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Patricia O'Connor Receives Canadian College of Health Leaders Nursing Leadership Award
June 2nd, 2014 The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) today congratulated Patricia O’Connor, Director of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer of the MUHC, who is the recipient of the 2014 …
June is ALS Awareness Month
June 2nd, 2014 What is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known widely as Lou Gehrig’s disease, develops as a result of the death of motor neurons (nerve cells) in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. This …
I keep hearing about “tertiary and quaternary care” at the MUHC. What does this mean?
June 4th, 2014 Primary care is the first point of consultation for all patients within the healthcare system. Primary care often refers to check-ups, preventative care and the treatment of common ailments, and is usually provided by a family medicine …
Hundreds attend MUHC Summer Festival
June 19th, 2012 MONTREAL, June 12, 2012 – Sunshine and blue skies made for a perfect day on Saturday, June 9 as hundreds of McGill University Health Centre staff, their family and friends, and Glen site neighbours turned out for the MUHC Summer Festival …
Quebec's Fertility Program celebrates second birthday
June 23rd, 2012 Every week, hundreds of couples visit the McGill Reproductive Center hoping to fulfill their dearest wish: to finally become parents. It’s often a last-ditch effort to conceive after a long struggle to do so naturally, but even here …
Dr. Peter Chan: An advocate for men's health
June 23rd, 2012 Urologist Dr. Peter Chan is on a mission to get men to take charge of their health By Tamarah Feder As a kid, Peter Chan dreamed of serving his community as a social worker. Years later, as an MUHC urologist Dr. Chan is fulfilling that …
Why do we need a new Children's?
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Demystifying sunscreen: it's in the label
May 29th, 2014 Some brands call themselves ‘sun tan lotion’, others say they are ‘sweatproof’, ‘waterproof’, or that they can be sprayed on while your child is wet…but can we really trust all these statements? What kind of sunscreen works best to protect …
Encouraging breastfeeding a societal effort, study says
July 27th, 2012 By Julie Robert “Breastfeeding support is not only a health professional issue, it is a societal effort”, argues Sonia Semenic, Nurse Scientist at the McGill University Health Centre and co-principal investigator of a research project …
The New MUHC Cancer Centre: Building a closer community
July 27th, 2012 By Cinzia Colella The shock of a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming to patients and their loved ones. Feelings of fear and uncertainty can be intensified by the sudden responsibility of having to make and keep track of numerous medical …