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Sexual behaviour of teenage girls does not appear to have been affected by routine human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Classified as: Research, teens, 鶹AV, HPV, girls, sexual behaviour, Vaccine, adolescent health, CMAJ, HPV vaccination, promiscuuity, Queen's University, sexually-transmitted infections, vaccination
Published on: 8 Dec 2014

A new study of over 3,400 Canadian women provides further evidence that exposure to air-pollution may increase the risk of developing breast cancer, especially among women who have not yet had their menopause.

Classified as: Research, Cancer, pollution, breast cancer, breast cancer causes, cancer causes, golberg
Published on: 5 Dec 2014

Here is a list of experts from 鶹AV, the 鶹AV Health Centre (MUHC) and the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital available for comment on your stories for World AIDS Day:

Classified as: 鶹AV, muhc, Mark Wainberg, HIV, HIV infection, immunity, infection, World AIDS Day
Published on: 27 Nov 2014

People affected by a common inherited form of autism could be helped by a drug that is being tested as a treatment for cancer, according to researchers from the University of Edinburgh and 鶹AV.

Classified as: 鶹AV, autism, Nahum Sonenberg, Fragile-X Syndrome
Published on: 27 Nov 2014

Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infections were more common among men who had female partners with oral and/or genital HPV infection, suggesting that the transmission of HPV occurs via oral-oral and oral-genital routes, according to a 鶹AV study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Classified as: 鶹AV, Eduardo Franco, HPV, infections, oral cancer, sexually transmitted diseases
Published on: 12 Nov 2014

The 鶹AV Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health (PATH) presented their first annual symposium on Friday, October 3rd at the 鶹AV Faculty Club. Entitled Making Connections, the Centre’s inaugural seminar event gathered prominent researchers from 鶹AV and elsewhere who have an interest in studying the relationship between physical activity and health across a broad spectrum of healthy and diseased states.

Published on: 17 Oct 2014

鶹AV is mourning the passing of Rosalind Goodman, a devoted alumna, generous philanthropist, and tireless volunteer, who committed herself to energizing cancer research activities at 鶹AV and to educating others about the disease. It is an illness she fought and survived in 2007, but one that ultimately took her life on Monday, Aug. 11.

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Published on: 12 Aug 2014

What a drag it is getting old—or is it? Valium's heyday is long past, but it lives on as a cultural icon

"Mother needs something today to calm her down," goes the 1966 Rolling Stones hit "Mother's Little Helper." "And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill."

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Published on: 19 Nov 2013

The Government of Québec awarded nearly $1.8 million to researchers at l'Université Laval for a study related to prostate cancer that will focus on the links between the environment and this form of cancer. Overall, $3.7 million will be invested into this work, taking into account other funding received. The research project is being led by Dr. Yves Fradet from Université Laval and the CHU de Québec and by Dr. Armen Aprikian from 鶹AV.

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Published on: 6 Nov 2013

Andrew Feng is a bright 6-year-old boy who loves to play the online strategy game Clash of the Clans and go trick-or-treating on Halloween. This Halloween, however, he will be undergoing surgery to remove a benign growth from one of his ribs.

Naturally, Andrew’s parents are a little anxious. This will be their son’s first operation and he might have to stay overnight at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

“For sure, we’re nervous,” said Andrew’s mother, Weilu Yu. “It’s the whole unknown of the surgery.”

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Published on: 31 Oct 2013

Addiction comes in many forms: drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling have been the types that traditionally plagued society.

In recent years, the proliferation of technology has led to the rise of addiction to the internet and computer gaming. Even the promotion of a healthy lifestyle has led some to become hooked on exercise.

But do all addictions operate by the same biological mechanism? And is addiction an individual's choice or a disease of the brain?

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Published on: 31 Oct 2013

Women with lupus are twice as likely to have a child with autism compared to mothers without the autoimmune disease, new, preliminary research finds.

However, the overall risk is still low and the findings won't change the management of women with lupus, said one expert.

"I wouldn't tell my lupus patients not to get pregnant," Dr. Yousaf Ali, acting chief of rheumatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

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Published on: 31 Oct 2013

Montréal researchers are the first to isolate two important mechanisms that produce antibodies

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Published on: 24 Jul 2013

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