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Like babies, eggs send signals when “hungry”
April 9th, 2018 Releases Montreal – In humans and other mammals, the female reproductive cells – the eggs or oocytes – need nourishment in order to grow and remain fertile. It is known that the egg gets its food from little arm-like feeding tubes (called …
Reducing Surgical Infections to Improve Patient Care
April 16th, 2018 Tucked away in a sanitized, non-descript corner of the fifth floor of the Glen site’s E-Block, a pioneering team from the Infection Prevention and Control Service, Infectious Diseases, surgical teams and pharmacy have significantly …
Low-Income HIV Patients Suffer with Healthcare Access
April 18th, 2018 Releases Montreal — Quebecers do not have equal access to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV and AIDS, a long-term study undertaken by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in …
New Leadership at the MUHC
April 18th, 2018 Releases Montreal - On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Peter Kruyt, Chair of the Board, congratulated Dr. Pierre Gfeller today on his appointment as President and Executive Director. …
Earth Day 2018: Leading by Example
April 20th, 2018 Articles More than $1 million worth of single-use plastic sharp containers used to store and dispose of needles, syringes and biomedical waste ends up in landfills every year from Montreal area hospitals alone. Throw in another half-ton …
Protocol Template for Health Record Research
September 14th, 2017 A new protocol template for retrospective health record research is now available. Please see the "Templates" section of this website : https://muhc.ca/cae/page/templates-consent-forms. A french version will be available …
A renewed commitment from the community
September 18th, 2017 Releases Montreal – Following Minister Gaétan Barrette's announcement of the nomination of ten new independent members of the Board of Directors, the MUHC's leadership would like to recognize the community's renewed commitment and …
Tax Credit for Fertility Treatments
Tax Credit for Fertility Treatments If tax receipts are needed please send your request by email to [email protected] attach bank statement validating payment made to MUHC fertility clinic (be sure to black out other transactions for …
SipSup nutrition program finds momentum across MUHC
September 25th, 2017 After a successful implementation in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Montreal General Hospital (MGH-MUHC) in 2016, a program to improve the nutritional status of patients is being carried out in the same service at the …
RI-MUHC scientist takes HIV self-testing global with HIVSmart!™
September 25th, 2017 Releases Montreal – It is estimated that 30-40 per cent of people living with HIV do not know their HIV status, which can have a serious effect on the spread of the disease. One of the approaches developed to change this statistic, …