/channels/taxonomy/term/8980/all en /channels/channels/news/two-mcgill-professors-lead-new-stand-cancer-canada-metastatic-breast-cancer-dream-team-299423 <p>Marc Miller, Member of Parliament (Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-SÅ“urs, Quebec) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, on behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced today at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ an investment of up to $6 million for a scientific task force of top researchers to develop new and improved approaches to cancer treatment and care. The funding will be distributed over four years to the new pan-Canadian program, the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Canada Metastatic Breast Cancer Dream Team.</p> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:31:53 +0000 webfull 151756 at /channels /channels/channels/news/aacr-announces-new-editors-chief-cancer-prevention-research-288245 <p><span>PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is pleased to announce the appointments of Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, and <strong>Michael N. Pollak</strong>, MD, as editors-in-chief of Cancer Prevention Research, one of eight highly esteemed journals published by the AACR. DuBois and Pollak began their tenures as editors-in-chief July 1, 2018.</span></p> Thu, 26 Jul 2018 18:44:21 +0000 webfull 139167 at /channels /channels/channels/news/globe-and-mail-could-your-diabetes-medication-be-next-anti-aging-pill-287966 <p>Scientists studying metformin say the generic drug slows the ‘burn rate’ in living cells in ways that increase longevity. […] Metformin, by contrast, has both an enviable safety profile and a decades-long history of human use, said Dr. Michael Pollak, director of cancer prevention in the department of oncology at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ. […] <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/article-could-your-diabetes-medication-be-the-next-anti-aging-pill/">Read more</a></p> Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:16:43 +0000 webfull 138868 at /channels /channels/news/should-you-be-drinking-milk-243509 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:25:32 +0000 webfull 108795 at /channels