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Over 60 and still active
March 6th, 2013 Forty years ago, Dr. Irv Binik embarked on his career as a sex therapist. With degree in hand, he went forth and started to see couples who were having issues ranging from erectile dysfunction to lack of desire. Couple after couple he …
Reproductive Health: Is it a female issue?
March 6th, 2013 “Despite all the advances in assisted reproduction over the past ten years, the problem we keep running up against is the aging of reproductive cells,” says Dr. Patricia Monnier of the MUHC Reproductive Centre. “This is true for male …
Shaken Baby Syndrome kills
June 14th, 2013 Levi is one day old. His hair is blondish red and he is sleeping on his mother’s chest, skin to skin. Mom and dad, Suzy and Andy DiBiaso, are visibly euphoric about the arrival of their third son. They will leave the Royal Victoria …
Following in dad's footsteps
June 14th, 2013 Photo caption: McGill Medical student Daniel Gottesman holds a picture he drew for his dad as a youngster, which his father Dr. Ron Gottesman, left, still has pinned up in his Montreal Children’s Hospital office. “To be honest, I never …
Moving to the Glen site : the NICU team starts preparing
June 19th, 2013 Andréane Pharand, Mario Bonenfant, Dr. Therese Perreault and Lynn Lauzon review the plans of their new unit . Moving to the new McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen site means a lot more than just moving boxes and setting up camp …
Risky MS treatment gives a doctor his life back
July 3rd, 2013 Read more MUHC news Alexander Normandin was a third-year McGill University medical student when he first learned he had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system. Dr. Alexander …
Redefining a disease
June 19th, 2013 Peter Ste-Marie (left) with Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles discussing a fibromylagia case in the MUHC Rheumatology Clinic at the Montreal General Hospital. Diane Brodeur was diagnosed with fibromyalgia four years ago, although she believes that …
Treating babies before they take their first breath
June 19th, 2013 Dr. Jean-Martin Laberge (left) , Pediatric Surgeon and Andrea Secord, Genetic Counsellor. The University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) was the first in the world to perform open fetal surgery in 1981. Repairing birth defects in the …
Making it work—together
June 19th, 2013 Imma Franco and Andréane Pharand visit the Glen site. The new McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen site project is an exercise in collaboration. In this interview, Imma Franco, associate director, Programs and Services Planning, …
Phase One expansion complete for Lachine MRI Suite
June 19th, 2013 The Lachine Hospital is happy to announce that it has completed Phase One of the expansion of its MRI suite. According to Paula Abi Nakhlé, project coordinator, this expansion is significant because it will allow for a greater …