better. The research from a 香蕉视频 team was presented this weekend at the听annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. Lead researcher Nathalie Tufenkji, who specializes in chemical engineering, says her team's study began with the observation that aboriginal people in Canada have long used maple syrup to fight infections.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2017
Ahmed El-Geneidy, the head of 香蕉视频鈥檚 Transportation Research group, thinks the REM鈥檚 promoters are wearing rose-coloured glasses. Ridership projections for the REM of 40 million commutes annually are hugely optimistic.
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Published on: 31 Mar 2017
"It's actually encouraging people to use that fuel source rather than alternative fuel sources," said Chris Ragan, an economics professor at 香蕉视频 and chair of the university's Ecofiscal Commission.
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Published on: 30 Mar 2017
But Erin Strumpf, who researches public health at 香蕉视频 in Montreal, says it is not so simple. With so many factors affecting health, such as lifestyle and genetics, it can be difficult to draw broad conclusions about why Canadians live longer. Rates of obesity and smoking, and socioeconomic factors may all impact the different outcomes we see in the US.听"People like the explanation of universal health coverage; people like the explanation of more redistributive social programmes," she says.
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Published on: 29 Mar 2017
Dr Robert Hess, from 香蕉视频 in Canada, who ran the study said: "Using head-mounted video goggles we were able to display the game dichoptically, where one eye was allowed to see only the falling objects, and the other eye was allowed to see only the ground plane objects."
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Published on: 28 Mar 2017
Professor Jill Hanley, from 香蕉视频, is the Montreal lead on the "live" study which will track the results of the humanitarian program, and the efforts of ordinary Canadians who've been part of the private sponsorship program.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2017
You need to hit all the high notes if you want to get in to听McGill鈥檚 Schulich School of Music. The program receives more than 1,000 applicants a year 鈥� but only a couple hundred are admitted. 鈥淭here is, has been a steady and perhaps increasing number of young people who are interested in classical music,鈥� said St茅phane Lemelin, chairperson for McGill鈥檚 music department of performance.
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Published on: 24 Mar 2017
鈥淚 get considerably less praise than I use to 10 years ago. I find this troubling at times, let me explain why this is a natural thing. And it shouldn't bother us - too much.鈥�
Column by Karl Moore, professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management.听
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Published on: 23 Mar 2017
Montreal is celebrating its 375th anniversary, but very few vestiges of its early history remain. (A multimedia piece with an interactive map showing some of Montreal鈥檚 oldest iconic buildings, including the Arts building. McGill鈥檚 Annmarie Adams provided input for the article.)
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Published on: 22 Mar 2017
Jessica Coon discusses how humans would make contact with extraterrestrials, whether emoji听can replace written words听and how the internet is putting some languages at risk.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2017
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