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What you will get at the new MUHC
September 10th, 2013 The Glen site will be a cutting-edge academic health centre filled with the latest and most modern equipment to improve both workflow and the delivery of care to patients. Among these innovative features—and probably the most …

Alternate Routes - Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
September 11th, 2013 Alternate routes for: Royal Victoria Hospital and Montréal Neurological Institute The alternate routes below will take you to the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montréal Neurological Institute during periods of congested traffic and …

Achoo! Let’s face it, allergies are a nuisance
September 16th, 2013 If you are an allergy sufferer, you are not without company. In Canada, 30 to 35 per cent of individuals are suffering along with you. This time of year, the main culprit is ragweed and other weed-plant pollens. For some sufferers, …

Do Fad Diets work?
September 23rd, 2013 With heavy sweaters hiding your figure, it’s not a surprise that many of us pack on a few extra pounds as the weather turns cold. Studies show that 70-80% of individuals experience increased appetite in winter and as many as 90% of …

Research shows blocking overactive receptor in Alzheimer’s recovers memory loss
September 20th, 2013 Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (The Neuro), McGill University and Université de Montréal have published a study showing that memory pathology in older mice with …

Learn about our new streamlined pathology procedures
September 23rd, 2013 Download the information pamphlet » Return to main page …

Tick tock goes the biological clock
September 25th, 2013 Montreal University Health Centre gynaecologist Shauna Leigh Reinblatt helps us understand how our bodies tell us it’s time to have that baby. Dr. Shauna Rienblatt who specializes in infertility at the McGill Reproductive Centre was a …

Tools of the trade: computer simulation helps with transition planning
September 27th, 2013 A simulation model is a representation of a system that assumes or mimics the system’s pertinent outward qualities, which can be used to infer how the real system will operate. Manuel D. Rossetti, Simulation Modeling and Arena, …

The MUHC Hospitalist Unit
September 30th, 2013 Dr. Anita Brown-Johnson, Chantal Lefebvre and the Hospitalist Care Unit nursing staff. After suffering from incessant vertigo and difficulty controlling some of her motor functions, Florence Mildred Reid arrived at the McGill …

First-ever 3D atlas of the brain brings big gains
September 30th, 2013 Images courtesy of the Brain Imagin Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. Big Brain is one of the newest 3D blockbusters to hit the scene, but unlike most of its kind, it is not the work of Hollywood. This …