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McGill International TB Centre fights tuberculosis from the Canadian North to the Global South
March 24th, 2016 Project worker and a pharmacist from the IC-IMPACTS project. Photo credit: Amrita Daftary Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that most often affects the lungs. The infection spreads from person to person …
MCI TB Clinic staff travel near and far to help patients manage tuberculosis
March 24th, 2016 Articles In 2012, when a tuberculosis outbreak plagued a small Inuit community in Nunavik, in the northern region of Quebec, Amélie Fosso, clinical nurse specialist at the outpatient Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic of the Montreal Chest …
National Health Ethics Week, April 4 - 10, 2016
March 24th, 2016 The MUHC Centre for Applied Ethics (CAE) is proud to present a series of events for National Health Ethics Week, from April 4 - 10, 2016, in collaboration with the Canadian Bioethics Society . Held throughout Canada , this week aims to …
March is Pharmacist Awareness Month
March 30th, 2016 Articles We'd like you to meet a few of our devoted and caring pharmacists. …
A Major Force in Parkinson's Disease Research and Treatment
April 5th, 2016 Releases For many years, the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre have conducted studies that have led to a greater understanding of the nature of …
The Neuro enrolls Canada’s first patient in a new clinical trial for the treatment of brain tumours
March 10th, 2016 Releases Dr. Kevin Petrecca, William Feindel Chair in NeuroOncology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University and the MUHC, enrolled and treated Canada’s first patient in a new clinical trial for patients …
Traditional skin tests used to predict allergies to antibiotics are useless say Montreal researchers
April 7th, 2016 Releases Skin tests traditionally used to predict allergies to amoxicillin, one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in children, are ineffective according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill …
Alive against all odds
April 11th, 2016 Articles When Amélie Bourassa talks about her stay at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (RVH-MUHC) and the birth of her daughter Florence in the spring of 2014, she goes through moments of bewilderment. …
P.K. Subban announced that a significant portion of his $10 million commitment to the MCH Foundation would go toward helping families of patients who, as a result of their child being sick, are facing financial hardships. How can people get help?
April 13th, 2016 Question: P.K. Subban announced that a significant portion of his $10 million commitment to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation would go toward helping families of patients who, as a result of their child being sick, are facing …
Volunteer week - 10 to 16 April, 2016
April 13th, 2016 Articles Did you know that we have close to 2,300 volunteers who devote their time and energy to helping out in our hospitals, doing things like greeting patients, holding babies and holding hands, just being there in times of need, …