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Healthy bones, happy life: November is Osteoporosis Awareness Month!
November 22nd, 2016 “People often don't think of their bones unless they have a fracture,” says Dr. Suzanne Morin, clinician scientist at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). “We want people to think about their bones at a much earlier age, and we …
From Vimy to Juno Commemorates Canada's Role in First and Second World Wars
November 24th, 2016 Releases Montreal – The RBC Art and Heritage Centre of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Juno Beach Centre are pleased to announce that the exhibition From Vimy to Juno , which highlights Canada’s role in the First …
MUHC in the News | November 21 - 25, 2016
MUHC in the News | November 21 - 25, 2016 MNH neurologist Liam Durcan wins QWF fiction award Winnipeg-born Montrealer , a neurologist at the Montreal Neurological Hospital pulled off a major upset Tuesday night at the Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary …
It's time to tackle brain health
December 1st, 2016 Research News McRae Campbell is an active and healthy 63-year-old Montrealer. He is also a patient of the Montreal Chest Institute at the McGill University Health Centre (MCI -MUHC) who has been living with the HIV virus since 2001. …
Sale of the former Montreal Children's Hospital
December 1st, 2016 Releases Today, 1 December 2016, marks the official closing date of the sale process of the former Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), located at 2300 Tupper Street. The company 9333-8580 Québec Inc. was selected in November 2015 as the …
Researchers identify a protein that could help in the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
December 2nd, 2016 Dr. Zu-hua Gao (left) and graduate student Qing Li) Researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC), showed for the first time that a group of protein, called Regenerating proteins, were involved …
MUHC responds to FIQ union claims
April 14th, 2016 Releases The MUHC wishes to refute the claims of the Syndicat des professionnelles en soins infirmiers et cardiorespiratoires du CUSM (SPSICR-CUSM) of improvisation in budget cuts that “don’t take into account the impact on care.” Since …
Showing love and sharing life
April 15th, 2016 Articles On National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week – April 18 to April 25 – a young man and his sister look back on the operation that changed their lives. “It’s nothing short of a miracle,” says 29-year-old Daniel Paradis as he …
MUHC in the News | April 11 - 15, 2016
MUHC in the News | April 11 - 15, 2016 Medical ethics and end-of-life care Last week was National Health Ethics Week and Dr. Eugene Bereza, Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics (CAE) of the MUHC, discussed medical ethics and end-of-life care in the …
Face to face with... Helina Asumadu, patient attendant (PAB) in the Internal Medicine Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital of the MUHC
April 18th, 2016 Articles I tell jokes, dance and sing for patients; I want to bring a smile to their faces. I never forget that the patient is somebody’s mommy, somebody’s daddy, somebody’s son, somebody’s daughter. Why did you decide to become a PAB? …