Study linking depression to specific altered brain cells opens door to new treatments

Published: 28 August 2025

Researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute have identified two specific types of brain cells that are altered in people with depression....

McGill researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

Published: 30 September 2025

Jérôme Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and...

Experts: Social prescribing

Published: 3 November 2025

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.  

High-salt diet inflames the brain and raises blood pressure, study finds

Published: 19 August 2025

A new study finds that a high-salt diet triggers brain inflammation that drives up blood pressure.

Youth at risk of suicide show early warning signs that adults often miss

Published: 23 July 2025

Drawing on a landmark 25-year study that followed Quebec children into adulthood, McGill University researchers have identified two distinct patterns in how suicidal thoughts emerge and the early...

Lesser-known eating disorder just as severe as anorexia and bulimia, study finds

Published: 12 November 2025

A diagnosis often viewed as less serious than anorexia and bulimia – and the most common eating disorder worldwide – can cause just as much harm, a new study has found. 

New AI tool detects hidden warning signs of disease

Published: 1 October 2025

McGill University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can detect previously invisible disease markers inside single cells....

Tinnitus severity linked to mood, sleep and personality traits

Published: 20 August 2025

How severely a person experiences tinnitus is shaped by their mood, sleep quality and even personality traits, a new study has found....

Study links early cannabis use and health problems

Published: 28 October 2025

Adolescents who start using cannabis early and often are more likely to need health care for both mental and physical problems as they enter adulthood, according to a new study led by McGill...

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