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Barbara Kane - Lung Cancer survivor
January 21st, 2014 Barbara Kane is a testament to the difficulty so many people face in their battle to quit smoking. The 63-year-old grandmother and cancer survivor is well aware that her bout of lung cancer in 2010 was brought on by more than 47 years …
Remembrance Day
November 11th, 2015 If you were to take a stroll down Livingston Hall of The Montreal General Hospital 50 years ago, you would see comfortable chairs, vases filled with flowers, a shiny black and white floor and there would be a buzz of young nurses who …
It's never too late to quit
November 19th, 2013 When Dr. Jean Bourbeau, a respirologist at the Montreal Chest Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), talks about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), he is emphatic about one very important point. “Smoking is …
Mystery patients to assess and improve quality of TB care in India
November 22nd, 2013 RI-MUHC investigator and member of the McGill International TB Centre, Dr. Madhukar Pai, has received two grants for a project that will, for the first time, use standardized patients (mystery clients) to assess the quality of …
It's Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month
November 24th, 2015 Pain, chronic suffering and isolation: the consequences of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are many. For the 233,000 Canadians who live with IBD, this condition is a daily struggle that has a considerable impact on their quality of …
World AIDS Day, December 1
November 29th, 2013 An estimated 34 million people in the world live with HIV. More than 25 million people died from the virus between 1981 and 2007, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history. World AIDS Day is held on December 1 each …
Montreal investigators share in $8.7 million grant from the CIHR for HIV research
November 29th, 2013 December 1 st marks World AIDS Day, a time to people to unite in the fight against HIV, to support those people with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died. This year, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded …
The MUHC Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
December 4th, 2013 If you were to wander through the old halls of the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), you might notice innumerable doors tucked away behind narrow corridors, each guarding its own unique secrets. But …
La recherche sans frontières / Research without boundaries
December 6th, 2013 Pour l'édition interactive, cliquer ici . For the online version, click here . Si vous avez des problèmes avec notre édition interactive, vous pouvez télécharger le ficher pdf . If you are having problems viewing the interactive …
Supporting patients through the physical and emotional challenges of a cancer diagnosis
December 9th, 2013 The fight against cancer is fraught with strong emotion for both patients and loved ones. Feelings of anger, sadness, guilt and anxiety can be overwhelming. But patients need to find the energy to fight the disease and persevere through …