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The Ideal Patient Room
February 21st, 2013 News The New McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has committed to building a top-ranking, patient-centric university healthcare centre. Every aspect of this major challenge comes together in designing patient rooms for adults and …
Volunteer Maggie Shaddick making positive change at the MUHC and beyond
March 1st, 2013 The MUHC is fortunate to have many dedicated volunteers who are committed to making real, positive changes in the world. Maggie Shaddick, who has been working at the Montreal General Hospital snack bar every Wednesday morning for the past …
Speech by Claudio Bussandri
March 6th, 2013 Public Meeting (March 4, 2013) - C’est notre quatrième séance publique depuis que le nouveau conseil d’administration a été formé il y a un an, et comme toujours, je souhaite vous remercier pour votre présence et votre intérêt pour le …
Over 60 and still active
March 6th, 2013 Forty years ago, Dr. Irv Binik embarked on his career as a sex therapist. With degree in hand, he went forth and started to see couples who were having issues ranging from erectile dysfunction to lack of desire. Couple after couple he …
Reproductive Health: Is it a female issue?
March 6th, 2013 “Despite all the advances in assisted reproduction over the past ten years, the problem we keep running up against is the aging of reproductive cells,” says Dr. Patricia Monnier of the MUHC Reproductive Centre. “This is true for male …
Shaken Baby Syndrome kills
June 14th, 2013 Levi is one day old. His hair is blondish red and he is sleeping on his mother’s chest, skin to skin. Mom and dad, Suzy and Andy DiBiaso, are visibly euphoric about the arrival of their third son. They will leave the Royal Victoria …
Following in dad's footsteps
June 14th, 2013 Photo caption: McGill Medical student Daniel Gottesman holds a picture he drew for his dad as a youngster, which his father Dr. Ron Gottesman, left, still has pinned up in his Montreal Children’s Hospital office. “To be honest, I never …
Moving to the Glen site : the NICU team starts preparing
June 19th, 2013 Andréane Pharand, Mario Bonenfant, Dr. Therese Perreault and Lynn Lauzon review the plans of their new unit . Moving to the new McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen site means a lot more than just moving boxes and setting up camp …
Risky MS treatment gives a doctor his life back
July 3rd, 2013 Read more MUHC news Alexander Normandin was a third-year McGill University medical student when he first learned he had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system. Dr. Alexander …
Redefining a disease
June 19th, 2013 Peter Ste-Marie (left) with Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles discussing a fibromylagia case in the MUHC Rheumatology Clinic at the Montreal General Hospital. Diane Brodeur was diagnosed with fibromyalgia four years ago, although she believes that …