Media & Press
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- Radio-Canada – Téléjournal avec Patrice Roy (November 30, 2022)
Dr. Judes Poirier comments the results of study done on the "lecanemab" drug which were presented in the New England Journal of Medicine on November 29. - ICI Radio-Canada Première – La maladie d’Alzheimer et la pandémie (January 17, 2021)
Franco Nuovo invites Dr. Judes Poirier to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the development of Alzheimer’s disease. - TV5 unis – Les diplômés Mira (September 30, 2020)
In this episode, we follow Braque, a Mira dog who is a part of the very first cohort intended for people with Alzheimer's disease. It is now a part of Roger Lupien's daily life. - ICI Radio-Canada Première – Les années lumières (August 16, 2020)
Dr. Poirier was invited to comment on the news of a new vaccine for Alzheimer's disease which is currently being evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States. It is an experimental drug that is causing controversy among researchers who are uncomfortable with the way the pharmaceutical company has chosen to analyze the results. - ICI Radio-Canada Télé – Découverte (October 6, 2019)
The Canadian television series "Découverte" featured Dr. Poirier, Dr. Villeneuve, and Dr. Chakravarty and the work of the PREVENT-AD research group in an episode on Alzheimer's disease. This episode was broadcast on ICI Radio-Canada Télé and can be viewed online here. - Plateforme Canadien de Neuroscience Ouverte – “Un parcours vers des données ouvertes” (September 23, 2019)
The CONP website features a news article on PREVENT-AD, the first dataset to be made available on the CONP data portal. See the article here. - Des chiens Mira pour ralentir l’Alzheimer (September 15, 2019)
Dr. Poirier discusses the encouraging results of a Mira Foundation pilot project. - Un test sanguin pour détecter l’Alzheimer (August 6, 2019)
Dr. Poirier comments on a new blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease. - Age of fraud: Are seniors more vulnerable to financial scams? (May 16, 2019) – In English
Dr. Nathan Spreng explains how brain structures play a role in this vulnerability.