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L’intelligence artificielle ne sert pas qu’à vous proposer des films sur Netflix. À l’Université Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, la chercheuse Joëlle Pineau l’utilise pour mieux traiter l’épilepsie, concevoir des fauteuils roulants intelligents et inventer la nouvelle médecine personnalisée – un pan de sa recherche qui sera récompensé la semaine prochaine par le Prix du Gouverneur général pour l’innovation.

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Published on: 23 May 2019

Perhaps no one is prepared for the unique mix of numbing exhaustion and intense emotions at the beginning of motherhood. We read about it and we are told about it, but it’s not until we go through it that we understand how dramatic the changes can be to our bodies, emotions, identities, careers and families.

Published on: 23 May 2019

Le 15 mai dernier, Les Impatients ont clôturé la 8e exposition-encan Parle-moi d'amour Centre Wellington à Verdun, la principale activité de financement de l'organisme.

Plus d'une centaine d'oeuvres d'Impatients, d'artistes professionnels et des dons de collectionneurs ont été mis à l'encan et ont permis d'amasser la somme de 35 000$.

Published on: 17 May 2019

À l'adolescence, ils désiraient plus que tout changer de sexe. Ils ont commencé le processus, mais en cours de route, certains se sont rendu compte qu'ils ne l'avaient pas fait pour les bonnes raisons et sont retournés à leur sexe d'origine. Leurs témoignages se multiplient sur la toile. Ils s'appellent eux-mêmes les « détransitionneurs ». Regard sur un phénomène récent, marginal, mais qui se manifeste partout en Occident.

Published on: 14 May 2019

A step toward better understanding brain anatomy of autism spectrum disorder.

Study could lead to development of personalized biomarkers and treatment

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often lumped into a single catch-all group, despite significant differences in symptom profile and severity. Further muddying the waters when trying to understand and treat ASD, many previous studies show significant variability in findings.

Published on: 10 May 2019

Though placebos are inert, they often work even when people know they’re placebos. From his professional experience, (former amateur magician, Jay) Olson understands that the power of suggestion is strong, and figured that the context alone of a medical experience – the performance, if you will – could have a significant effect on healing.

Read the story in Med e-News .

Published on: 10 May 2019

Gustavo Turecki, director of the Department of Psychiatry at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ (Canada), investigates the correlation between suicide (unassisted) and depression. Although not all people suffering from depression commit suicide, scientific evidence has shown that between 60 and 90 percent of suicide cases were due to symptoms of depression.

by Paula Schmidt in El Libero (translated from Spanish)

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Published on: 10 May 2019

Des audits pour sauver des vies

Chaque suicide survenu en 2016 dans l’est de Montréal fait actuellement l’objet d’un examen approfondi retraçant la trajectoire de vie, les problèmes de santé et les appels à l’aide lancés par la personne disparue. L’objectif : sauver des vies et voir si le système de santé ou les services sociaux ont connu des ratés.

C’est ce qu’a appris La Presse en parcourant le rapport préliminaire de ce projet pilote mené par le psychiatre Alain Lesage.

Published on: 9 May 2019

Retailers across Canada are struggling with a shortage of all cannabis, but there's one product they're especially desperate to keep on shelves: cannabidiol or CBD, a non-intoxicating extract vaunted for its purported health benefits.

Published on: 7 May 2019

Policing in Indigenous communities presents challenges that are distinct from those for policing in non-Indigenous communities. These challenges are embedded within a set of cultural, social, historical, legal, political, and geographic considerations.

Published on: 3 May 2019

An open science collection of data from persons at-risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) will help researchers study the pre-symptomatic phase of the disease and accelerate the develop of new therapies that could slow down the disease process.

Published on: 3 May 2019

When headhunters first contacted Rémi Quirion years ago about the new position of Quebec’s chief scientist, he initially took a pass.

With a thriving career at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ and the Douglas Hospital Research Centre where his lab was located, Quirion suggested they speak to others and provided names.

“They called me back [and said], ‘Your name is coming up again,’†Quirion recounts in his downtown Montreal office, just east of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ campus.

Published on: 1 May 2019

In the wake of a number of high profile cases such as Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has issued new guidance for medical teams looking after children with serious illness, suggesting doctors must take great care to avoid giving unrealistic expectations to parents about their child’s future. … As Laurence Kirmayer at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ put it, healing is not just the basic bodily processes of repair and rebalance. It also involves making sense of suffering and finding a way to continue, whatever the outcome.

Published on: 29 Apr 2019

The government unveiled some funding details of the first-ever national dementia strategy its latest budget, but already it’s getting heat from critics, who say that while it’s a step in the right direction, the $50-million over five-year investment isn’t going to have the impact needed to address the growing public health issue.

Canada is the only G7 country that doesn’t have a strategy, said Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ doctor Serge Gauthier. But while that puts Canada behind the game, it also gives the government a chance to learn from other’s mistakes, he said.

Published on: 29 Apr 2019

This award was created in order to contribute to scholarship and educational excellence in the Faculty of Medicine through innovation and the support of effective methods of teaching and learning. 

Published on: 26 Apr 2019

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