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Scholars join forces with the community to build solutions to Canada's second-leading cause of the disease When people think of lung cancer, they often associate it with tobacco smoking. However, the second leading cause of lung cancer in Canada is radon, which poses a greater health risk in Canada than in many other parts of the world.

While Joshua Pearce has no plans to open a Michelin-starred restaurant any time soon, the Western University researcher spends much of his free time thinking about feeding the world. Now, a decade after co-writing Feeding Everyone No Matter What (a how-to guide on combatting an apocalyptic global food crisis), Pearce has taken his big-picture planning off planet with his latest concept: mining asteroids for space food.

On Wed, Oct. 9, campus is open to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Most classes are in-person.

Understanding what matters to children and families with arthritis an important focus of team's research under leader Dr. Deborah Marshall Dr. Deborah Marshall, PhD, has been appointed the Svare Chair in Health Economics in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.

It's not a bad thing if you pick a toasted bagel for breakfast, while your partner chooses eggs. In fact, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo, that difference could help you lose some weight.

As academics and scientists around the world seek the best way to navigate the fast-growing world of artificial intelligence (AI), a Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry student has incorporated th

An expert on aging, disappearing languages and migration - and a self-taught polyglot, too - the academic has joined UdeM's Department of Demography as a professor.

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors.

Shifting the narrative from "chasing youth" to empowering older adults to live vibrant, healthy lives As the global population ages, the challenges related to aging have never been more significant.

Dr. Roberto Hernández Palomares grew up in a working-class family in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, where a career in mathematics often felt like an impossible dream.

It's a tug of war - a constantly evolving battle between antibiotics and the bacteria they are designed to kill. And experts say bacteria are winning. But a dedicated team of researchers at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry are laser-focused on what seems like an impossible task: Creating drugs to fight - and win - the war against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

University of Waterloo researchers are leading health innovation in Canada including master's student Nicholas Levinski who is currently using soft robotics in the Waterloo Microfluidics Laboratory to enhance treatment for patients living with lymphedema.

Newly appointed to UdeM's Department of Psychology, the assistant professor studies ways to enhance the well-being of those on the autism spectrum.