Education
Why your brain makes you reach for junk food
New study examines link between brain cortex and food buying habits MONTREAL: Will that be a pizza for you or will you go...
October 20, 2014
Youth Suicide – More early detection and better coordination are needed
Courtesy of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute Although progress has been made in recent years, the matter of youth suicide in Quebec...
October 17, 2014
Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize goes to Michael Meaney
Neurobiologist garners international award for research on how childhood experiences affect brain development McGill University Professor Michael Meaney has been selected as the...
October 10, 2014
The impact of socioeconomic factors on childhood mental health
A recent article on CBC News states that according to the Mental Health Commission of Canada an estimated 1.2 million Canadian children and...
October 9, 2014
On the frontlines in the Ebola crisis
by Gary Francoeur Like a plot straight out of a nightmarish Hollywood blockbuster, the world’s worst-ever Ebola epidemic continues to rage in West...
October 9, 2014
Taibah University visits McGill’s Faculty of Medicine
On September 15 and 16, 2014, a high-ranking delegation from Taibah University in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, visited McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine. During...
October 7, 2014
McGill graduate John O’Keefe wins Nobel Prize in medicine
Fourth former McGill student since 2009 to win a Nobel By Chris Chipello McGill alumnus John O’Keefe was named co-winner of the 2014...
October 6, 2014
Osteoporosis treatment may also benefit breast cancer patients
MUHC-led study shows treatment has protective effect on bone metastasis Montreal October 2, 2014 – Treatment approaches to reduce the risk of bone complications...
October 3, 2014
A discovery could prevent the development of brain tumours in children
Researchers at the IRCM show that a protein called Sonic Hedgehog causes DNA damage Scientists at the IRCM discovered a mechanism that...
October 3, 2014
The next generation of brain cancer research and treatment
October is Brain Tumour Awareness Month Every day, 27 Canadians are diagnosed with a brain tumour and an estimated 55,000 Canadians are surviving...
October 3, 2014
$3 million gift creates Chair in pharmacoepidemiology
Major donation from Boehringer Ingelheim to boost capacity and discovery in growing field As McGill prepares to celebrate half a century of research...
October 2, 2014
Are the promises of ‘brain game’ gains too good to be true?
Judes Poirier to The Globe and Mail As the world ages, and as nearly 750,000 Canadians are living with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or...
September 26, 2014