The treatment of breast cancer has improved rapidly over the past two decades but it has also become more complex. Major research breakthroughs have given scientists a new understanding of the many factors that can cause breast cancer to develop ...

Spirometry is a relatively simple measure of how much air a person can breathe in and out and how fast the air can be exhaled, yet a Canadian Lung Association survey found that 90 per cent of Canadians are unaware ...

When Beverly Nelson experiences a lung exacerbation, her first thoughts are usually of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “I always find myself praying hard that I will make it through this attack so that I can see them again,” says Beverly ...

Building a hospital is no easy task. Ensuring the facility is fully equipped to diagnose and treat patients adds many layers of complexity. This was the challenge facing Maria Vuono and her colleagues at Niagara Health System (NHS) as it embarked ...

Many jurisdictions are migrating from film and paper-based diagnostic images such as hospital-based CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs, mammograms and x-rays, to digital formats. The rationale – digital images are more easily shared among health care providers enabling clinicians to make ...

Non-invasive imaging detects prostate cancer earlier than ever before, but can’t accurately distinguish between malignant and benign disease. According to Lawson Health Research Institute’s Drs. John Lewis and Len Luyt, a new molecular imaging probe could be the answer. Ghrelin is ...

To enhance the care to patients with high-risk pregnancies, York Central Hospital, in Richmond Hill, Ontario recently enhanced its Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) services. By consolidating these services in a beautiful, newly renovated clinic, patients experience a more calm, restful ...

We’re in this together. And I’m not referring to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute’s (CHEO RI) innovative genetic screening lab - although more on that in a minute. I mean it takes a village to operate an ...

Mark Wilson didn't have to have a medical degree to know that something was horribly wrong with him. The blood in his stool said it all. With a strong family history of colorectal cancer, Wilson assumed the worst and was prepared to ...

Lori Beth Vickery is among one of the first patients to participate in the new high risk breast screening program at Kitchener’s Grand River Hospital (GRH). In July 2011, the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) expanded to include women who are ...