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Watch, Learn, Vote! Five years of research in 3 minutes: Dr. Jean-Jacques Lebrun’s team discovers promising treatment for triple negative breast cancer
January 27th, 2022 News Research Dr. Jean-Jacques Lebrun and his team at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have discovered a promising treatment for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), a particularly aggressive and …
The New MUHC will transform health care for generations to come
June 6th, 2011 To get an update on the Glen Campus design, development and construction, click on the video image. The New MUHC will transform health care for generations to come by: Making patients and families the focus of our activities Concentrating …
ChangeMontreal.ca
December 7th, 2010 A new interactive Web site, www.ChangeMontreal.ca, was launched today to support Montrealers’ growing desire to contribute to their world-class academic health centre, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The Web site’s …
Like the rhythm of a pulse, staff work to the beat
September 2nd, 2011 When the phone rings at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Emergency Department (a process at both the Royal Victoria and Montreal General Hospitals) it means only one thing: an ambulance is bringing in a patient in need of …
A tree of life
April 16th, 2014 Margaret (Spearman) Gibbs, left, was a patient at the Montreal Chest Institute and Royal Victoria Hospital who underwent a successful, groundbreaking lung cancer operation on December 20, 1979. The procedure is no longer used, but it was …
April 22 is Earth Day
April 22nd, 2014 To celebrate Earth Day, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is reaffirming its commitment to reduce its environmental footprint and preserve our natural resources for future generations. Last year, more than 850 metric tonnes of …
MUHC doctor and patient tackle concussions head on
March 12th, 2014 Dr. J. Scott Delaney Though awareness has been growing rapidly about the risk of concussion in contact sports, thousands of cases continue to occur every year in Canada in young athletes. Unfortunately, many are often misguided about …
Dr. Maurice McGregor recognized for contributions to Health Technology Assessment
April 11th, 2014 Dr. McGregor, McGill University professor emeritus and recently retired chair of the Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Centre, was honoured by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) …
Keeping stomach flu at a healthy distance
January 20th, 2014 If there’s one visitor nobody wants around, it’s gastroenteritis a.k.a. ‘the stomach flu’. During these colder months, from October to April, we’re at higher risk of getting the dreaded stomach flu, especially with children in the …
Beware of "diet thinking"
February 7th, 2014 Although more women are affected by eating disorders, more and more men are starting to fall into this category. This is partly explained by the fact that men and women are threatened by a phenomenon Sylvie Goulet, a psychologist at the …