Third-year medical student Miralem Mrkonjic is still deciding what field he’d like to specialize in as a doctor, but the clerkship rotations he is doing at four hospitals may help him choose his specialty. Mrkonjic is currently doing a six-week clerkship ...

Nurse Noble is working hard; caring for his classmates in Mrs. Benn’s kindergarten class at Pelmo Park Public School.  As he finishes his last patient assessment, Noble removes his mask and his striped lab coat; reaches for his backpack and ...

Lenny Fernandez is making a difference in the lives of dialysis patients near and far. In addition to helping patients at Toronto’s Humber River Regional Hospital (HRRH), the HRRH dialysis technologist has been volunteering in Guyana for the last several ...

As a lead hand in the security department at the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre in Hamilton Ontario, Jason regularly assists patients with dementia, an age-related disease that affects cognitive ability. Often, individuals with dementia become so confused or frightened ...

A new active wait time strategy to care for patients before their first visit As Ontario’s only academic medical centre dedicated solely to headache diagnosis, treatment and prevention, the Centre for Headache at Women’s College Hospital is in high demand. ...

A diagnosis of epilepsy is often a very scary reality, not just for the person with epilepsy, but for their family members as well. Partners are often faced with fears relating to over-responsibility, social isolation, and concerns about their partner's ...

You’ll likely find them around every corner: senior volunteers who make a difference each day in hospitals, community organizations, neighbourhoods and senior centres. In total, these unsung heroes are making a bigger impact than ever as budgets remain flat and ...

Last fall, the Clinical Academic Campus (CAC) at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) was recognized as Kelowna’s first LEED Canada Gold certified building. KGH is one of two tertiary referral hospitals within the Interior Health Authority in Kelowna, British Columbia The Clinical ...

Unlike many patients who develop cancer and require chemotherapy treatment right away, it was six years before Marie Nelson needed any medication or treatment for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. “I was very lucky,” says the 64 year-old retired school teacher.  “For ...

Health care practitioners and administrators face multiple challenges when it comes to staying current with therapeutic information. Not only does the information have to be accurate, reliable and up-to-date, it must also be easily accessible, available on a variety of ...