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Using laser light to study how epilepsy arises in the healthy brain
April 3rd, 2019 Releases Scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have developed a new method to study how seizures arise in the healthy brain. Using laser light guided through ultra-thin optic fibers in the …
Expressions of Interest: Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
April 4th, 2019 News Location: Montreal, QC. The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is one of the world’s foremost academic health centres with a vision to assure exceptional and integrated patient-centric care, research, teaching and technology …
Possible measles exposure at MUHC Glen (adult) Site
April 7th, 2019 News MONTREAL — The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) was notified by the Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal late Friday that an employee having contracted the measles virus worked at the Glen Site while contagious, …
Increase in children and teens seen in ERs for suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts
April 11th, 2019 Releases A new study led by a research team at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MCH-MUHC) shows that emergency room visits for children and teenagers who had thoughts of suicide or had attempted …
Getting to know the MUHC recruitment team
April 12th, 2019 There is a certain satisfaction that comes with meeting a set goal. For the McGill University Health Centre Human Resources recruitment team, that feeling comes with finding the perfect candidate for a position; a balancing act that …
Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children
April 15th, 2019 Releases Montreal - Children of mothers who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy could be at increased risk of type 1 diabetes themselves, according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill University …
Improving Patient Care Further Afield
April 16th, 2019 News Articles Dr. Pierre Gfeller didn’t let the biggest snowstorm of the season in southern Quebec keep him from achieving a New Year’s resolution. While Montreal was being blanketed in 40 centimetres of snow on February 13, the president …
Sustaining green practices beyond Earth Day
April 18th, 2019 Even in recycling, quality over quantity matters. On this Earth Day, the MUHC is taking important strides to decrease its carbon footprint across its network as a leading environmentally-friendly healthcare institution. How, exactly? The …
Code Red at the Glen site (Research Institute of the MUHC)
April 24th, 2019 Releases A Code Red was launched at the Research Institute of the MUHC - Glen site at 9:20 a.m. after a fire started in a dryer. The smoke from the fire set off sprinklers, which caused flooding in Bloc E. The entire building was …
Don't sit on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
April 25th, 2019 IBS is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that presents itself via symptoms of abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel habits of diarrhea or constipation, and it is more prevalent in patients under 50. One in 10 people struggles with …