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Genetics and Oncology come together to offer faster genetic testing to ovarian cancer patients
November 19th, 2018 Articles In 2017, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada issued new recommendations for genetic testing of women diagnosed with High Grade Serous Ovarian cancer (HGSOC) – the most common type of ovarian cancer cases and the one …
Scientists identify new genetic causes linked to abnormal pregnancies and miscarriages
November 20th, 2018 Releases Research A team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University have identified three genes responsible for recurrent molar pregnancies, a rare complication that …
Movember: Don’t Stay Silent on Mental Health
November 21st, 2018 Articles Movember shines a spotlight on men’s health this November, including often overlooked mental anguish and its consequences Concealing health problems is never a smart idea. Yet men can feel the urge to conceal their health …
Can a smart app encourage HIV-self testing in Canada?
November 30th, 2018 Releases Research HIV self-testing strategies have been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2016, as they empower people to find out HIV their status at their convenience. Home-based testing kits have yet to be …
World AIDS Day: Know Your Status
December 1st, 2018 Forty-one-year-old Marie* fled violence in her country for sanctuary in Canada, where her petition for asylum is being processed. Settled into her studio apartment in Montreal’s Ville St-Laurent neighborhood, her $500 rent monopolizes …
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 …