Health

Myopia has become a major public health challenge.
Ophthalmology
Slowing the progression of myopia in children and teens
Nearsightedness is becoming a global epidemic. UdeM optometry professor Langis Michaud discusses the advances made over the past 25 years to treat it.
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According to the researchers, prisons are ill-equipped to meet the needs of aging inmates.
Living slowly, aging fast: the prison paradox
Old age • Jan 19th
FEAT-S was developed to address the limitations of previous tools.
Plentiful, affordable, healthy food: does your grocery store measure up?
Nutrition • Jan 15th
According to Juster, the research is the first to distinguish gender identity, sexual orientation and biological sex as three independent dimensions for assessing allostatic load.
Discrimination damages the body — and makes you age faster
LGBTQ+ • Jan 13th
More vulnerable people may begin to perceive chatbots as human.
A digital 'folie à deux'
Artificial intelligence • Dec 16th
The results reveal a possible association between exposure to cotton fibers and an increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Women exposed to these fibers had a 42% increased risk of cancer compared to unexposed women. When exposure occurred before the age of 36 or before the first full-term pregnancy, the risk reached 63%.
Can working in a textile factory give you breast cancer?
Public health • Dec 11th
Canada is currently the only country to experiment with safe supply on a large scale.
Opioids: clarifying the concept of safe supply to save lives
Drugs • Dec 10th
The team from the Functional Neurological Disorders Clinic at CHUM: Dr. Laury Chamelian, neuropsychiatrist; Jasmine Carlier, doctoral student in neuroscience; Dr. Ariane Veilleux-Carpentier, neurologist; Dr. Arline-Aude Bérubé, neurologist; Carolane Desmarteaux, neuropsychologist and researcher; Noé Martineau, neuroscience intern; Kevin Ratté, neuroscience intern; Pierre-Luc Lévesque, physiotherapist; and Dr. Karine Garneau, neurologist.
Functional neurological disorder: it’s not all in your head
Brain • Dec 9th
Exposure to heat has profound systemic negative effects on people's physical and mental health.
It’s the heat: how climate impacts young people's mental health
Public health • Dec 4th
These studies aim to develop techniques that reduce the perception of effort in order to encourage sedentary individuals to exercise more.
Tricking the brain to make exercise feel easier
Physical activities • Dec 4th
Instead of renouncing social media, Daspe believes the solution lies in awareness and communication.
Can “like” threaten love?
Digital health • Dec 3rd
The available data on this dual diagnosis remains limited.
When schizophrenia meets a personality disorder: why more research is urgently needed
Mental health • Dec 3rd
The compound CJF-III-288 binds to the virus, making it detectable and vulnerable to the immune system.
A molecule opens a breach in HIV, providing access to its reservoirs
HIV / AIDS • Dec 1st
About 15 per cent of people live with some form of hyperacusis.
Hyperacusis: when everything sounds too loud
Audiology • Nov 26th
Through immersive virtual experiences, the patient is wearing a headset and is transported to a Quebec landscape accompanied by music and the sounds of nature.
Virtual nature walks and “magic” hands: a new era in pain management
Pain • Nov 26th
Ultra-processed foods are industrial formulations containing ingredients absent from home cooking.
Ultra-processed foods: an urgent health challenge
Public health • Nov 19th
Élie Bou Assi and Dang Khoa Nguyen
“Smart” shirt detects epileptic seizures in real time
Neuroscience • Nov 7th
Disruptions to the circadian rhythm are linked to disorders such as insomnia, seasonal depression, and certain cancers.
Time change: what neuroscience reveals about our internal clock
Sleep • Nov 5th
The study focused on the SIRPα molecule, which is present on macrophages, as well as the CD47 molecule, which is found on many cells.
Cancer treatment: why is immunotherapy not always effective?
Cancer • Nov 5th
Margaux Brin, Anthony Flamier and Marion Guillon
The primary cilium: a breakthrough in research on a rare disorder
Neuroscience • Nov 4th
MPGI Team (from left to right): Dr. Vincent-Philippe Lavallée, Marjorie Aleman-Alvarado, Oliver Gingras, Charlène Lawruk-Desjardins, Philippe Gingras-Gélinas, Nicholas Geoffrion, Séverine Landais. Not pictured: Niklas Dreyer.
Toward rapid genetic diagnosis of pediatric cancer through adaptive sequencing
Pediatrics • Oct 23rd
Women better protected against early neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease
Brain • Oct 21st
Victor Mullins-Dansereau and Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault
Making a cancer vaccine better with a new virus
Cancer • Oct 16th
Éric Samarut and doctoral student Fanny Nobilleau
Late-onset cerebellar ataxia: a genetic avenue uncovered
Neuroscience • Oct 7th
Faire entendre à un fœtus une langue étrangère quelques semaines durant la grossesse suffirait à moduler ses réseaux langagiers du cerveau.
Learning a foreign language—before you’re born!
Childhood • Oct 3rd
The RESTART trial: a drug to block a toxic HIV molecule
HIV / AIDS • Oct 1st
From idea to clinical trial: a scientific ultra-marathon
Cancer • Oct 1st
Does isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder predict Parkinson’s disease or dementia?
Neuroscience • Sep 23rd
An app to better manage cannabis use
Psychiatry • Sep 23rd
Marilyn Aita, Marjolaine Héon et Adèle Saives
UdeM nursing student develops hammock for preemies
Innovation • Sep 15th

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