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Psychology & Psychiatry

Does 'harsh parenting' lead to smaller brains?

Repeatedly getting angry, hitting, shaking or yelling at children is linked with smaller brain structures in adolescence, according to a new study published in Development and Psychology. It was conducted by Sabrina Suffren, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19: How does it affect the people preparing food?

Researchers at Université Laval, the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and Université de Montréal received a $2.2 million grant today from the COVID-19 Immunity Working Group to measure the impact ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19: Biomarkers linked to severe forms of the disease

Recent studies have shown that immune response plays a central role in the severity of COVID-19. Understanding the immune responses generated as the disease progresses is therefore key to determining which patients are at ...

Medical research

A new way to treat severe obesity

New research could pave the way for the treatment of early morbid familial obesity, a disease that affects four to six percent of people suffering from early severe obesity.

Diabetes

Discovery of a new drug for diabetic retinopathy

A potentially effective treatment for diabetic retinopathy, a disease that swells and scars the retina, has been developed by an Université de Montréal scientist and investigator at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Could existing drugs be used against COVID-19?

Several drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could potentially be used to alleviate the symptoms of COVID-19, biomedical researchers at Université de Montréal have found.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Infants little affected by COVID-19

COVID-19 is a very different disease in infants; compared to adults, most do surprisingly well when infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the disease.

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