/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8953/all en /newsroom/channels/news/being-musician-can-help-you-decipher-language-loud-environments-283335 <p>A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that musical training helps people hear speech syllables in loud environments, and has shown how this happens. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers Yi Du and Robert Zatorre monitored brain function as musicians and non-musicians listened to speech fragments and varying background noise levels.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:57:48 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32766 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-study-finds-people-infected-hiv-more-likely-develop-fatty-liver-283161 <p>Fatty liver is among the most frequent causes of liver disease in Canada and in Western countries and is one of the main indications for liver transplant. For some time, researchers have suspected that people living with HIV could be at higher risk of developing liver disease, which, as a result of longer life expectancy thanks to antiretroviral therapy, has become the major cause of their mortality in North America.</p> Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:43:25 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32730 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/climate-warms-mice-morph-283052 <p>New research by ƻ����Ժ biologists shows that milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern Quebec in the past 50 years – providing a textbook example of the consequences of climate change for small mammals.</p> <p>The findings also reveal a stark reversal in the proportions of the two mice populations present in the area, adding to evidence that warming temperatures are driving wildlife north.  </p> Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:20:29 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32700 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/imagining-cities-future-through-better-understanding-montreal-today-282750 <p>Montreal, with its multilingual, multiethnic population, is an ideal living laboratory for researchers and students from the city’s four universities and many specialized research centres. How can Montreal be designed to better accommodate the needs of its children? What measures need to be put in place to accommodate people of different cultures and religions living in close proximity? How is the city’s nighttime economy different from that of the daytime and what are the implications?</p> Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:45:15 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32678 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mindfulness-training-shows-promise-maintaining-weight-loss-283028 <p>Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?  ƻ����Ժ researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away encouraged.</p> <p>Kimberly Carrière, Bärbel Knäuper and Bassam Khoury examined 19 studies conducted over the past decade. Mindfulness interventions in these studies involved either formal meditation, informal mindfulness strategies that focused on eating activity, or some combination of these two approaches.</p> <p>The researchers found that:</p> Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:29:28 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32695 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/pregnancy-related-conditions-taken-together-leave-moms-and-dads-risk-282694 <p>Research has already shown that women who develop either diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease years later. Now, a new study from a team at the Research Institute of the ƻ����Ժ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and ƻ����Ժ shows that the risk of developing those conditions post pregnancy is drastically higher if the women had both diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy. The study, published today in the <em>American Journal of Epidemiology</em>, doesn’t end with the mother’s risks.</p> Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:51:30 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32666 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/statistical-tool-reveals-climate-change-impacts-plants-282453 <p>Early flowering, early fruiting: Anecdotal evidence of climate change is popping up as quickly as spring crocuses, but is it coincidence or confirmation that plants’ timing is shifting in response to warming temperatures?</p> Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:08:05 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32639 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-mechanism-detected-alzheimers-disease-276135 <p><em>By Chris Chipello</em></p> <p>ƻ����Ժ researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer’s disease.</p> Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:02:42 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32382 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/predicting-when-sound-will-occur-relies-brains-motor-system-272966 <p><em>By Shawn Hayward</em></p> <p>Whether it is dancing or just tapping one foot to the beat, we all experience how auditory signals like music can induce movement. Now new research suggests that motor signals in the brain actually sharpen sound perception, and this effect is increased when we move in rhythm with the sound.</p> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:02:36 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32365 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ri-muhc-scientist-takes-hiv-self-testing-global-hivsmarttm-270627 <p><em>By Julie Robert</em></p> Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:50:59 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32342 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/child-abuse-affects-brain-wiring-270024 <p><em>By Katherine Gombay</em></p> Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:11:42 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32232 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mitochondria-drive-cell-survival-times-need-270509 <p><em>By Cynthia Lee</em></p> <p>ƻ����Ժ researchers have discovered a mechanism through which mitochondria, the energy factory of our body’s cells, play a role in preventing cells from dying when the cells are deprived of nutrients – a finding that points to a potential target for next-generation cancer drugs.</p> <p>The research, published in <em>Molecular Cell</em>, builds on previous work by ƻ����Ժ professor Nahum Sonenberg, one of the senior authors of the new study.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:09:24 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32316 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/searching-signature-causes-brcaness-breast-cancer-269723 <p><em>By Tom Ulrich from the <a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/news/searching-signature-causes-brcaness-breast-cancer">Broad Institute</a></em></p> Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:18:47 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32190 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/muhc-study-calls-action-help-adolescents-diabetes-transition-adult-care-269578 <p>Adolescence can be a turbulent period of life, with struggles to establish autonomy, identity issues and risk-taking behaviours. For young adults with a chronic illness such as type 1 diabetes, this transition phase also brings about other challenges as they assume an increased responsibility for their overall health. A new study from the Research Institute of the ƻ����Ժ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) sheds light on gaps in transition care practice in Quebec, pointing out a lack of standardized policies across pediatric diabetes centres.</p> Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:38:44 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32175 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cfi-invests-42-million-boost-23-mcgill-research-projects-cutting-edge-labs-and-equipment-269503 <p>At Laurentian University today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced a total investment of $52 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) <a href="http://www.innovation.ca/en/OurFunds/CFIFunds/JohnREvansLeadersFund">John R. Evans Leaders Fund</a> for 220 new infrastructure projects nationally. Among the 51 universities across the country with funded projects, ƻ����Ժ leads the pack with an impressive number—23 projects totaling $4.2 million—in this latest round of the funding competition.</p> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:18:11 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32168 at /newsroom