Monthly Archives: June, 2014

Physical activity quality over quantity benefits people with disability

In a first-of-its-kind study, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis...

Research awards support introduction of mixed reality in medicine

Mixed reality is being introduced to patient care at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)...
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1,000th transcatheter heart valve procedure

A heart valve procedure is enough to make any patient nervous, but Gisela Wegner...

Changing the perception of mental healthcare

Earlier this year, I stood on the front of a large piece of heavy...

The diabetes epidemic

More than nine million Canadians are living with diabetes or prediabetes. With more than...

Taking action against childhood obesity

A generation ago, “after school” was a time when most children looked forward to...

Canadians not getting message about skin cancer

Though I am embarrassed to admit, in my young and foolish days you may...

Speech and language therapy meets 21st century

The York Region Preschool Speech and Language Program (YRPSLP) offered through Markham Stouffville Hospital provides...

Start the conversation because moments matter

For kids escaping school routine, the summer offers endless possibilities of things to do,...

New form of inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which affects more than 200,000 Canadians and is more common...

Bringing care closer to home for kids with cancer

When you have a child facing an illness, close to home is where you...

New home screening program for liver disease in newborns

Parents in British Columbia are being asked to check their newborn’s stool colour in...

Vital osteoporosis program returns to Ontario

With more than half a million Ontarians affected by osteoporosis, a highly debilitating disease...

Advances in medical imaging at Sunnybrook

A Smarter Prostate Cancer Biopsy Researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre are perfecting a type...

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Physical activity quality over quantity benefits people with disability

In a first-of-its-kind study, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis...

Research awards support introduction of mixed reality in medicine

Mixed reality is being introduced to patient care at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)...

Transformation project reducing unnecessary emergency department transfers from long-term care homes

William Osler Health System (Osler) has partnered with McMaster University (McMaster) on a system-level...

Easing the Transition to the Cloud. Modernizing made simple with integration support.

Across Canada, most hospitals and healthcare authorities recognize the need to modernize their systems....