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The Montreal Children’s Hospital participates in an effort to increase capacity by caring for MUHC adult patients
December 23rd, 2020 News In response to the MSSS's request to increase our capacity to accommodate COVID-19 patients, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and its healthcare workers are collaborating to undertake an important délestage (decreasing …
The first baby of the year 2021 at the MUHC is a girl!
January 1st, 2021 Releases News MONTREAL, – New Year's good news has arrived: the first baby of the year 2021 born at the McGill University Health Centre is a baby girl! Lara Michelle Adaszkiewicz was born at 00:01 and 10 seconds am on January 1, 2021, …
Could an antidepressant slow COVID-19 progression?
January 11th, 2021 Research Releases RI-MUHC researchers launch a clinical trial of fluvoxamine, a drug that has already proven efficient in reducing lung injury in animal studies and a small placebo-controlled trial At a time when the number of patients …
Saliva samples for COVID-19 testing: as good as nasopharyngeal swabs, but cheaper
January 12th, 2021 Releases Research News According to a new study by a group of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University, saliva sampling should be considered as an alternative to …
Two studies confirm efficiency of saliva tests for COVID-19
January 15th, 2021 Releases Research News Testing is the cornerstone of the fight against COVID-19, and a test that can be self-administered would greatly increase the options for case identification in the community. Montreal, – A new study published …
Nancy Filteau receives the Nephrology Health Care Professional Award
January 15th, 2021 Articles News Nancy Filteau, Nurse manager in dialysis at the MUHC, received the Prix du Professionnel de la santé 2020 from the Société Québécoise de Néphrologie, for her exceptional contribution to the field of nephrology. “In truth, …
An outpouring of solidarity
January 18th, 2021 Articles Taylor Greenstein, nurse at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH), tells her experience of solidarity with the people of Saguenay “On December 7th, I received a phone call from my head nurse,” says Taylor Greenstein, nurse at …
Brain tumour researchers honoured by Québec Science magazine
January 21st, 2021 Accolades Visit quebecscience.qc.ca and vote now for YOUR top scientific discovery of 2021! Source: McGill Reporter and Québec Science . Recent work by Dr. Claudia Kleinman , an investigator at the Lady Davis Institute at the …
Rising to the occasion
January 26th, 2021 Articles News Daphné Savoie, a nurse at the Montreal Children's Hospital, says offering her support to the Saguenay was an opportunity to grow. “You won't be surprised if I tell you that as a former student athlete, I thrive on …
LSD may offer viable treatment for certain mental disorders
January 28th, 2021 Research News McGill study a step in understanding the mechanism of psychedelics’ impact on brain and potential for therapeutic use Researchers from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre …