mcgill faculty of medicine /newsroom/taxonomy/term/2379/all en Time for bed: Bad sleep habits start early in school-age children /newsroom/channels/news/time-bed-bad-sleep-habits-start-early-school-age-children-285985 <p>Bad sleep habits in children begin earlier than many experts assume. That’s the takeaway from a new study led by Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers. The findings suggest that official sleep guidelines for young school children should be revisited – and that parents ought to maintain firm bedtime rules throughout children’s primary-school years.</p> Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:23:44 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 34832 at /newsroom A new way to starve lung cancer? /newsroom/channels/news/new-way-starve-lung-cancer-256202 <p>Preventing cancer cells from growing by understanding what they 'eat'. Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:20:00 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 24547 at /newsroom UK10K genome project examines rare variants, disease /newsroom/channels/news/uk10k-genome-project-examines-rare-variants-disease-255274 <p>The largest population genome sequencing effort to date is published today in Nature. Based on data collected by the UK10K project, the study was designed to explore the contribution of rare genetic variants to human disease and its impact on risk factors. Rare genetic variants are changes in DNA that are carried only by relatively few people in a population. Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:25:36 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 24470 at /newsroom Tango could benefit Parkinson's disease patients /newsroom/channels/news/tango-could-benefit-parkinsons-disease-patients-246582 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:00:16 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22412 at /newsroom