Skin test for allergies to amoxicillin in children is useless
Researchers at the MUHC have found that the skin test used to check for allergies to one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in children, amoxicillin, is generally useless — a finding that should change the way parents and physicians screen for such allergies. Read the interview Dr Moshe Ben-Shoshan, lead author of the study and epidemiologist at the Children’s, gave to the Montreal Gazette, and read the follow up on CJAD.com and in Science Daily.
Pill works to shrink boy's brain tumour
Six year old Karl Lefebvre was diagnosed with a brain tumour in August 2015 but instead of surgery or chemotherapy for the rare form of cancer, MCH doctors Nada Jabado and Jean-Pierre Farmer tried a relatively untested treatment and suggested a pill normally used to treat melanoma. After three weeks, there was a significant reduction in the size of the tumour. Watch the reports on CTV, TVA and read the articles in La Presse and le Journal de Montréal.
Major Force in Parkinson's Disease Research and Treatment
For many years, the Neuro and the RI-MUHC have conducted studies that have led to a greater understanding of the nature of Parkinson’s disease (PD). About 100,000 Canadians have PD, a motor neuron disease generally associated with old age, but which can also appear in a person’s thirties or forties. Characteristic symptoms include tremor, rigidity and gait dysfunction as well as mood and sleep disorders, and cognitive degeneration. To learn more about the Neuro’s recent PD-related stories along with descriptions of PD researchers read the article in Health Canal.
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