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Guidance, optimism, and moderation: living life to the fullest with Crohn's
December 20th, 2016 Articles News "The bottom line is, you have to be positive, you have to embrace it, and you have to run with it," Marina Lavranos-Klironomos says as she shares her outlook on life. Her optimism is palpable, and has not been dampened by …
Making Team Canada
December 28th, 2016 Articles In her 33 years working in Housekeeping at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH), Lyne Martinelli has gotten to know many patients. There was one girl though, who Lyne already knew before she ever became a patient. Raphaëlle …
A surprise advance in the treatment of adult cancers
January 11th, 2017 Releases Montreal – A team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has found an epigenetic modification that might be the cause of 15% of adult cancers of the throat linked to alcohol …
Put the kettle on: reaping the benefits from a hot cup of tea
January 19th, 2017 The bone chilling January cold has settled in, and there’s no better way to fight this weather than to be drawn in by the warm embrace of a piping hot cup of tea. January is Hot Tea Month in Canada, and we at the McGill University …
Behind the Scenes of the Lachine Hospital Modernization Project
January 23rd, 2017 Articles Some of the members of the team behind the Lachine Hospital modernization project. From left to right: Noé Djawn White, Ariane Couture, Samia Mostefai, Malika Cheloufi, Teresa Di Bartolo, Michèle Czerednikow and Dominique …
Face to Face with...
January 24th, 2017 Articles How long have you worked here? I've been working in the MS Program for about four years and as a nurse for 11 years—all of which have been at the MUHC. Why did you choose this field? I got into the MS world because I love the …
Geriatric Medicine: a targeted approach to senior care
January 24th, 2017 Articles Life expectancy has increased considerably over the last century. But this gift of longevity has not come without its price. Chronic illness, often combined with other health conditions, burden the lives of many of our …
Portrait of a telehealth visionary
January 26th, 2017 Articles A leader with a passionate disposition and devotion to her work, Madeleine St-Gelais has spent more than 12 years developing telehealth within the Réseau universitaire intégré de santé McGill (RUIS McGill). Her outstanding …
Waking up to life
February 2nd, 2017 Articles When Santino Matrundola, a young photographer from Montreal, was assigned to immortalize one of the most important days in his clients’ life: their engagement party. Although his migraine had become intolerable, he knew nothing …
Angie's story of survival
February 7th, 2017 Articles Did you know that patients have a better survival rate for all cancers than they did 10 years ago? At the MUHC, our cancer survivorship program provides support, care and education to breast cancer survivors who are at the end …