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Understanding how kidneys work
March 7th, 2014 The kidneys are powerful organs that play a vital role in keeping the human body healthy. What’s more, they perform not just one but three essential functions in our bodies. First, they regulate the amount of water in our systems . Our …
Understanding dialysis
March 7th, 2014 The kidneys play an important role in keeping the body healthy. They retain or excrete water, eliminate wastes and toxins, and produce hormones that regulate blood pressure, stimulate red blood cell production and activate vitamin D. …
Understanding kidney transplants
March 7th, 2014 Kidney transplantation offers the best treatment for a person diagnosed with severe (permanent) kidney failure. Dialysis is performed 3 to 5 times a week. It does not replace—or only partially replaces—normally functioning, healthy …
True or false? Kidney failure is curable.
March 7th, 2014 False. Kidney disease takes many different forms and may lead to kidney failure. Although there are ways to treat people with kidney failure—namely dialysis or kidney transplant —these treatments are not actual cures for kidney …
MUHC opens first Diagnostic Centre for Liver Disease fully equipped with FibroScan/CAP device in Quebec
March 14th, 2014 On February 26 at the Montreal Chest Institute, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) inaugurated the first Diagnostic Centre for Liver Disease equipped with a complete FibroScan/CAP device in Quebec. Thanks to this device, among the …
It is National Social Worker’s Month!
March 18th, 2014 At the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) our social workers practice their art across all of our hospitals. They specialize in different areas of healthcare, but they all deliver the same compassionate care. We took a sneak peek into …
Throwback Thursday - Circa 1950-60
March 20th, 2014 Nurses break circa 1950-60. Nurses in and out of uniform relax in the nurses lounge at the RVH. If you are browsing social media on a Thursday, you will notice that the web is flooded with photographs of yesteryear. The MUHC has been …
Building a Hospital: A Labour of Love
March 21st, 2014 The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is undergoing some major changes and is preparing for the biggest move in its history—neither of which could be achieved without our dedicated staff. Andreane Pharand, Dr. Therese Perreault, Lyne …
Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 27th, 2014 At 29 years old, newly married Caroline Leroux* was looking forward to starting a family. But just two months after she stopped taking the pill, she experienced excruciating pain and cramps in her abdomen. Leroux’s physician ultimately …
Shriners launch construction at Glen site
April 17th, 2013 2013 will be a year of change, growth and excitement for Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada. These days, excavation and construction work for their new hospital is starting at the Glen site, at the corner of Décarie Boulevard and …