To live and learn: making memories has to be a speedy business

The brain is plastic - adapting to the hundreds of experiences in our daily lives by reorganizing pathways and making new connections between...
October 16, 2013

Whole Person Care: treating both disease and patient

Both patients and healthcare workers can feel dissatisfied with how they interact. The system is overloaded. No one has time. Patients don't feel...
October 16, 2013

Ambitious, innovative programs advance research and patient care

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro, McGill University has raised more than $49 million, with an additional $7 million in...
October 16, 2013

Brain Magic: The Power of Placebo

The Neuro brings the magic of Dr. Amir Raz’s world-class research in cognitive neuroscience to CBCs’ celebrated science series The Nature of Things....
October 8, 2013

Everything in moderation: excessive nerve cell pruning leads to disease

Mechanism meant to maintain efficiency of brain network involved in neurodegenerative disease Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital-The Neuro, McGill University,...
October 8, 2013

Feeding the world, using one bug at a time

McGill students win prestigious Hult Prize A team of MBA students from McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, known as Aspire, was awarded...
October 8, 2013

Rethinking health care management

No one ever said health care management was easy. Dwindling resources are a fact of life, and the workplace can be fraught on...
October 2, 2013

McGill hosts international symposium on pain

Pain research at McGill under the microscope: Past progress and future initiatives One-day International Symposium Thursday October 3, 2013 8:45 am - 6:00...
October 1, 2013

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Learn By Doing at McGill’s 2nd Annual Community Engagement Day – Oct. 4

SEDE (Social Equity and Diversity Education Office) is hosting its second annual Community Engagement Day, Friday, October 4th. CED connects students, staff and faculty volunteers...
October 1, 2013

Heart attacks in young women – not all have chest pain

MUHC-led study evaluates gender and age differences Chest pain is recognized as a symptom of heart troubles, but one out of five women...
September 23, 2013

Jewish General Hospital emphasizes Quebec-wide partnerships and teamwork at 79th Annual General Meeting

Montreal, September 18, 2013 – Partnerships, teamwork and cooperation, forged by the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) to help strengthen the Quebec healthcare system,...
September 23, 2013

Proposed charter of values: McGill reaffirms its commitment to diversity and inclusiveness

In response to the current debate about the direction of the Quebec government on a future charter of values, Prof. Suzanne Fortier, Principal and...
September 17, 2013