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Patient-driven initiative aims to ‘comfort’ MUHC chemotherapy patients
February 4th, 2016 Releases Judy Martin vividly remembers the day she was told she had stage three breast cancer. “You need to fight with me,” her physician, Dr. Ari Meguerditchian, told her. “You’re never going to meet anyone who hates to lose more than …
New Cancer Stem Cell Dream Team named to attack brain cancer in children
February 5th, 2016 Articles Research Dr. Nada Jababo's team from the Child Health and Human Development Program at the RI-MUHC - Centre for Translational Biology Pan-Canadian team of researchers receive $11.7 Million from Stand Up To Cancer Canada, …
Minister of Health joins MUHC staff celebration of new state-of-the-art dialysis unit at Lachine Hospital
February 12th, 2016 At a press conference today, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) staff was joined by the Minister of Health, Gaétan Barrette, to celebrate the official opening of the new hemodialysis unit at the Lachine Hospital. The …
Zero CVL infection! A recipe for success at the Neuro's ICU
February 17th, 2016 Articles Last December, the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Montreal Neurological Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MNH-MUHC) accomplished a spectacular feat that all members of the team can be truly proud of. They …
Welcoming all healthy expressions of sexuality
February 15th, 2016 Articles From left to right: Evelyn Andelfinger, Laura Copeland, Dr. Richard Montoro, Dr. Karine Igartua, Vicky Rochon, and Marsha Kagan. Since it opened in 1999, the award-winning McGill University Sexual Identity Centre (MUSIC) of …
The brain gives up more secrets
February 17th, 2016 Releases Montreal – A research team, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal, has broken new ground in our understanding of the complex functioning of the brain. The research, …
Face to face with...
February 22nd, 2016 Articles Dr. Mohammed Alreshidan, resident in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital “When you get to see a patient a few month after their surgery in clinic, and they are playing and jumping around… that’s very …
Are there any stairways accessible to the public at the Glen?
February 24th, 2016 Despite the signage that states otherwise, we have two stairways that are open to the public at the Glen site. The D-01 staircase is located in Block D, directly opposite the SOUTH public elevators. You can access the stairs from any …
Researchers open new path of discovery in Parkinson’s disease
June 27th, 2016 Releases Researchers open new path of discovery in Parkinson’s disease Neuron cell death may be caused by overactive immune system A team of scientists led by Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride …
An informed and dedicated team oversees a large inventory that's crucial to treating our patients
June 28th, 2016 From the simplest machines to the most complex, the huge inventory of biomedical equipment used by the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) includes an amazing variety of devices available to meet many needs at the MUHC. This could …