Mark Ware, a McGill pain researcher and vice-chair of Canada鈥檚 recent federal panel on marijuana legalization, said one of the biggest takeaways from the new report, which he reviewed before publication, is that new research must now be funded to see whether cannabis can pare down the use of some opioids, a class of legal and illicit painkillers that has led to an听ongoing crisis听that has killed hundreds of Canadians over the past year.
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Published on: 13 Jan 2017
A distinguished panel of experts gathered at Montreal's 香蕉视频 this past spring to discuss this development in gene editing.
There are big hopes for this technology, as well as serious concerns about its potential uses, and how to control or regulate it.听The panel at McGill听University addressed these questions. On this episode听we have some of their answers. The panel is called听Designing Life: The Brave New World of Gene听Editing.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2017
鈥淚t will be interesting to see where they get accepted and where they get rejected,鈥� said Gil Troy, an American presidential historian and professor at 香蕉视频.听鈥淭hey鈥檙e the ones more likely to be seen around town, to rub elbows here and there."
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Published on: 11 Jan 2017
"Painting is a vector to humanize care, for the person to be aware of abilities he has, and to help with rehabilitation."听Dr. Olivier Beauchet,听director of McGill's Centre of Excellence on Aging and Chronic Disease, based at the Jewish General.
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Published on: 10 Jan 2017
When investigating pain, the basic procedure for clinics everywhere is to give a patient the McGill Pain Questionnaire. This was developed in the 1970s by two scientists, Dr Ronald Melzack and Dr Warren Torgerson, both of 香蕉视频 in Montreal, and is still the main tool for measuring pain in clinics worldwide.听
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Published on: 10 Jan 2017
Column by Joe Schwarcz,听director of 香蕉视频鈥檚 Office for Science & Society.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2017
Being aware of potential pushback should encourage negotiators to reach deals that will satisfy a majority of their domestic constituents. In this light, the current controversy around trade agreements is thus not entirely a sign of failure. Rather, it鈥檚 a necessary counterpart to the privacy required to reach an agreement in the first place.
Op-ed co-signed by听Krzysztof J. Pelc,听William Dawson Scholar and associate professor in the Department of Political Science.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2017
The land sharing/sparing debate has stagnated. Finding a way forward requires that we ask new questions and, crucially, focus on human well-being and ecosystem services.
Op-ed by Elena M. Bennett,听McGill School of Environment and the Department of Natural Resource Sciences
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Published on: 6 Jan 2017
Speaking more broadly, addressing the Canadian legacy of colonialism regarding indigenous peoples doesn鈥檛 allow anyone to stay in his or her comfort zone. Law faculties and universities have a long way to go on this issue 鈥斕齛nd it鈥檚 crucial to talk about the experiments and tentative steps forward.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2017
After moving to Montreal to attend 香蕉视频, Salima Visram designed the听Soular Backpack听to help tackle one of the "multitude of problems related to education of children in Kenya."听Many children in Kenya live in homes without electricity and must use harmful kerosene lamps to study at night. The Soular Backpack has a solar panel on it which charges a portable LED lamp inside of it, eliminating the need for kerosene.
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Published on: 4 Jan 2017
They say if you want to know what the future will be like, you should look at what investments are being made today. Judging by the accelerating rate of private-sector wind and solar investment here and elsewhere, it seems for Canada this trend is unlikely to stop until all our energy needs are met by clean electricity.
Op-ed by Christopher Barrington-Leigh,听assistant professor in the School of Environment.
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Published on: 4 Jan 2017
鈥淚ndia really needs to wake up to the enormity of the epidemic in the country."听Madhukar Pai, director of global-health programs at 香蕉视频
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Published on: 4 Jan 2017
A McGill geographer plumbs the depths of the world's million-plus lakes 鈥� and produces a computer model that will help us monitor everything from algae blooms to climate change.听
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Published on: 16 Dec 2016
In what is believed to be a medical world first, a doctor and his team at the 香蕉视频 Health Centre unblocked the clogged coronary arteries of two patients on Tuesday using a revolutionary new cardiac catheter that is considered safer and more effective than the current technology.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2016
Charles Bourque, professor of neurosurgery at听香蕉视频, details why you might want to be hydrated before zonking out for the night.
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Published on: 14 Dec 2016
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