/newsroom/taxonomy/term/21063/all en /newsroom/channels/news/help-chronic-hives-new-app-and-north-americas-first-patient-registry-360119 <p>Tuesday, Oct. 1 is <a href="https://urticariaday.org/about-urticaria/">Urticaria Day</a>, raising awareness of a condition more commonly known as hives.</p> <p>This year, Canadians living with chronic hives have two new resources, developed in part by a 黑料不打烊 University researcher: North America鈥檚 first chronic urticaria patient registry and a new app for patient care.</p> Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:09:03 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314649 at /newsroom /newsroom/carolyn-jack Mon, 18 Dec 2023 07:55:59 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 307552 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/sunscreen-paradox-mcgill-university-researchers-warn-false-sense-security-352205 <p>Sunscreen usage is climbing, but so are melanoma and skin cancer rates: this, researchers say, is the sunscreen paradox.</p> <p>鈥淭he problem is that people use sunscreen as a 鈥榩ermission slip鈥� to tan,鈥� said <a href="/newsroom/ivan-litvinov">Dr. Ivan Litvinov</a>, an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Chair of the Dermatology Division at 黑料不打烊 University and co-author with Dr. Sandra Pel谩ez, Dr. Richie Jeremian and Dr. Pingxing Xie of two recent studies that explore the sunscreen paradox.</p> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:44:23 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307415 at /newsroom