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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? …
A story of a friendship that goes way beyond skin deep
April 18th, 2016 Articles Stephen Evans and Andy Bowers have been friends for about 15 years but on March 13, 2014 their friendship reached a new level in the transplantation unit of the Royal Victoria Hospital at the McGill University Health Centre. Two …
Increasing cases of anaphylaxis among children
April 21st, 2016 Releases Anaphylaxis, known to be a sudden and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction, seems to be increasing among children, according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre …
Keeping your chin up after head trauma
April 21st, 2016 Articles Stephen Masciotra can’t remember a thing about the car crash that left him in a coma at the Montreal General Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MGH-MUHC) for six weeks in June 2008, when he was 18 years old. “My …
The Glen site - looking back and looking forward
April 21st, 2016 One year ago today, the Royal Victoria Hospital on Pine Avenue closed its doors (for the first time in its 122 year history) and the first patients were welcomed to the new Glen site of the MUHC. A few weeks later, the Montreal Chest …
A tropical parasitic disease emerges in the Canadian Arctic
April 28th, 2016 Releases An outbreak of an intestinal parasite common in the tropics, known as Cryptosporidium, has been identified for the first time in the Arctic. The discovery was made in Nunavik, Quebec, by a team from the Research Institute of the …