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Anti-TB drugs can increase risk of TB re-infection
March 22nd, 2019 Releases Montreal – Current treatments for tuberculosis (TB) are very effective in controlling TB infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). They don’t, however, always prevent reinfection. Why this happens is one of the …
Health through diet
March 29th, 2019 Lidia Ojeda’s appointment at the Pain Clinic had just finished when we met on a Friday afternoon at the Montreal General Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MGH-MUHC). While we were looking for a quiet place to sit and talk, …
The MUHC and the CIUSSS ODIM welcome the decision of the Superior Court of Quebec on the gynecology clinic at Lachine Hospital
April 2nd, 2019 Releases The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the CIUSSS-de-l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (ODIM) acknowledge and welcome the decision by Justice Michèle Monast, from Quebec’s Superior Court, not to grant a temporary injunction to …
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 …