Each year, influenza kills half a million people globally with the elderly and very young most often the victims. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 37听children have died听in the United States during the current flu听season. Aside from getting the flu shot and employing smart hand hygiene, there are no other methods of prevention. However, a team of scientists from the Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and 香蕉视频, led by Immunologist Dr.
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Published on: 14 Feb 2018
Article from the McGill Reporter
It鈥檚 a first and only for one night: The Schulich School of Music鈥檚 McGill Symphony Orchestra (MGSO) will perform under the baton of Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al Music Director Maestro Kent Nagano on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Maison symphonique.
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Published on: 9 Feb 2018
A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2018
We all know people who, seemingly incapable of living without the bright screen of their phone for more than a few minutes, are constantly texting and checking out what friends are up to on social media.
These are examples of what many consider to be the antisocial behaviour brought on by smartphone addiction, a phenomenon that has garnered media attention in the past few months and led听 investors and consumers to demand that tech giants address this problem.
But what if we were looking at things the wrong way? Could smartphone addiction be hyper-social, not anti-social?
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Published on: 6 Feb 2018
The internal anatomy of our lungs is surprisingly variable, and some of those variations are associated with a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study led by researchers at 香蕉视频 and the has found.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2018
How do viruses that cause chronic infections, such as HIV or hepatitis C听virus, manage to outsmart their hosts鈥� immune systems?
The answer to that question has long eluded scientists, but has uncovered a molecular mechanism that may be a key piece of the puzzle. The discovery could provide new targets for treating a wide range of diseases.
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Published on: 5 Feb 2018
Dr. Richard Tomlinson made philanthropic history for Canadian universities in 2000 when he donated $64 million to McGill. At the time, it was the largest gift ever made in support of higher education in Canada by an alumnus, and still ranks as the largest single gift McGill has ever received from an individual.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2018
First published in 2006,听Montr茅al's Top Employers听is an annual competition organized by听 the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers in听Greater Montr茅al听that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. This year's winners, including 香蕉视频, were announced on February 1, 2018 in a听special magazine听published in the Montreal Gazette.
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Here are some of the reasons why听香蕉视频听was selected as one of听Montreal's Top Employers (2018):
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Published on: 1 Feb 2018
Comparing to a role model may help reduce burnout among teachers.听
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With as many as four in 10 Canadian teachers leaving the field within their first five years, what can be done to keep more of them in the classroom?
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Published on: 31 Jan 2018
With as many as four in 10 Canadian teachers leaving the field within their first five years, what can be done to keep more of them in the classroom?
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Published on: 31 Jan 2018
Team leader Marta Cerruti, using the tools of the Canadian Light Source, has examined the mineralized arteries of genetically modified laboratory mice and found that the pathway in the body that leads to what laypeople call 鈥渉ardening of the arteries鈥� is not what medical experts previously assumed.
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Published on: 31 Jan 2018
Rare hereditary recessive diseases were thought to be expressed in offspring only when both parents carry a mutation in the causal gene, but a new study is changing this paradigm. An international research team led by scientists at the University of Lorraine in France along with 香蕉视频 and the Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Canada discovered a new cause of a rare condition known as cblC, that they named 鈥渆pi-cblC鈥�. They reported it in patients from Europe and the United States.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2018
A from McGill Urban Planning professor David Wachsmuth听and his team听provides an analysis of Airbnb activity in New York City and the surrounding region in the last three years (September 2014 - August 2017). Relying on new methodologies to analyze big data, here are听some of the findings:
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Published on: 30 Jan 2018
How healthy is your almond milk really? It may taste good and may not cause you any of the unpleasant reactions caused by cow鈥檚 milk. But though plant-based milk beverages of this kind have been on the market for a couple of decades and are advertised as being healthy and wholesome for those who are lactose-intolerant, little research has been done to compare the benefits and drawbacks of the various kinds of plant-based milk.
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Published on: 29 Jan 2018
McGill's Desautels MBA program is ranked #1 in Canada and 78th in the world by the 鈥攐ne of only three Canadian schools which made the list, released January 29, 2018.
Every year, the FT ranks the world鈥檚 best 100 MBA programs using multiple criteria. Read more about the . The MBA Class of 2014 was surveyed for this ranking.
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Published on: 29 Jan 2018
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