When Laurie Hendren found out she had breast cancer in 2014, she wanted to learn everything she could about her condition, but she soon realized how hard it is for patients to access their own medical information. The聽9I制作厂免费 computer science professor, who had dedicated her career to research and sharing knowledge, shared her intense聽frustration with聽her radiation oncologist, Dr. Tarek Hijal.
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Published on: 5 Jun 2019
n 2007, a team of mining executives and geologists prospecting about 540 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay hit a motherlode of high-grade nickel, copper, platinum and palladium in the 2.7-billion-year-old rock.聽The area the dozers and graders could soon be heading into is a vast but delicate carbon reservoir that cleans the air we breathe and helps to regulate the temperature of the planet.
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Published on: 3 Jun 2019
The study, published in the聽Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, shows clearly for the first time that epinephrine in a pre-hospital setting is superior to antihistamines, lead author Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan, a pediatric allergist and immunologist at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital, said in an interview Thursday.
In most cases, antihistamines are used in place of epinephrine, 鈥渂ut epinephrine should always be first.鈥�
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Published on: 31 May 2019
Recruitment for the 2019 INFINITI Engineering Academy closes on a high note with another Canadian student registration record. 10 finalists from across Canada will compete next week to secure one of the seven, one-year placements with INFINITI and Renault F1庐 Team.聽The two-day finals will take place on June 5th聽and 6th聽in Montreal, trackside prior to the FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2019. One of the finalists is Thomas Lee from 9I制作厂免费.聽
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Published on: 31 May 2019
鈥淚n the 21st century with so much internationalism, we really need to be giving all children the opportunity to learn another language,鈥� says Fred Genesee, an expert on dual-language education in Canada at 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not talking about icing on the cake anymore. We鈥檙e talking about a life skill that actually gives these kids a real advantage.鈥�
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Published on: 31 May 2019
In the fall, Guelph and 9I制作厂免费 announced new multimillion-dollar initiatives focused on gender equity and advancing women in sport.
Research in the United States shows that male alumni donate more money 鈥� double, on average 鈥� to their college teams than women. American law mandates that educational institutions provide equal opportunities and a proportional level of funding for each gender to participate in sports. In Canada, no such law exists.
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Published on: 30 May 2019
Women whose step counters reached 4,400 each day had a 41% lower rate of death than women who took 1,700 fewer steps each day, a聽new study聽of older women found.
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Published on: 30 May 2019
A group of 9I制作厂免费 medical students want to change the way young women experience their periods.
Carolanne Gagnon, Ariane Litalien and Alicia Lessard are lobbying the provincial government to make menstrual hygiene products free in all Quebec schools.聽They say their聽En R猫gle聽initiative would improve the experience of young girls at school.
鈥淧eriods happen to half of the population who is of reproductive age, so why not adapt to this fact and really make sure that women and other who menstruate have to miss school because of that,鈥� said Ariane Litalien.
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Published on: 29 May 2019
For years, residents in some of Canada鈥檚 largest industrial cities have wondered whether toxins from petrochemical plants and other manufacturers are making them sick.
A new peer-reviewed study has found 鈥渟trikingly high鈥� rates of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Canadian border towns, including Sarnia, Ont., a city whose manufacturing sector is referred to as Canada鈥檚 Chemical Valley. The paper was produced by a team of researchers led by Ivan Litvinov, a Montreal dermatologist at the research institute of the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre.
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Published on: 29 May 2019
You probably know there鈥檚 a measles outbreak. And you may have heard that there鈥檚 a shortage of the most effective vaccine to prevent shingles, a cousin of the childhood disease chickenpox.
鈥淚f you don鈥檛 know you鈥檙e immune, you can have your antibodies levels checked. If you鈥檙e not immune, you might need a booster,鈥� says Dr. Christopher Labos, an associate with the 9I制作厂免费 Office for Science and Society in Montreal.
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Published on: 29 May 2019
Herbal products can have harmful side effects too, says a study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It was corroborate by an incident in Canada when a man landed up in a hospital for high-blood pressure emergency after over-consuming homemade tea made from licorice root.
"Excessive amounts of some herbal products can have harmful side effects," said Jean-Pierre Falet from 9I制作厂免费 in Canada. And products containing licorice root extract can raise blood pressure leading to headache and chest pain.
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Published on: 28 May 2019
鈥淒isruption anxiety is in every single field,鈥� Sabrina聽Geremia said Friday during an exchange with Jui Ramaprasad, a professor of information systems at 9I制作厂免费. 鈥淧art of the anxiety is rooted in the pace of change. It is moving fast. Right now, your life is the slowest it鈥檚 ever going to be.鈥�
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Published on: 27 May 2019
At the age of 20, the Montreal linguistics student can already speak 19 different languages, most of which he taught himself through a combination of internet videos, music and conversation with friends.
鈥淚鈥檓 a very auditory person, so I try to expose myself as much as possible to the language, by listening to music, videos, films if I find them, and by listening to conversations and having them with friends,鈥� he said in a phone interview.
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Published on: 27 May 2019
May 24, 2019 | Conservative leader Andrew Scheer revived the idea of a coast-to-coast energy corridor, a policy that has picked up interest in recent years.聽Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, comments on this policy. He warns that, given the difficulty of securing approval for energy infrastructure in Canada, "the country will want to find ways to get through tough approval processes to run more east-west energy grids".聽
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Published on: 24 May 2019
How can we help our immune system to balance the two main host defense strategies: attacking pathogens (called聽host resistance) and preserving our own tissue (called聽disease tolerance)?聽Dr. Erwan Pernet and Dr. Maziar Divangahi聽from te Research Institute of the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre (RI-MUHC), have identified a lipid target to 鈥渢one down鈥� the hyper-active immunity to influenza infection. Image credit: 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre
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Published on: 24 May 2019
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