The gift of a donated cornea restored Jennifer Barton’s vision and changed her life. The gift of vision changed Jennifer Barton’s life. The effects of chronic eye rubbing as a child from uncontrolled allergies left Jennifer with corneas so thin she ...

  From left to right:Dr. David Higgins, President, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; Mr. Rick Badzioch, Clinical Director, Nephrology Program, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; Ms. Sera Filice-Armenio, President & CEO, St. Joseph’s Healthcare FoundationDr. Darin Treleaven, Head of Service, Nephrology Program, ...

There are many areas of controversy about how dialysis should be administered to patients with acute kidney injury. During his training as a nephrologist, Dr. Ron Wald became interested in conducting clinical trials to determine the best way to treat ...

Registered practice nurse Zou Jaijai connects with a patient online via Skype for a follow-up appointment after his surgery. A new program offered for surgical programs at Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) is allowing patients to get the follow-up care ...

Be A Donor (left to right): Rik Ganderton, President & CEO, RVHS; the Gibson family (Muriel, Brandon, Emily, Krystyna and David); with Ronnie Gavsie, President & CEO, Trillium Gift of Life Network, hold Trillium's flag during the April ...

The 500th heart transplant patient was already in the hospital, waiting for a heart, when one became available. He’d heard about the approaching milestone and told the staff he had a premonition that he would be number 500 If they ...

Dawn Plater (left) is a member of the Surgical Services team as a Perioperative Nurse at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. As Clinical Nurse Specialist, Christine Erickson (right) provides clinical expertise, leadership, research, education and consultation in Perioperative ...

Dr. Corinne Fischer supervises two research assistants during a patient consultation at the St. Michael’s Memory Disorders Clinic When she was in her late 60s, Diana Pritchard began noticing that her memory wasn’t what it used to be. She’d forget ...

As the RRSP deadline looms, many Canadians are thinking about retirement planning.  Chances are you are wondering whether or not you’ll have enough to retire.  Given the uncertainty about the economy, stock markets, housing costs, pensions and interest rates, many ...

Nurses (from left to right) Nicole Sereda, Melayne Swant and Tram Dao are collaborating with other healthcare team members on the 2B Medical unit in the MOVE ON project to promote mobilization and prevent decline in older hospital patients. Although ...