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Panday Tinig Choir Sings Their Love in Support of the MUHC
October 5th, 2011 More than 400 people turned out to hear Love in Any Language , a benefit concert put on by the Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble in support of the McGill University Health Centre’s Best Care for Life Campaign. Montreal’s Filipino community …
Cutting-Edge Design makes for Cutting Edge Emergency Departments at the Glen
October 19th, 2011 As the only hospital in Quebec and one of only two in Canada to use a linear design for its Emergency Departments (ED), the pediatric and adult EDs at the Glen Campus will be as cutting-edge as they come. A linear or accordion design …
COPD meets Knowledge Transfer equals top-notch care
April 16th, 2010 Dr. Jean Bourbeau MUHC director of the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU) at the MCI At the Montreal Chest Institute (MCI), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)—the fourth leading cause of death …
National Volunteer Week
April 19th, 2010 Volunteers play an integral role in the MUHC, helping patients, visitors and staff in a number of ways. Volunteering is one of the great MUHC traditions. Volunteers have assisted patients and their families and supported staff since our …
Time to get the facts about MS
May 10th, 2010 Did you know? Canadians have one of the highest rates of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the world. MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada, and every day three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS. MS …
Is your "picky eater" eating enough?
June 21st, 2010 A picky eater can be frustrating, but it also raises concerns for the parent about whether the child is getting enough daily nutrients. "One of the biggest worries is that young children aren't eating enough during mealtimes," says Marie …
ADHD Clinic helps children and their parents manage elusive neurobiological disorder
May 25th, 2010 Dr. Emmett Francoeur, director of The Children's Child Development Program, and Jodi Paterson, coordinator of the The Children's ADHD Clinic, both agree that while diagnosis of the neurobiological disorder ADHD is difficult, it is …
MCH specialists help children with asthma live normal lives
May 25th, 2010 As part of her eight ongoing research studies, Dr. Ducharme, above, is currently evaluating the efficacy and safety of certain drug therapies as well as working on finding the best way to communicate with and teach children who have asthma …
Nursing students from books to bedside
May 25th, 2010 Retrieving a lost teddy bear. Explaining a blood test or a complex procedure. Easing a child's fears. They don't teach this in nursing school. Fortunately, for the 200 or so student nurses enrolled each year in The Montreal Children's …
Helping the MUHC provide services from newborns to the elderly
May 25th, 2010 The Montreal Association for the Blind (MAB) is one of the first establishments contacted when a child is born blind. In response to a request from its MUHC partners, the MAB assesses a young patient's visual abilities and overall …