Monthly Archives: October, 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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Smoother transitions for patients living with mental illness

Richard Merrick knows how challenging it can be to make the transition from hospital...

Teens work together to help ensure senior’s safety

Paige and Devan, both 17-years-old, are excited. They are getting ready to go to...

New guidelines for mental health disorders in pregnant and postpartum women

As many as one in five women in BC will experience a mental health...

Partnering for patients to make transitions seamless

A patient’s transition from hospital to home is a critical time in their health...

How mindfulness helps prevent addiction relapse

Two years ago, Doug McCaslin was leading a double life. The 65-year-old was splitting...

When providing care, put the patient into perspective

How did 80-year old Ambrose Wald fall out of a hospital chair specifically designed...

Toronto researchers develop world’s first app to help treat alcohol withdrawal

Conditions related to the consumption of alcohol, such as #alcohol withdrawal, are among the...

Addiction treatments reach those who need it most

For Dr. Meldon Kahan, medical director of the Substance Use Service at Women’s College...

The Take Home Naloxone program saves lives

British Columbia’s pilot Take Home Naloxone (THN) program has reversed 125 opioid drug overdoses...

New app for dosing pain medication in children

Medication is the most common pain management tool that health care professionals use to...

Long-awaited new mental health care facility opens in November

Dignity after decades – a new era begins London’s long-awaited new mental health care facility...

A new way to help clients with depression and alcohol use

James* has been through periods of depression on and off for many years. He’d...

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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....