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Québec Science honours a research team at the MUHC
January 5th, 2019 Releases Recent work by MUHC gyneco-oncologists Dr. Lucy Gilbert, Xing Zeng and Kris Jardon, along with American researchers, has been hailed as one of Québec Science 's top ten discoveries of the year 2018! Each year, this scientific …
MUHC responds to emergency situation
January 14th, 2019 Releases Montreal, 6 p.m - An emergency event occurred at des Découvreurs school in the Montreal borough of LaSalle leading the McGill University Health Centre to declare a Code Orange for multiple patients shortly before 12 noon at the …
RI-MUHC researchers among recipients of a $34M grant to fight cancer
January 23rd, 2019 Releases Researchers from McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal are part of a multinational team led by the University of California, San …
A hide-out for viruses in the testicles
January 25th, 2019 Releases It all began five years ago at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) with one of Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy’s HIV patients. L to R: Stéphane Isnard (Postdoctoral fellow), Franck Dupuy (Research …
Using CrossFit to stick it to Cancer
February 4th, 2019 Articles PHOTO : Carlo Pagano Ben, who is a father to two young children, was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the spring of 2016. Since then, the 42-year-old has found himself bedridden and hospitalized from chemotherapy treatments, …
Infertility treatment linked with slightly higher risk of pregnancy complications
February 4th, 2019 Releases MONTREAL — Women who become pregnant using infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, have a slightly higher risk of a complication according to a new study by researchers at ICES, Research Institute of the McGill …
Shared genetic marker offers new promise in targeting specific ovarian and lung cancers
February 4th, 2019 Releases Two new papers, published simultaneously in Nature Communications and led by researchers at McGill University and at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), offer promise that a drug currently …
Annual Public Meeting of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
October 11th, 2018 Releases Peter Kruyt, Chairman of the Board of Directors cordially invites members of the community to attend the Annual Public Meeting of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Friday, October 26, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. Research …
Young Canadians face heightened crash risk after consuming cannabis, new study finds
October 15th, 2018 Releases Research MONTREAL – Young Canadians are more at risk of a vehicle crash even five hours after inhaling cannabis, according to results of a clinical trial conducted at the McConnell Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM) of the …
The legislation on cannabis
October 17th, 2018 Québec’s cannabis regulations are contained in the Act to constitute the Société québécoise du cannabis, to enact the Cannabis Regulation Act and to amend various highway safety-related provisions. Click here to read an overview of the …