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MUHC in the Media - August 14, 2023
Medical writing: caution warranted if using ChatGPT Researchers from CHU Sainte-Justine and the Montreal Children's Hospital recently asked ChatGPT 20 medical questions. The chatbot provided answers of limited quality (median score of 60 per cent), …
MUHC in the Media- July 17, 2023
Think you're allergic to penicillin? You may not be. One in ten patients have a declared allergy to penicillin, and are therefore likely to be prescribed alternative antibiotics, with several potential drawbacks. Yet fewer than 5% of patients considered …
MUHC in the Media- July 24, 2023
When law and medicine unite for children's health At the Montreal Children's Hospital, there's a solution for families dealing with legal issues affecting a child's health: free access to the services of a lawyer, available on-site at the hospital. This …
MUHC in the Media - October 16, 2023
At just 39, she has a liver that's... 108 years old Audrée Descheneaux was just 19 years old when she received the liver of an octogenarian to keep her alive. Now a mother of three and an athlete, she hopes to keep this organ, which is ... 108 years old. …
MUHC in the Media - December 27, 2023
Neuro expertise showcased to alleviate essential tremor disorder René Lévesque was one of the first patients in Quebec to have access to a minimally invasive brain procedure: neurosurgery performed, among other things, by using magnetic resonance imaging …
MUHC in the Media - April 17, 2023
MCH helps Ukrainian child In Ukraine, 10-year-old Vladyslava received shrapnel in her leg. The hospital was short on supplies, and she had to be operated on without anesthesia, using whatever means were available. When she arrived in Canada, the team at …
MUHC in the Media - September 11, 2023
Spinal muscular atrophy: record broken at the MCH At just nine days old, Samuel is the youngest child in North America to have received Zolgensma, a gene therapy for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. Thanks to this achievement from the Montreal …
MUHC in the Media - March 6, 2023
More carriers of 12 rare genetic diseases in Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean According to new research published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, 12 rare genetic disorders are much more frequent in the Saguenay population than anywhere in the world. Dr. …
MUHC in the Media - November 27, 2023
Two sisters, two cancers, treated at the MUHC A father supports his two daughters, who have been diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer. CTV News reporter Christine Long met the family, whose youngest sister was recently operated on by surgeon Ahmed …
MUHC in the Media - November 20, 2023
Surgery at The Neuro extends woman's life by 5 years Thanks to a surgical procedure performed by Dr. Kevin Petrecca , chief of Neurosurgery at The Neuro, a woman suffering from glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, has been able to live for almost 5 …