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In Vitro Treatments
In Vitro Treatments In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) In-vitro fertilization is the fertilization of eggs by sperm outside the body. In IVF, eggs are removed from the woman’s ovaries and are fertilized with the man’s sperm in the laboratory to create embryos …
MUHC in the News | June 18, 2018
MUHC in the News | June 18, 2018 Stigma of living with type 1 diabetes New research led by Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta of the Research Institute in coordination with a patient co-author Michael Wright reveals the stigma of living with type 1 diabetes in the …
MUHC in the News | June 26, 2018
MUHC in the News | June 26, 2018 Lachine Hospital to undergo $95 million expansion Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette announced a $95 million expansion project of the Lachine Hospital on Thursday. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of …
MUHC in the News | July 3, 2018
MUHC in the News | July 3, 2018 Montreal hospitals, research centres team up against cancer Researchers and clinicians from the McGill University Health Centre join forces with the Terry Fox Research Institute and keylocal partners to form the Montreal …
Sperm banks, Egg banks and Surrogacy
Sperm banks, Egg banks and Surrogacy Using a Donor Sperm Bank The use of donor sperm is suggested when the male partner: cannot produce sperm (azoospermia) produces very low quality sperm (oligozoospermia), making pregnancy highly unlikely or for other …
MUHC in the News | July 13, 2018
MUHC in the News | July 13, 2018 Tiny balloon catheter stops bleeding, has life-saving impact in trauma patients ER-REBOA catheter is often used on the battlefield to stave off bleeding in injured military personnel. Dr. Andrew Beckett, an MUHC trauma …
MUHC in the News | July 20, 2018
MUHC in the News | July 20, 2018 Cholera progresses in the shadow of Ebola The first step in curbing the spread of cholera is to provide safe drinking water, says Cédric Yansouni, deputy director of the J.D. MacLean Center for Tropical Diseases at McGill …
MUHC in the News | July 30, 2018
MUHC in the News | July 30, 2018 Modernization of Montreal General Hospital gets green light Plans to modernize the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) were given the green light, with up to $300 million committed to upgrading the downtown hospital including …
MUHC in the News | May 23 - 27, 2016
MUHC in the News | May 23 - 27, 2016 Montreal General Hospital conducts disaster response simulation The Montreal General Hospital conducted a disaster response simulation exercise in its emergency department on Thursday morning. The code orange and …
MUHC in the News | May 30 - June 3, 2016
MUHC in the News | May 30 - June 3, 2016 MUHC inaugurates central labs The new MUHC facility is part of a provincial reorganization of laboratory services known as Optilab, intended to save tens of millions of dollars a year in lab fees and speed up …