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Sustaining green practices beyond Earth Day
April 18th, 2019 Even in recycling, quality over quantity matters. On this Earth Day, the MUHC is taking important strides to decrease its carbon footprint across its network as a leading environmentally-friendly healthcare institution. How, exactly? The …
Code Red at the Glen site (Research Institute of the MUHC)
April 24th, 2019 Releases A Code Red was launched at the Research Institute of the MUHC - Glen site at 9:20 a.m. after a fire started in a dryer. The smoke from the fire set off sprinklers, which caused flooding in Bloc E. The entire building was …
Don't sit on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
April 25th, 2019 IBS is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that presents itself via symptoms of abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel habits of diarrhea or constipation, and it is more prevalent in patients under 50. One in 10 people struggles with …
Harnessing the body's power in fight against cancer
April 30th, 2019 Research Notoriety never mattered to John Souaid until cancer came along. Now, the 78-year-old grandfather of five is filled with optimism following his participation in a cutting-edge global trial involving immunotherapy treatment for …
Talking open science with Dr. Nitika Pant Pai
April 30th, 2019 Research Known for her work developing HIV Smart!, an award-winning smartphone application that allows for home-based self-testing for HIV, Dr. Nitika Pant Pai , Associate Professor in McGill University’s Department of Medicine, is also a …
The unanticipated early origins of childhood brain cancer
May 1st, 2019 Releases Research Brain tumours are the leading cause of non-accidental death in children in Canada, but little is known about when these tumours form or how they develop. Researchers from SickKids, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research …
Le CUSM dans les médias - 18 avril 2019
Le CUSM dans les médias - 18 avril 2019 Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta, and her colleagues of the RI-MUHC, conducted a study published in CMAJ that shows children of moms who had gestational diabetes were twice as likely to develop diabetes before the age of 22. …
Female Fertility Preservation
Female Fertility Preservation Fertility Preservation treatment is an option offered to patients before undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy which can affect their ability to conceive. Fertility Preservation for cancer patients is the only …
Widespread off-label use of epilepsy medications could put some patients at risk
May 10th, 2019 Releases MONTREAL — The off-label pervasive use of a type of anticonvulsant originally marketed to treat epilepsy – called gabapentinoids – could place some patients at risk, according to a new study led by a team at the McGill University …
Celebrating MUHC's nurses unswerving dedication to patient care
May 10th, 2019 The 2019 Nursing Awards of Excellence took place last week as part of National Nursing Week. This awards ceremony is the occasion to celebrate the extraordinary talent, innovative spirit and unwavering dedication to patient care of MUHC …