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New Laval clinic aims to expand reach of MUHC DOvEE project
June 16th, 2016 Releases The DOvEE project (Diagnosing Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer Early) of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has opened a satellite clinic at Place des aînés de Laval. The new clinic, the first outside the Montreal area, will …
New study maps the progression of Parkinson's disease within the brain
September 22nd, 2015 Releases Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, have made advances in understanding the process involved in the progression and spread …
Shout out to this amazing multidisciplinary medical team for their time and commitment
September 23rd, 2015 Today we’d like to give a special shout out to Dr. François de Champlain, emergency physician at the MUHC’s Montreal General Hospital, and to his amazing multidisciplinary medical team for participating in the famous Montreal Marathon …
MUHC patient receives Canada's first-ever radiosurgery treatment with the CyberKnife® M6
September 24th, 2015 An important milestone was marked on September 21 this year for the Cedars Cancer Centre of the McGill University Health Centre (CCC-MUHC) and for the Canadian field of radiosurgery when the first patient, nation-wide, was treated …
The McGill International TB Centre at the RI-MUHC
September 25th, 2015 Tuberculosis affects nine million people a year worldwide and is the second leading infectious cause of death after HIV/AIDS. Although relatively uncommon in the general Canadian population, TB is a significant public health problem …
Canadian multicentre study examines safety of medical cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain
September 29th, 2015 Releases Montreal — A Canadian research team led by Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montréal has completed a national multicentre study looking at the safety of medical …
Men need to listen to their body: advice from throat cancer patient
September 30th, 2015 Articles Last winter, Claude Charlebois was doing renovation work to transform his house into an intergenerational home for himself, his spouse and his parents-in-law. In January, he began to have a persistent sore throat and …
Better donor-recipient match with genomics
October 1st, 2015 Releases It is all about finding the right person. More than 20,000 organ transplants have been performed in Canada over the last 10 years and routinely extend lives. But sometimes the recipient’s immune system recognizes the new organ …
Appointment of Members of the Board of Directors of the MUHC
October 1st, 2015 Today, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Gaétan Barrette, and the Minister responsible for Rehabilitation, Youth Protection and Public Health, Lucie Charlebois, announced the appointment of new board members for the province’s …
Linda-Marlena Bucholtz Ross photos for sale
October 2nd, 2015 The work of this Montreal artist focuses on the now completed monumental construction of the MUHC that has become one of Quebec’s 21st Century urban icons. Other transformative structures, such as Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal and …