Addiction: abnormal communication in the brain

Published: 29 January 2013

Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex...

McGill to contribute to health sector capacity-building projects in Haiti

Published: 5 April 2018

$35.5 million in development assistance announced recently by Government of Canada  

Dr. Claudio Cuello elected as a Fellow of the British Academy of Medical Sciences

Published: 10 May 2018

Dr. Claudio Cuello, Professor and inaugural Charles E. Frosst/Merck endowed Chair in Pharmacology at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine is among a group of 48 leading biomedical and health...

McIntyre Post-fire Update - JULY 20

Published: 20 July 2018

To all members of the Faculty of Medicine,...

For new HPV DNA test, study finds there may be little benefit in screening women aged 55 with a negative test

Published: 2 November 2018

Regular cytology screening (pap or smear test) is still the most commonly used HPV screening method, and can prevent cancers up to age 75 years, although benefits decline with age...

An Anxious History of Valium

Published: 19 November 2013

What a drag it is getting old—or is it? Valium's heyday is long past, but it lives on as a cultural icon...

“Explore! Careers in Health” selected for McGill award

Published: 24 April 2018

Explore! Careers in Health, a program developed and implemented by McGill Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry students was recently selected as the recipient of this year’s McGill Award for Equity...

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