Lazy-eye disorder -- a promising therapeutic approach
A research team led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye”. By distributing information between the two eyes in a complementary fashion, the video game trains both eyes to work together, which is counter to previous treatments for the disorder (e.g. patching).
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Thank you to Prof. Rima Rozen
After 14 years in senior university administration, Dr. Rima Rozen will return full-time to her work in research and teaching as the James McGill Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, when her current term as Associate Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) ends on January 31, 2013.
MUHC Psychiatry Grand Rounds / RI-MUHC Mental Illness and Addiction Axis -- Neurobiology of Stress, Depression, and Antidepressants: Remodeling Synaptic Connections
Special Guest Speaker: Ronald Duman Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Neurobiology of Stress, Depression, and Antidepressants: Remodeling Synaptic Connections
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Lupus drugs carry no significant cancer risk
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus, is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue such as the skin, joints, kidneys and the brain, leading to inflammation and lesions. The disease affects about 1 in 2000 Canadians, particularly women. Previous research has suggested that lupus patients have an increased risk of developing cancer, particularly lymphoma. Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when cells called lymphocytes, which usually help protect the body from infection and disease, begin growing and multiplying uncontrollably leading to tumor growth.
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New Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre
Message from Normand Rinfret, Director General and CEO
It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Dr. Nadia Szkrumelak to the position of Chief of the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Szkrumelak is a graduate of McGill University, and has been a member of the Department of Psychiatry at the MUHC since 1984.
MUHC Psychiatry Grand Rounds -- The New MD CM Curriculum
We are pleased to present
ROBERT PRIMAVESI, M.D.,FRCP(C), Associate Dean. Undergraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
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BETH-ANN CUMMINGS, M.D., FRCP(C), M.Sc., Clerkship Component Chair, Faculty of Medicine & Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
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Treating ovarian cancer: new pathways through genetics
A new discovery that sheds light on the genetic make up of ovarian cancer cells could explain why some women survive longer than others with this deadly disease. A multi-disciplinary team led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), in collaboration with the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital and the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, has identified genetic patterns in ovarian cancer tumours that help to differentiate patients based on the length of their survival after initial surgery. The study was published in the journal PLOS ONE.