An international team of scientists has discovered what amounts to a molecular reset button for our internal body clock. Their findings reveal a potential target to treat a range of disorders, from sleep disturbances to other behavioral, cognitive, and metabolic abnormalities, commonly associated with jet lag, shift work and exposure to light at night, as well as with neuropsychiatric conditions such as depression and autism.
A Cooper’s hawk, found in Greater Vancouver, is the most polluted wild bird that has been found anywhere in the world.
The brain is a privileged organ in the body. So vital to life, the brain is protected from alterations elsewhere in the body by a highly regulated gateway known as the blood-brain barrier, which allows only selected molecules to pass through.
On Saturday, June 20, 2015, McGill University will be joining Mayor Denis Coderre and thousands of other Montrealers in the "Walk for Montreal", a historic event to inaugurate the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) new Glen site. The Walk for Montreal is a chance to come together to show our pride in our city and to celebrate this milestone for the MUHC and for health care in Montreal and Quebec. We will walk alongside a cross-section of the community, including MUHC colleagues, Montreal business leaders, community groups, schools, media personalities, sports celebr
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at McGill University.
We are happy to announce that Pierre Pluye has recently been promoted to the rank of Full Professor in the Department of Family Medicine! Dr. Pluye is a FRQS Senior Research Scholar and Director of the new ‘Methodological Development’ hub of the Québec SUPPORT Unit.
You can now find research teams and individual faculty members more easily in our NEW Research and Training section. In addition McGill-based Global Health team can apply for funding! Learn more here.
Dancing the Argentine tango could have potential benefits for people at certain stages in the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to findings in a new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.
We're proud to announce that our own Dr. Charo Rodriguez, Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, was one of the seven named to the 2015-2016 Faculty of Medicine Honour List for Educational Excellence!
We're proud to announce that Rachel Simmons, a Master's student in Family Medicine, was chosen to receive the 2015 Scarlet Key!
Four new Canada Research Chairs have been awarded to McGill University researchers and two others have been renewed, representing a total of $6.6 million in funding over the next five to seven years for research in a range of fields related to health, medicine and engineering.
We are proud to announce that Dr.
