MUHC in the Media - June 10, 2024

Two children recently died in Ontario following tonsil removal. However, a new technique, making its first appearance in Quebec in 2019 at the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), can reduce the risks, explains Dr. Sam Daniel, Surgeon-in-Chief at the MCH. La Presse, CBC News

On Saturday, June 8, the MUHC Ophthalmology Department, in collaboration with the Chinese Lions Club of Greater Montreal, held its annual free eye clinic. This year, over 140 people received eye care at the clinic. Listen to Dr. Guillermo Rocha and Dr. Chen in these interviews for Global News, TVA Nouvelles and La Presse Canadienne.

The pavilion housing the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) at the Montreal General Hospital now bears the name of Dr. Phil Gold, in honour of his great contribution to science and to our community. The news was announced by the Montreal General Hospital Foundation in a press release and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on June 5, 2024. The Montreal Gazette

The Canadian Paediatric Society is now recommending that screening for eating disorders be incorporated into routine adolescent medical examinations, according to new guidelines developed by Dr. Holly Agostino, Medical Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Montreal Children's Hospital, and her team. The Canadian Press, CTV News, Global News, 980 CKNW

A study led by Sergio Burgos, a scientist at the Research Institute of the MUHC, and recently published in Nature Food, shows that partially substituting animal with plant protein foods can increase life expectancy and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Olivia Auclair, the first author of the study and a research associate in the same program at the RI-MUHC, talks about it in an article from La Presse.

Eating peanut butter earlier helps reduce the risk of food allergies, reveals a new British study. Early exposure allows the immune system to adapt, explains Dr. Bruce Mazer, a specialist in pediatric allergy and immunology at the Montreal Children's Hospital. La Presse Canadienne

MUHC Head of Psychology (adult sites), Jennifer Russell, says OCD can take up several hours a day for affected patients. The obsessive thoughts and compulsions that come to relieve fears can control patients' lives and make them very unhappy. Listen to Jennifer Russell's weekly column on CJAD.

During the summer months, an average of one child a day goes to the emergency for a drowning or near-drowning in Quebec. This is the finding of a study that will be presented in September at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons. The research was conducted by Dr. Hussein Wissanji, pediatric general surgeon at the Montreal Children's Hospital and investigator in the Child Health and Human Development Program at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. The Suburban