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Global study finds acid reflux drug safe for long-term use

A popular drug used to treat stomach and esophagus problems, such as acid reflux, has been found to be safe to use, even long term.
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Scapegoating George Soros: How media-savvy far-right activists spread lies

One of the more destructive conspiracy theories circulating globally paints Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros as the puppet master of a vast left-wing and globalist elite. Spreading lies about "white genocide," this rhetoric is thinly coded anti-Semitic propaganda, and is moving dangerously close to the centre in political debates.
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Big Pharma emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry

Yet the three pharmaceutical companies that have lowered emissions to comply with the terms of the Paris Agreement also have the highest level of profitability and revenue growth in the whole sector.
Indian PM Narendra Modi giving a victory speech at a podium on election night in New Delhi

Narendra Modi’s victory speech delivers visions of a Hindu nationalist ascetic

The re-elected Indian PM's carefully crafted, religiously coded public enactment of patriotic loyalty is a dog whistle to those who support his vision of a Hindu nationalist 'new' India.

There’s a health care crisis in Canada’s federal prisons, says Global Health grad

McMaster medical student and Global Health program graduate Eilish Scallan's recently published paper points out the inequities in Canada's prisons.

Using light patterns and a translucent cube to create a new form of computing

The simple and highly novel form of computing works by shining patterned bands of light and shadow through different facets of a polymer cube and reading the combined results that emerge.

Critical care professor wins top national prize

Deborah Cook, a renowned McMaster University professor, researcher and physician, has been named the recipient of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Gold Leaf Prize for Impact.

McMaster researchers invent a way to get life-saving vaccines to previously inaccessible parts of the world

Researchers at McMaster University have invented a stable, affordable way to store fragile vaccines for weeks at a time at temperatures up to 40C, opening the way for life-saving anti-viral vaccines to reach remote and impoverished regions of the world.

Are we witnessing the death of liberal democracy?

As nationalism continues to rise in many countries around the world, historian Ian McKay looks at the pitfalls of liberal democracy that can be traced to putting property rights ahead of the rights of people.

University education is ripe for disruption

When you are used to doing things a specific way and measuring the outcomes in certain ways, self-disruption is the act of challenging those fundamental tenets with an eye to improving outcomes for customers and hence staying competitive.
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At the Clinic, MBA students help researchers take their work to market

The Clinic at DeGroote pairs researchers with ambitious, highly skilled MBA candidates, to help commercialize their research.

Program with community volunteers promising in reducing health-care use by older adults

Incorporating community volunteers into the health-care system shows promise in reducing health-care usage by older adults through a shift from hospitals to primary care, according to research from McMaster.