Research & Innovation The computer that learns: QEII researchers strive for digital doctor The future is now at the QEII Health Sciences Centre as researchers take their first steps toward artificial intelligence — a computer program...
Your QEII QEII in the community: Tailor-made exercise program key to living with chronic health issues Several months after finishing treatment for blood cancer, Chris Corkett says he feels stronger, continues to exercise weekly and he has an improved...
Research & Innovation Anesthesia and cognitive decline in older adults When Danielle Richard-Fowler had a lung biopsy at the QEII Health Sciences Centre this spring, anesthesia was the last thing on her mind. “It's a...
Your QEII QEII spiritual counsellor lends a compassionate ear Standing vigil at a young accident victim’s bedside, his hands gripping the hand of a family member, David Maginley recites the Lord’s...
Research & Innovation PATH program empowers QEII patients Halifax resident Donna Clark became involved with the Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization (PATH) program at the QEII in 2014. Her husband had...
Research & Innovation Rehabilitation in three dimensions In a small room at the QEII’s Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre, there sits a machine similar in shape to an easy bake oven, but...
Research & Innovation Finding a break in the fog: Study seeks to understand Lupus and the brain Lupus is an indiscriminate disease, inspiring one’s own immune system to assault any of the body’s organs, from the kidneys to the skin, but in some...
Your QEII Preventing sudden death from cardiac arrest In August 2013, 16-year-old Jordan Boyd passed away after collapsing on the ice at the Acadie-Bathurst Titan hockey training camp....
Research & Innovation Shared decision making empowers cardiac surgery patients If you’ve been waiting in line to ride the Space Mountain rollercoaster and staff ask you to sign a consent form, you’ll likely do it with a smile —...