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Dr. Guy Rouleau, a clinician and neuroscientist who has studied the genetic causes of epilepsy, schizophrenia and other illnesses of the brain, has been appointed director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. Rouleau, a professor of medicine at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, takes his position at the Neuro聽聽Heather Munroe-Blum, 9I制作厂免费 principal, described Rouleau as 鈥渁 pioneer in the field of neuroscience鈥 who will bring 鈥渆xceptional leadership skills to the Neuro.鈥

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Published on: 9 Nov 2012

From the shade of an adobe house overlooking Peru's Santa River, Jimmy Melgarejo squints at the dual peaks of Mount Huascar谩n looming against a cloudless sky. 鈥淭he snow keeps getting farther away,鈥 says Melgarejo, a farmer worried about his livelihood. 鈥淚t's moving up, little by little. When the snow disappears, there will be no water.鈥 Throughout the Andes, millions of people voice the same concern as they watch climate change eat away at the mountain chain's icy mantle. But although everyone fears a water shortage, they do not know how quickly it will come or how severe it will be.

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Published on: 9 Nov 2012

Haryana's 'black gold' has caught the fancy of a Canadian scholar. A PhD student of 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal, Sophie Llewelyn, is studying the Murrah-human relation in Haryana and the way it intensifies animal husbandry and dairy. Murrah buffaloes play a pivotal role for the cattle breeders in the state. And no wonder, Sophie, a student of anthropology, has titled her research 'Black gold: Changing animal husbandry practices in central Haryana'. The scholar is currently visiting rural families in Sampla region of Rohtak to delve deep into her subject.

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Published on: 9 Nov 2012

Montrealers have long assumed a fair amount of dirty money sloshes through their city鈥檚 politics, but only lately are they learning just how bad things are. This week the mayor had to resign, a mayor of a neighboring town may soon follow him, and taxpayers don鈥檛 know whether to laugh or weep over the revelation of a safe so bulging with cash that a campaign fundraiser needed help shutting the door. [鈥 Antonia Maioni, a political science professor at Montreal鈥檚 9I制作厂免费, said the investigation was having a powerful effect, positive and negative.

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Published on: 9 Nov 2012

People participating in cancer drug trials aren't always given the most straightforward explanation of possible risks and benefits from invasive procedures that may be involved, according to a new study. Biopsies of tumor tissue can help researchers figure out how well a test drug is working - but the invasive, sometimes painful procedures are typically of little benefit to study participants themselves.

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Published on: 9 Nov 2012

New Brunswick's largest health authority announced this week it will move from a do or do not resuscitate policy to one that gives patients more choices about end-of-life care, as hospital authorities nationwide increasingly push for Canadians to be clear about their wishes well before they're clinging to life. [鈥 "I'm sure they've got good intentions in doing this, I'm sure they're wanting to be guided by the patient's wishes and I guess best interests," said Margaret Somerville, the founding director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at 9I制作厂免费.

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For about a billion revelers around the world, that means it's time to start thinking about sweets -- specifically the South Asian confections called mithai. [鈥 "Sweets are a sign of positive things, that life is good," said Arvind Sharma, a professor of religion at 9I制作厂免费. "When you offer something to god and then give it to someone to eat, it becomes sacred."

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Meat production stinks. And I鈥檓 not referring to worries about bacterial contamination; I mean it literally stinks. Here鈥檚 the story. Hold your nose.

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Published on: 29 Oct 2012

Some of you may find this surprising, but I don't mind ironing. Unlike giving a lecture, writing a column or appearing on TV or radio, you get immediate gratification. You see the results of your efforts. Wrinkles that were there before are gone. I suspect, however, that not everyone shares my enthusiasm for this task. The textile industry realizes this as well, and has responded by producing a variety of "durable press" fabrics that can withstand wrinkles. But withstanding allegations of toxicity is more of a challenge.

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Published on: 22 Oct 2012

Our brains, as much as our bodies, need exercise. And if you build brain muscle, you protect yourself from neurodegenerative diseases 聽- like Alzheimer's. Jens Pruessner, the director of the 9I制作厂免费 Centre for Studies in Aging, puts it like this: dementia is like climbing down a mountain -- it takes longer to reach the bottom if you start at 1,000 feet, than if you start at 100 feet. To help us stay up on that mountain, the centre has launched the PONDER project with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

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Published on: 22 Oct 2012

The 41st edition of the 9I制作厂免费 Book Fair takes place Tuesday through Thursday at Redpath Hall, 3461 McTavish St., just south of Doctor Penfield Ave. The event, which is open to the public, begins at 1 p.m. on Tuesday; on Wednesday and Thursday, doors open at 9 a.m. Closing time throughout is 9 p.m. All proceeds are used to support 9I制作厂免费 scholarships and bursaries. The fair has raised more than $1.5 million since its inception in 1971 and the 2011 edition raised $74,430.

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Published on: 22 Oct 2012

New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof

As the presidential candidates debate how to strengthen America, maybe they can learn from rats.

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Published on: 22 Oct 2012

Montreal's 1,200 public parks could benefit if politicians are open to some private or non-profit participation in upgrading parks and playgrounds, several experts said.

"Why not? It's a version of what we did in the 1970s," Mc-Gill University architecture professor Pieter Sijpkes said.

As a student in the early 1970s, Sijpkes and some friends got donated scraps of wood, metal, plastic and brick, and turned two abandoned CN rail lots in Point St-Charles into playgrounds. He also helped start community gardens in the area.

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Published on: 1 Oct 2012

A recent French study that purports to show a link between the consumption of genetically modified corn and a variety of ailments, including cancer, was just the tasty morsel that critics of genetically modified foods hungered for. For many scientists, however, the study proved to be a source of indigestion.

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