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May 11 to 17, 2015 is Nursing Week
May 11th, 2015 The MUHC believes in supporting nursing research. Many of the nurses' projects are funded by the MUHC Foundation and its partner foundations as well as by the Newton Foundation, through the Small Grant Research Funds and the Eureka! …
Educating the immune system to prevent allergies
May 13th, 2015 Releases With the arrival of spring, millions of Canadians have begun their annual ritual of sneezing and wheezing due to seasonal allergies. A research team at the Montreal Children’s Hospital from the Research Institute of the McGill …
Getting through prostate cancer radiation treatment one smile at a time
May 21st, 2015 Articles The winter of 2015 – one of the coldest in Montreal history – was hard for most people. But it was particularly challenging for Rory Hill. The 64-year-old retiree was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer and had to make daily …
May is National Physiotherapy Month
May 21st, 2015 Physiotherapists and physical rehabilitation therapists (PRTs) are important members of the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) healthcare team. They work with a wide variety of patients, helping them recover their strength, movement …
2015 - 2016 Budget
March 26th, 2015 Releases In response to the tabling of the Quebec government’s balanced 2015‐2016 budget, the Director General and CEO of the MUHC, Normand Rinfret, welcomed the commitments that will improve patient access to the Glen site and advance …
How do I access the Glen now that construction on the Turcot interchange has started?
March 27th, 2015 Since March 21, 2015, the ministère des Transports du Québec has closed a portion of rue Saint-Jacques until Fall 2017 in order to proceed with the demolition and reconstruction of the Saint-Jacques overpass. Patients, visitors and …
Detective work at the MUHC
March 30th, 2015 Articles If you've never heard of a condition called Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), you're not alone. This auto-inflammatory genetic disorder is so rare even most doctors don’t know much about it. Only about 30 people are known to have MWS …
World Tuberculosis Day 2015
March 24th, 2015 Marcel A. Behr, MD, MSc Director of the McGill International TB Centre Microbiologist-in-Chief at the McGill University Health Centre Researcher in infection and immunity at the Research Institute of the MUHC Associate Professor, …
Hundreds of alumni reconnect with old friends at the MUHC/McGill Homecoming and Medical Symposium
April 1st, 2015 To celebrate the medical heritage of both the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University, the two institutions joined forces to host three days of events, comprised of homecoming celebrations, a medical symposium and …
Using patients' own cells to accelerate research into neurological disease
March 31st, 2015 Releases A patient’s very own skin cells may hold the key to new treatments and even cures for devastating neurological diseases. A generous $1 million donation from Mr. J. Sebastian van Berkom, and critical partnerships with Brain …