Brain & Mental Health
UBC bestows national prizes on Canadian health science pioneers
By bkladko | July 26, 2018
Andrew Krahn, Bruce McManus, Kullervo Hynynen and Martin Gleave are being honoured for their accomplishments in heart health, brain health and cancer.
Genetic marker could spare MS patients from liver damage
By bkladko | July 16, 2018
The marker illustrates the potential power of precision medicine.
A constellation of symptoms presages first definitive signs of multiple sclerosis
By bkladko | July 15, 2018
Five years before classic MS symptoms appear, people are up to four times more likely to be treated for nervous system disorders.
Two discoveries offer new targets for future Alzheimer’s treatments
By bkladko | June 18, 2018
The studies, published this spring in Molecular Psychiatry, hint at more precise strategies for preventing the build-up of the toxic protein, amyloid beta.
Pre-birth exposure to anti-depressants linked to better cognitive skills 12 years later
By bkladko | May 8, 2018
More research is needed to see if the benefit is also accompanied by risks, such as higher anxiety.
A quicker treatment for persistent depression?
By bkladko | April 26, 2018
A 3-minute session of theta bursts was just as effective as a 37-minute session of standard high-frequency brain stimulation.
Living in sunnier climes could reduce risk of MS
By bkladko | March 8, 2018
Professor Helen Tremlett, in the Division of Neurology, examined sun exposure over the lifespan.
UBC expands research into healthy aging with $24 million gift
By bkladko | March 7, 2018
The donation from Edwin S.H. Leong is the largest gift that the Faculty of Medicine has ever received from an individual.
Use of fentanyl signals limits of substitution therapy for many Downtown Eastside residents
By bkladko | February 1, 2018
The study of people living in marginal housing also showed how quickly fentanyl infiltrated the community in 2017.
Alzheimer’s disease might be a “whole body” problem
By bkladko | October 31, 2017
Weihong Song used surgically-joined mice to show that the protein considered to be Alzheimer’s main culprit can travel from elsewhere in the body to the brain.