Early musical training forms stronger brain connections

Turns out your mother was right about practising the piano. A new study from Concordia University and the Montreal Neurological Institute backs up...
February 14, 2013

Chronic pain alters DNA marking in the brain

Pioneering study reveals association of chronic pain and broad epigenetic changes. Injuries that result in chronic pain, such as limb injuries, and those...
February 14, 2013

Early music lessons boost brain development

Montreal researchers find that music lessons before age seven create stronger connections in the brain If you started piano lessons in grade one,...
February 12, 2013

A message from Provost Anthony C. Masi and Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance) Michael Di Grappa

  We encourage you to attend the Town Hall meetings on government funding cuts, where we will discuss the severity of the financial...
February 8, 2013

Finding the way to memory

Guidance proteins regulate brain plasticity Our ability to learn and form new memories is fully dependent on the brain’s ability to be plastic...
February 7, 2013

Addiction: abnormal communication in the brain

Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific...
February 7, 2013

Association of diabetes with anxiety

McGill and Université de Montréal researchers investigate whether there's a link between diabetes and anxiety… "Anxiety has been shown to be associated with...
February 7, 2013

Centre May Help Attract Family Doctors

The new ambulatory-care clinic due to open in Vaudreuil-Dorion next year will likely become a breeding ground for new family doctors, The Gazette...
February 7, 2013

McGill named one of Montreal’s Top Employers

For the fifth consecutive year, McGill has been named one of Montreal’s Top Employers, as selected by the editors of Canada’s Top 100...
February 7, 2013

Jewish General Hospital promotes heart health

Every 7 minutes in Canada, someone dies from heart disease or stroke, two of the three leading causes of death in this country....
February 5, 2013

LDI oncologist among international experts calling for urgent global action on cancer

February 4 is World Cancer Day Dr. Michael N. Pollak, a senior cancer researcher at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General...
February 5, 2013

New technology has unprecedented ability to detect and diagnose Alzheimer’s

A revolutionary new technology has the ability to detect and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease with unprecedented accuracy. The computerized technique known as SNIPE analyzes...
February 1, 2013