LSD may offer viable treatment for certain mental disorders

McGill study a step in understanding the mechanism of psychedelics’ impact on brain and potential for therapeutic use  Researchers from McGill University have...
January 27, 2021

New study of hydroxychloroquine usage may help personalize lupus treatment

RI-MUHC researchers identify factors associated with poor outcomes for lupus patients Source: RI-MUHC Lupus has been called the “disease with a thousand faces,”...
January 26, 2021

McGill study aims to measure effectiveness of HPV vaccine

The ongoing TRAP-HPV (Transmission Reduction and Prevention with HPV vaccination) study aims to determine the efficacy of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil...
January 26, 2021

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy

By Ian Popple After achieving the monumental feat of developing and approving, not one, but two COVID-19 vaccines in under a year, the...
January 26, 2021

COVID-19 Q&A: Samuel Veissière on the epidemiology of conspiracy theories

"The highly uncertain, constantly evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the mixed messages people feel they have received from experts has unfortunately...
January 20, 2021

The birth of an idea

Mobile app could save lives by using AI to detect respiratory distress in newborns By Diane Weidner Growing up in Nigeria, Charles Onu...
January 13, 2021

Clinical Innovation Platform at the RI-MUHC announces first member company

Health tech accelerator welcomes AltPAP Innovation to its new state-of-the-art facility Source: RI-MUHC The Clinical Innovation Platform (CLIP) of the Research Institute of the...
January 12, 2021

No time for statistics? A historical study of ways of knowing

There are different ways of knowing whether a drug or a procedure works or not. At the most basic level, doctors can test...
January 12, 2021

Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada

Over 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018 Source: McGill Newsroom Canada is at...
January 11, 2021

Scientists show what loneliness looks like in the brain

Neural “signature” may reflect how we respond to feelings of social isolation Source: The Neuro This holiday season will be a lonely one...
December 16, 2020

Researchers identify the origin of a deadly brain cancer

Finding could lead to potential therapies Researchers at McGill University are hopeful that the identification of the origin and a specific gene needed...
December 11, 2020

Pfizer Canada donation will help new researchers change the future

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via McGill University...
December 4, 2020