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Tick tock goes the biological clock
September 25th, 2013 Montreal University Health Centre gynaecologist Shauna Leigh Reinblatt helps us understand how our bodies tell us it’s time to have that baby. Dr. Shauna Rienblatt who specializes in infertility at the McGill Reproductive Centre was a …
Tools of the trade: computer simulation helps with transition planning
September 27th, 2013 A simulation model is a representation of a system that assumes or mimics the system’s pertinent outward qualities, which can be used to infer how the real system will operate. Manuel D. Rossetti, Simulation Modeling and Arena, …
The MUHC Hospitalist Unit
September 30th, 2013 Dr. Anita Brown-Johnson, Chantal Lefebvre and the Hospitalist Care Unit nursing staff. After suffering from incessant vertigo and difficulty controlling some of her motor functions, Florence Mildred Reid arrived at the McGill …
Construction Update on the MUHC’s Glen site
March 4th, 2014 Start-up of the Cancer Centre’s electromechanical systems is complete. Finishing work such as painting, installation of ceramic flooring as well as installation of furniture is currently being carried out in different blocks. Dynamic …
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 …