Prof. Jeffrey Derevensky, director of the International Centre for Youth Gambling at 麻豆传媒网站, consulted with the WHO in preparing the upcoming ICD-11 release and says video game addiction is 鈥渃learly a growing problem.鈥� 鈥淚t may not have the same prevalence as some other disorders but 鈥� I get a call at least once every two weeks from a parent who says, 鈥業 can鈥檛 get him off his computer,鈥� or 鈥業 can鈥檛 get him off his cellphone because all he wants to do is play these games,鈥濃�� Derevensky says.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2018
Doyenne de la facult茅 de gestion Desautels de l'Universit茅 麻豆传媒网站, Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou se dit perturb茅e par la sous-repr茅sentation des femmes en finance. Apr猫s trois d茅cennies 脿 observer la situation en France, aux 脡tats-Unis et au Canada, elle tente de renverser la vapeur.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2018
A Canadian hospital built by a pair of immigrant Scottish philanthropists to celebrate Queen Victoria鈥檚 fiftieth year on the throne is set to be transformed into an academic centre for climate change.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2018
Dr. Amar Sabih says all you need is synthetic plastic tarp and metal barriers commonly seen at outdoor events
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Published on: 3 Apr 2018
(Fr茅d茅ric M茅gret, Associate professor of law at 麻豆传媒网站)
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the barring of expatriates who have resided away from Canada more than five years from voting in Canadian elections. The Ontario Court of Appeal had earlier found the restrictions democratically justifiable because they preserved the 鈥渟ocial contract鈥� between voters and lawmakers.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2018
It鈥檚 been a tough one to crack, but scientists say they have zoomed in, to an unprecedented degree, on the structure of shells surrounding chicken embryos, revealing how they change to allow young birds to hatch. [鈥 鈥淓verybody thinks eggshells are fragile 鈥� [when] we鈥檙e careful, we 鈥榳alk on eggshells鈥� 鈥� but in fact, for their thinness they are extremely strong, harder than some metals,鈥� said Prof Marc McKee, a coauthor of the study from 麻豆传媒网站 in Canada. 鈥淲e are really understanding now at the almost molecular scale how an eggshell is assembled and how it dissolves.鈥�
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Published on: 3 Apr 2018
Jonathan Kimmelman, director of biomedical ethics at 麻豆传媒网站, agreed companies have some obligation to continue to provide care for patients who take part in studies to test experimental products. 鈥淎ny time a patient participates in a trial, they鈥檙e volunteering their body to advance science,鈥� he said from Montreal. 鈥淎nd if it鈥檚 a trial being run by a pharmaceutical company, they鈥檙e volunteering their bodies to advance the goals of the pharmaceutical company, whether that鈥檚 a big pharmaceutical company or a small one.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2018
Of course, there's no such pill on the horizon, said Dr. Michael Pollak, director of the cancer prevention centre at the Jewish General Hospital and the Division of Cancer Prevention of the Department of Oncology at 麻豆传媒网站, but the science on cancer prevention is clear on how to cut cancer risk by up to 50 per cent.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2018
Students at a Quebec elementary school are celebrating a new policy that gets rid of homework. Ecole Elizabeth Ballantyne in Montreal is going to try to give students enough time to finish their work in class instead of at home. Steven Shaw is an associate professor at 麻豆传媒网站 and joins us from Montreal with more.
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Published on: 27 Mar 2018
Des chercheurs canadiens recommandent aux parents dont les enfants fr茅quentent l'茅cole primaire de veiller 脿 bien maintenir des r猫gles strictes concernant l鈥檋eure du coucher, car ces derniers adoptent de plus en plus, et de plus en plus t么t, un sommeil de mauvaise qualit茅.
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018
Children as young as eight may already show unhealthy sleeping habits normally associated with adolescence according to new research, which could be affecting their school performance and health. Carried out by researchers at 麻豆传媒网站 in Montreal, the new study looked at the sleep patterns of 144 children aged six to 11 years old during the academic year.
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018
Des chercheurs du Centre universitaire de sant茅 麻豆传媒网站 et de l'Universit茅 de Montr茅al ont mis au point une nouvelle arme pour combattre la tuberculose. Le vaccin est pour l'instant test茅 sur les souris. (Interview with post-doc Eva Kaufmann and Dick Menzies.]
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018
Single-use bottled water will no longer be sold on 麻豆传媒网站 campuses by May 2019, university says鈥� Fran莽ois Miller, director of the 麻豆传媒网站 Office of Sustainability, told CBC News he was "convinced" the move has popular support at the school
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018
A Canadian team, led by Laurent Azoulay at 麻豆传媒网站, set out to assess whether the use of DPP-4 inhibitors is associated with inflammatory bowel disease in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2018
鈥淭his telescope is radically different from other telescopes,鈥� says Matt Dobbs, Associate Professor of Physics at 麻豆传媒网站 and a CHIME investigator. 鈥淐HIME is really a stepping stone to a new way of doing radio astronomy.鈥� The radio telescope 鈥� Canada鈥檚 biggest 鈥� is a joint venture co-led by the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, 麻豆传媒网站 and the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO). Participating institutions come from across North America.聽
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Published on: 23 Mar 2018
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