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Taking your Health to Heart
September 28th, 2018 Articles Sajjad Randawah and Andre Simard took very different routes to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) after suffering heart attacks. Although they arrived under different circumstances, both ended up enjoying the same …
Treating the Psychological Effects of a Traumatic Brain Injury
October 2nd, 2018 Articles The McGill University Health Centre’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service may not necessarily be the first clinic that comes to mind during Mental Illness Awareness Week from October 1 to 7. But the department, which …
No-Nonsense Approach to Genetic Kidney Disease in Children
October 4th, 2018 Releases Montreal – The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre’s (RI-MUHC) push to treat a rare genetic disease in children – with a higher percentage found in French Canadians – has received $2 million dollars as …
Code Orange Simulation at the MUHC
October 19th, 2018 Releases Montreal - The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) took part in one of the largest, most complex Code Orange simulations to date on Thursday, with the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH), Montreal General Hospital (MGH) and …
Scientific breakthrough: promising new target for immunotherapy
October 29th, 2018 Releases Following the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine, global attention is now more than ever turned toward the promise of immunotherapy in oncology. An international team’s work has shed new light on a molecule called TIM-3 that might …
Cracking the Genetic Code of type 2 diabetes
November 12th, 2018 Research From left to right: Researchers Dr. Michael Tsoukas, coordinator Marie Lamarche, and Dr. Errol Marliss (left to right) explain the procedures to a participant of their study at the RI-MUHC Centre for Innovative Medicine. Once …
Healthcare at Your Fingertips
November 14th, 2018 Digital Health Week (from November 12-18) is an annual celebration and recognition of how digital health is transforming the delivery of care across the country. With this year’s themes of ‘ Faster, More Efficient Care ’, ‘ Virtual …
Can't sleep? Fruit flies and energy drinks offer new clues
November 15th, 2018 Sleep is an essential behavioural state in animals ranging from invertebrates to humans. It is critical for immune function, stable metabolism, brain repair, learning and memory. Over the course of a lifetime, more than 30 per cent of …
Genetics and Oncology come together to offer faster genetic testing to ovarian cancer patients
November 19th, 2018 Articles In 2017, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada issued new recommendations for genetic testing of women diagnosed with High Grade Serous Ovarian cancer (HGSOC) – the most common type of ovarian cancer cases and the one …
Movember: Don’t Stay Silent on Mental Health
November 21st, 2018 Articles Movember shines a spotlight on men’s health this November, including often overlooked mental anguish and its consequences Concealing health problems is never a smart idea. Yet men can feel the urge to conceal their health …