Study shows majority of smokers re-ignite their habit following heart attack

Despite obvious motivation for quitting, 2/3 of patients will resume smoking within twelve months A new study reveals that two-thirds of middle aged...
January 31, 2013

Re-creating the brain with $1.6B supercomputer project

There are seven billion human brains on the planet, but even the best minds in neuroscience aren’t really sure how they work. How...
January 31, 2013

Entre Nous with Guy Rouleau, Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

By Neale McDevitt Guy Rouleau, the new Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, can pinpoint exactly when he became interested in...
January 29, 2013

Lupus drugs carry no significant cancer risk

People who take immunosuppressive drugs to treat lupus do not necessarily increase their cancer risk according to new research led by scientists at...
January 25, 2013

YOUR thoughts on the Higher Education Summit

In the fall of 2012, following the election of a new Quebec government, the new Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology called...
January 18, 2013

Foot soldiers of the immune system

  IFIT antiviral protein recognizes foreign RNA and blocks viral infection Researchers at McGill University and the Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM)...
January 17, 2013

Triple mix of blood pressure drugs and painkillers linked to kidney problems

Absolute risk still low, but doctors and patients should be vigilant Research: The concurrent use of diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin...
January 11, 2013

No evidence that screening for depression benefits heart disease patients

Depression screening has become routine practice in cardiac care settings despite the lack of any evidence that it is effective A comprehensive analysis...
January 11, 2013

One of the smallest ever surviving premature babies in Canada born at the Jewish General Hospital

Finally going home by end of the week The smallest baby ever to be born and survive in Quebec is thriving, after she...
January 11, 2013

Cellular fuel gauge may restrict cancer growth

 Newly discovered role of AMPK as a tumour suppressor reveals its function in cancer Researchers at McGill University have discovered that a key...
January 9, 2013

McGill honoured in Quebec Science’s 2012 breakthroughs

McGill researchers led two of the top 10 discoveries of the year; grab top spot in ranking over 20 years  The achievements of...
January 8, 2013

CCUS Annual Symposium 2013 – Challenging Dogma in Adult and Pediatric Acute Care” – profitez du tarif d’inscriptions hâtives jusqu’au 1er avril

Cette année le symposium se tiendra sur deux jours, soit les 25 et 26 mai 2012 au CHU Sainte-Justine, un centre universitaire de...
January 2, 2013