Anti-inflammatory drugs ineffective for prevention of Alzheimer’s disease

Study sheds light on longstanding debate Researchers have known for decades that inflammation accompanies Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brain lesions. Several early studies suggested...
April 5, 2019

Jewish General Hospital pioneering new clinical trial to study treating breast cancer without surgery

The Jewish General Hospital is the first hospital in Canada to enroll a patient in an international clinical trial to determine whether some...
April 5, 2019

Predicting Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Lung and Liver with Biomarkers

By Josh Kaiser For about 20% to 30% of breast cancer patients, their primary tumour will spread to other organs such as the...
April 4, 2019

Accelerating drug discovery with Open Science

The Neuro's drug discovery initiative supports research by developing assays shared with the scientific community Source: The Neuro In the past 40 years,...
April 3, 2019

Using laser light to study how epilepsy arises in the healthy brain

Source: The Newsroom Scientists at McGill University have developed a new method to study how seizures arise in the healthy brain. Using laser...
March 29, 2019

NeuroHub unlocks data for brain research

NeuroHub will provide researchers with powerful open source tools and software to explore multi-dimensional brain and health data. Source: Jennifer Marrow, Le Neuro...
March 27, 2019

Obesity, but not age at puberty, associated with increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis

An extensive genetic study conducted at the Lady Davis Institute finds that obesity, rather than early puberty, may be influencing increasing rates of...
March 27, 2019

Anti-TB drugs can increase risk of TB re-infection

Source: MUHC Current treatments for tuberculosis (TB) are very effective in controlling TB infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). They don’t, however, always prevent reinfection....
March 27, 2019

Interdisciplinary research team led by RI-MUHC scientists receives Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation funding

Project aims to improve quality of life after cardiac surgery Source: RI-MUHC Thanks to new funding from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation announced...
March 27, 2019

Stopping Sophie’s seizures

A brain surgeon describes the innovative methods that The Neuro introduced in Canada Source: Dr. Jeffery Hall, The Neuro Ultimately a surgical option...
March 27, 2019

The Neuro solves a medical mystery

Sophie Jodouin was a medical mystery. Her violent, repeated epileptic seizures baffled every doctor she met. Finally, a team at The Neuro cracked...
March 27, 2019

Comorbidities and making informed choices

In this video from the Arthritis Broadcast Network, Gerald Major, President of the Canadian Spondylitis Association, interviews Dr. Sasha Bernatsky, Associate Professor, Department...
March 22, 2019