"There is nothing like having a few near death experiences to remind you just how precious life really is," notes 63 year old Carl Baldwin who experienced his first heart attack at only 39 years of age and three subsequent ...

On April 5-6, 2002, 280 registrants from across Canada and the United States overfilled the main auditorium at Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto, to learn the latest developments and techniques in aesthetic plastic surgery. The occasion was the 32nd Annual ...

Mrs. Genevieve Gage has one goal in mind these days - to be able to walk on her own again with the aid of a walker. To many of us this may not seem like a huge deal. But to ...

The "transformation" theme planned for the new Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre will start with a grassy, egg-shaped mound in the main entrance driveway. It will continue in the reception area with colourful curved benches reminiscent of caterpillars. Beyond, the view ...

Seventy-six year old Edgar Balcers fell in his kitchen and suffered a hip fracture. He was alone, frightened and unable to get to the telephone to call for help. Mr. Balcers propped himself up by the window, hoping ...

Several years ago hospitals in Ontario began reducing outpatient rehabilitation services for outpatients, but a few have initiated an innovative approach to fill a perceived gap in health-care services. In 1998 St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton became one of less than a ...

Osteoporosis: a disease affecting over 800,000 Canadians... or is it 1.4 million? These two figures provide just an example of the differing reports of osteoporosis cases in Canada. Why this discrepancy? "Osteoporosis is often underdiagnosed and therefore ...

They look like typical babies, bouncing on their moms' knees while their hands are guided through the motions of "The wheels on the bus." But life has been anything but typical for some of them. Alexandra Wheeler, one, has undergone every ...

When we think about plastic surgery most of us don't conjure up images of third world countries and great humanitarian acts. However these are exactly the images that come to mind thanks to a program supported by the Canadian Foundation ...

New research into the early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of osteoarthritis, was presented recently at the first-ever Osteoarthritis Consensus Conference in Toronto. And, for the first time, physicians, scientists, health policy makers and patients united to create a national osteoarthritis ...