Study helps explain why chronic pain is often discounted

Published: 15 July 2025

A new study by McGill University researchers shows that chronic pain, often invisible to medical tests, can be better assessed when doctors take a holistic approach....

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....

Dr. Mark Ware, vice-chair of task force on cannabis

Published: 30 June 2016

World-renowned pain specialist and medical cannabis researcher Dr. Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC),...

50th anniversary of "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory"

Published: 17 November 2015

November 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking paper, “Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory” co-authored by McGill’s Ronald Melzack, and the late Patrick Wall, which introduced gate-control...

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