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Exposure to heat has profound systemic negative effects on people's physical and mental health.

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It’s the heat: how climate impacts young people's mental health

Over the next five years, two UdeM experts will take part in a $5.45-million study on how exposure to heat makes urban teens and young adults more vulnerable to depression, anxiety and psychosis.

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

Some immigrants are especially vulnerable, coming from difficult and sometimes traumatic backgrounds that put them at greater risk of experiencing a psychotic episode.

Extending access to mental healthcare for vulnerable people

Research • Sep 5th

Lewis R. Depaauw-Holt et Ciaran Murphy-Royal

After early-life stress, astrocytes affect behaviour

Neuroscience • Sep 4th

COLLAB-INTER-360-Obésité harnesses the power of collaboration to build a learning community.

Breaking down barriers to support people living with obesity

Medicine • Sep 3rd

Over the last eight years, UM171 has been used experimentally to treat 80 patients in Canada and 40 in the U.S. and Europe. Of the 120, about 7 out of every 10 were cancer-free after two years and so can be said to be cured.

UM171: first Europe, then Canada

Cancer • Aug 27th

By comparing the brains of children with anorexia nervosa to those with ARFID, the researchers demonstrated that the neurological impact of these disorders is not only due to low body weight.

Restrictive eating disorders in children: structural changes in the brain revealed

Brain • Jul 30th

Melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer are two cancers with many mutations.

Unmutated tumor antigens: exploitable targets for immunotherapy

Cancer • Jul 29th

The discovery promises to help guide new approaches in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

How bacteria grow: evolutionary differences point to new ways to combat infection

Bacteria • Jul 9th

It’s rare for an innovation to combine so much scientific, clinical, and human potential.

Premature births: a discovery that advances science

Medicine • Jul 9th

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