Dementia Education Program Newsletter

Neuro Epilepsy Lecture Series

Thursday, February 5, 2026 16:00to17:00

The 2025-2026 Neuro Epilepsy Lecture Series covers hot topics in basic and clinical epilepsy research. Speakers will include distinguished leaders and rising stars, with the goal of bridging basic...

Experts: Projected rise in Canadian food prices

Published: 4 December 2025

A new study suggests that food prices in Canada may increase by four to six per cent in 2026. This is primarily likely to be due to increases in the prices of beef and chicken, although the cost of...

Researchers find link between psychosocial stress and early signs of heart inflammation in women

Published: 4 December 2025

Women who report high levels of psychosocial stress, such as from caregiving and lack of emotional support, show signs of early heart tissue changes associated with cardiovascular disease – an...

Expert: GLP-1 therapies for obesity

Published: 3 December 2025

The World Health Organization has issued its first guideline on the use of GLP-1 therapies, such as Ozempic, to treat obesity, a chronic disease affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide and...

Group therapy helps cancer survivors reclaim life after treatment 

Published: 3 December 2025

A program developed by a McGill researcher to help cancer survivors cope with the fear their cancer will return is expanding across Canada. ...

Navigating the dating world? It’s important to know what you want, researchers say

Published: 2 December 2025

Single people who date without a clear understanding of what they are looking for in a relationship experience more loneliness and decreased life satisfaction, McGill researchers have found.

Experts: Dec. 6 and violence against women

Published: 1 December 2025

On Dec. 6, we will mark the 36th anniversary of the killing of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal in 1989....

Exoplanet is observed shedding its atmosphere in real time

Published: 1 December 2025

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team led by McGill researcher Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy has observed a giant cloud of helium gas evaporating from a distant giant exoplanet called...

Scientists decode the full range of oat genomes, opening the door to more nutritious, climate-smart crops

Published: 28 November 2025

Researchers have cracked one of agriculture’s most complicated genomes, revealing long-hidden DNA rearrangements that could help scientists breed oats that are more resilient, nutritious and...

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