The Douglas Foundation launches a mental illness awareness campaign on social media

The Douglas Mental Health University Institute Foundation, in collaboration with Ogilvy Montréal, is launching a video campaign that can be personalized and shared...
March 12, 2014

Play it again, Sam: How the brain recognizes familiar music

McGill research reveals how motor networks help us know whether we’ve previously heard a tune                 ...
March 12, 2014

New evidence confirms link between IQ and brain cortex

Montreal scientists play key role in long-term international study Rate of change in the thickness of the brain’s cortex is an important factor...
March 11, 2014

Researchers discourage rheumatology patients from using cannabis

Montreal, March 3rd 2014 – Patients with rheumatic conditions are in need of symptom relief and some are turning to herbal cannabis as...
March 11, 2014

Would You Deposit Your DNA in a ‘BioBank?’

In Vancouver for a speaking  engagement, McGill's Dr. Bartha Knoppers (director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University), Canada's leading...
March 11, 2014

Tracking neighborhood eating habits to promote healthier diets

Using checkout grocery data from Montreal neighborhoods as tool to combat unhealthy food choices  Poor food choices, such as overconsumption of carbonated soft...
March 11, 2014

Montréal researchers find a link between pollutants and certain complications of obesity

This breakthrough could eventually help improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiometabolic complications associated with obesity A team of researchers at the IRCM...
March 10, 2014

Discovery of a ‘‘conductor’’ in muscle development

IRCM researchers in Montréal identified a missing link that could have an impact on the treatment of muscular diseases A team led by Jean-François...
March 10, 2014

Looking out for our livers

March is Liver Health Month in Canada Montreal, February 28, 2014 – It is estimated that one in 10 Canadians, nearly three million...
February 28, 2014

Opinion: Cancer patients want control over where they get care

Where is the compassion for cancer patients? Is where to receive vital cancer treatment now going to be simply a matter of what...
February 25, 2014

Boost Your Balance; Avoid Falls

People don't usually think about balance until they fall, but little signs such as relying on handrails to go up and down stairs...
February 24, 2014

Cuddling our children approved by science. Here’s why.

Cuddling our children keeps society from collapsing. An intriguing body of scientific evidence for this comes from long-term research on residents of the...
February 21, 2014