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...

Event | Seminar: Computer-based Predictions of RNA Structures: Where do we stand?

Published: 4 September 2025

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Physiology professor Claire M. Brown appointed inaugural Chair for Inclusion in Science and Engineering

Published: 9 September 2025

Claire M. Brown, Professor in the Department of Physiology, has been selected as Chair for Inclusion in Science and Engineering (CISE) in the province of Quebec. The newly established CISE program...

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....

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....

Montreal researchers use AI and wearable sensors to detect inflammation before symptoms appear

Published: 30 July 2025

Modern medicine is largely reactive—treating illness only after symptoms emerge. But a new study from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (The Institute) and McGill...

McGill’s President honours outstanding early-career researchers

Published: 29 May 2025

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen – all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – win President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers  ...

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