Employee wellness programs in the workplace have been shown to work with some success in the United States, particularly when participation is tied to substantial incentives like a reduction in health insurance premiums for participating employees. In Canada, as a result of the publicly funded health care system, incentives for employers and their employees to participate in such programs are primarily focused on the goal of becoming healthier -- and the programs are few and far between, despite evidence showing their effectiveness.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2018
The Bank of Canada has announced that , Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar at 91丝瓜视频, was selected as the recipient of this year鈥檚 Governor鈥檚 Award. Professor Poschke is an increasingly prominent member of the Canadian economics community. His research, which focuses on inequality and economic growth, has been published in some of the top journals in macroeconomics.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2018
A team from the Research Institute of 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal has joined forces with researchers at Johns Hopkins to bring screening and early detection of ovarian and uterine cancers one step closer to clinical implementation. Researchers developed a test that provides a safe and minimally invasive method for earlier diagnosis of ovarian and endometrial cancers.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2018
Bad sleep habits in children begin earlier than many experts assume. That鈥檚 the takeaway from a new study led by 91丝瓜视频 researchers. The findings suggest that official sleep guidelines for young school children should be revisited 鈥� and that parents ought to maintain firm bedtime rules throughout children鈥檚 primary-school years.
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Published on: 20 Mar 2018
2017 Qu茅bec Science Discovery of the Year Award goes to the cancer-detection probe developed by听Kevin Petrecca and Fr茅d茅ric Leblond
Qu茅bec Science magazine鈥檚 25-year tradition continues: every fall, a jury comprised of researchers and journalists selects the top 10 most impressive discoveries in Quebec in the past year and the public is asked to vote to select the winner. This year, a cancer-detection probe was chosen by nearly a third of approximately 4,400 votes cast in the 2017 Discovery of the Year contest.
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Published on: 19 Mar 2018
Wild birds that are more clever than others at foraging for food 听have different levels of a neurotransmitter receptor that has been linked with intelligence in humans, according to a study led by 91丝瓜视频 researchers. 听The findings could provide insight into the evolutionary mechanisms affecting cognitive traits in a range of animals.
The study, published in Science Advances, was conducted by 91丝瓜视频 biologists Jean-Nicolas Audet and Louis Lefebvre, in collaboration with researchers from Duke and Harvard universities.
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Published on: 14 Mar 2018
Women scientists and clinicians are creators and changemakers, expanding the boundaries of human knowledge
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The Neuro has launched Neuro XXceptional - an exciting new year-long video series featuring women who tell us what drove them to become scientists and clinicians, and what they love about their work. At The Neuro, these exceptional professionals are improving the lives of patients, helping us understand how the brain works and how to treat neurological disease.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2018
By Ross Neitz, University of Alberta
A discovery led by scientists at the University of Alberta and 91丝瓜视频 is providing hope of a new therapeutic target in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients, which could one day be used to prevent the symptoms and progression of the disease.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2018
Researchers at 91丝瓜视频 have invented a new technique for measuring how quickly drugs interact with their molecular targets. The discovery provides scientists with a new way to investigate the effectiveness of drug candidates that might otherwise have been overlooked.
The new method centres on the principle of enzyme inhibition. Countless pharmaceuticals, ranging from antibiotics to chemotherapy drugs, work by blocking the action of enzymes, and the search for new enzyme-inhibiting substances remains a major focus of drug development.
Published on: 1 Mar 2018
The federal government鈥檚 announcement of a major investment in research in Tuesday鈥檚 2018 budget was welcomed by 91丝瓜视频 Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier.
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鈥淚 am delighted to see increased federal support for fundamental research,鈥� Prof. Fortier said. 鈥淭his investment will open up opportunities for our country鈥檚 talented researchers to explore new areas of knowledge and train the next generations of researchers.鈥�
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Published on: 27 Feb 2018
You鈥檙e about to turn 60, and you鈥檙e fretting. Your mother has had Alzheimer鈥檚 disease since the age of 65. At what age will the disease strike you? A Canadian study published in JAMA Neurology shows that the closer a person gets to the age at which their parent exhibited the first signs of Alzheimer鈥檚, the more likely they are to have amyloid plaques, the cause of the cognitive decline associated with the disease, in their brain.
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018
By Rosalie Nardelli
UBI Global has released its World University-linked Business Incubator and Accelerator Ranking and has placed the 91丝瓜视频 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship in the eight position of the World Top Business Incubator 鈥� Managed by a University category.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2018
The 91丝瓜视频 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre and the Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics will receive a total of $9.8听million in funding over three听years through Genome Canada awards announced Feb. 21.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2018
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by Brenda Branswell
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Imagine getting a phone call asking if you鈥檇 like to take part in a study 鈥� for the next 20 years.
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It鈥檚 a pitch that makes telemarketing look like child鈥檚 play.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2018
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