91ÉçÇø News - MUHC research /channels/news_feeds/all/term/muhc_research/rss en Quebec researchers among recipients of $34 million ‘Grand Challenge’ Grant from Cancer Research UK to combat cancer /channels/channels/news/quebec-researchers-among-recipients-34-million-grand-challenge-grant-cancer-research-uk-combat-293682 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p align="center"><b>91ÉçÇø and MUHC research teams part of an international effort to uncover how chronic inflammation causes cancer</b></p> <p> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/l_to_r_research_team_caption_eng.jpg?itok=1hBhjz0W" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:17:56 +0000 webfull 145330 at /channels Complete make-over in fight of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis /channels/channels/news/complete-make-over-fight-multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis-289423 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Several new medicines have been found to be more effective than traditional ones used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), according to a new international collaborative study led by Dr. Dick Menzies, senior scientist at the Research Institute of the 91ÉçÇø Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal. These findings precipitated a complete overhaul of worldwide TB treatment guidelines, with the results of this work published today in the British medical journal <i>The Lancet</i>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/vietnam_sept2017_35.jpg?itok=zHsPURKL" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 07 Sep 2018 20:05:26 +0000 webfull 140654 at /channels Obesity may shorten life expectancy up to 8 years /channels/news/obesity-may-shorten-life-expectancy-8-years-240578 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/obesity.jpg?itok=qQgm9tsD" width="160" height="103" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:09:04 +0000 webfull 106982 at /channels Elderly women with irregular heartbeat at higher risk for stroke /channels/news/elderly-women-irregular-heartbeat-higher-risk-stroke-216318 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>According to a new study led by the Research Institute of the 91ÉçÇø Health Centre (RI MUHC), older women who have been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat are at higher risk of stroke than men.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2012</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:20:08 +0000 webfull 88250 at /channels How accurate are rapid flu tests? /channels/news/how-accurate-are-rapid-flu-tests-215013 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/215013_iStock_000009873094XSmall.jpg?itok=KPV1-M58" width="160" height="106" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2012</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:48:59 +0000 mark.styles@91ÉçÇø.Ca 12381 at /channels Neuron memory key to taming chronic pain /channels/news/neuron-memory-key-taming-chronic-pain-214078 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/214078_coderre.jpg?itok=EjM-pxam" width="160" height="219" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2012</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:10:19 +0000 mark.styles@91ÉçÇø.Ca 12346 at /channels Genetic breakthrough for brain cancer in children /channels/news/genetic-breakthrough-brain-cancer-children-213725 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2012</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:19:53 +0000 mark.styles@91ÉçÇø.Ca 12340 at /channels Saliva HIV test passes the grade /channels/news/saliva-hiv-test-passes-grade-213503 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2012</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:35:28 +0000 mark.styles@91ÉçÇø.Ca 12303 at /channels Gene acts as a brake on breast cancer progression /channels/news/gene-acts-brake-breast-cancer-progression-212665 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/212665_iStock_000013954981XSmall.jpg?itok=i9zGTmhZ" width="160" height="213" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2011</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:26:48 +0000 mark.styles@91ÉçÇø.Ca 12170 at /channels New target identified to stop the spread of breast cancer /channels/news/new-target-identified-stop-spread-breast-cancer-211888 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2011</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:53:53 +0000 mark.styles@91ÉçÇø.Ca 12128 at /channels