Research

RI-MUHC team receives a $648,239 grant for their eHealth innovative project By Julie Robert Hip fractures are one of the most common injuries...

New study sheds light on the workings of brain neurotransmitter receptors Surprisingly complex interactions between neurotransmitter receptors and other key proteins help explain...

Canada’s national drug safety network conducted the largest study ever to determine whether incretin-based drugs are associated with pancreatic cancer. Researchers concluded that...

Montreal scientists unveil a key mechanism that could improve brain function A research team, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University...

First-ever connection between noradrenergic neurons and vulnerability to depression The team of Bruno Giros, a researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute...

The same gene variant may lead girls to make healthy or unhealthy food choices- depending on their early socio-economic environment If you’re fat,...

Researchers uncover mechanism that makes cancer cells more susceptible to treatment Beyond dealing with fighting the disease itself, cancer patients undergoing treatment via...

Study leads to potential new drug treatment for early stages of disease Covertly, Alzheimer’s disease progresses silently over decades in those afflicted before...

Thinking about suicide or attempting suicide : victimized adolescents more at risk at 15 A new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of...

Targeting the pain receptor at the cell’s nucleus has a major effect on its ability to transmit pain signals In real estate, location...

Canadian researchers found that gender role is more important than biological sex in predicting health outcomes after heart attack Sex (biological and physiological...

Epigenetics may bring us one step closer to better treatments for chronic pain Chronic pain may reprogram the way genes work in the...