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Where kids come first, The MCH newsletter |
April 2008 Vol. 2 - No. 3 |
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Taking care of little cuts and scrapes, injuries, colds, lice and other common children's ailments is part of
your role as a parent. Should you head to the doctor?
Are there home remedies? Your concerns and questions can still be significant even when the situation is not
very serious. In this issue, you'll find explanations and advice as we concentrate on the most common illnesses
and injuries that you face on a day-to-day basis.
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To highlight cancer awareness month, we have a feature on Sarah Brodie, art therapist in Hematology/Oncology,
and we invite your little 'Picasso in the making' to send us one of their own works of
art to bring a little cheer to the children who are at the Montreal Children's fighting this disease.
Little cuts and scrapes
Cuts, scratches and splinters... even if we exercise a lot of caution, most children can't escape getting these from time to time. Here are several tips on how to care for these injuries and how to judge if it's serious.
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Common ailments
Your little one is vomiting or has colic. Your middle child is scratching her head non-stop and her older brother has a major sunburn. Get - with just one click - the answers to your questions!
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Babies and urinary tract infections
In this interview with Dr. Caroline Quach,
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pediatrician/microbiologist/infectious disease specialist with the Division of Infectious Diseases, you'll learn more to help you better understand the causes and consequences of urinary tract infections in babies.
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Earaches?
Visit our Media Portal to listen to the latest podcast as Dr. Melvin Schloss answers our questions about earaches and ear infections.
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For more articles on your children's health and well-being, visit the Health Info section of our website.
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Alexis Boyer is an average 17-year-old grade 10 student except for one thing. Alexis has spina bifida and hydrocephalus. But he doesn't let this hold him back. His motto: hold on because it's a wild ride!
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Send us your work of art!
Sarah Brodie is an art therapist in the Hematology/Oncology department at the MCH. She works with patients who are fighting cancer.
We interviewed Sarah to learn more about this type of therapy, which helps sick children get through these
difficult periods... If you or your children would like to bring a little colour into the lives of these
patients we invite you to send us your designs. The entries received will be part of a new mural.
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Send your artwork by mail (address below) or drop it off at the main entrance (information desk) at the MCH.
You can also scan your designs and send them to us by email at info@thechildren.com.
The Montreal Children's Hospital
McGill University Health Centre
c/o "Works of art"
Public Relations and Communications
2300 Tupper St.
Rm. F-372
Montréal, QC H3H 1P3
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In late 2006, a Task Force was formed at the MCH with the mandate to develop a proposal for technology dependant rooms (TDR).
The goal was to establish a multidisciplinary team approach to providing quality holistic care for technology
dependant children.
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Mini-Med School is back!
Five lectures that will give you an idea of what med school is like will be presented by well-known doctors and researchers
from the Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC and McGill's Faculty of Medicine. Sign up online today!
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Cells from the Research Institute of the MUHC on the road to China
The diabetes epidemic is devastating many areas of the world including China where approximately 20 million
people suffer from the disease. Dr. Constantin Polychronakos of the Research Institute of the McGill
University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal has received a grant of $150,000 from Quebec's Ministère du
Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation to establish a partnership with Dr. Du, Director
of the Pharmacology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing.
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Link between premature birth and autism
In a new study led by Catherine Limperopoulos, researcher at McGill University and Children's Hospital in Boston, 25%
of children born very prematurely showed a high prevalence of autistic behaviour in early screening. This may
suggest that premature babies might have higher risk of developing the condition than originally thought.
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