Research & Innovation Talk therapy changing lives Dr. Allan Abbass is a medical professional, but he often witnesses what are akin to miracles. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Abbass, a psychiatrist and...
Your QEII Redefining use of antipsychotic medications The breadth and depth at which Alzheimer’s disease affects a person’s life is staggering. Beyond memory loss, approximately 50 per cent of patients...
Research & Innovation Engaging with communities: QEII emergency department opens doors to ISANS students From how to use their new health cards to the importance of calling 911 when experiencing an emergency, a group of Immigration Services Association...
Research & Innovation New treatments developed for blood clots, but prevention still best approach As a top-tier hockey player for an American university, 22-year-old Shannon Macaulay is accustomed to testing her physical limits. But a trip to the...
Your QEII Celebrating 20 years of changing lives This year the QEII Health Sciences Centre celebrates 20 years of changing and saving lives. These past two decades haven’t been marked by calendar...
Your QEII Hand of fibreglass, heart of gold Don Locke remembers the life-changing moment. It was 1971 and he was four years old, living in his home province of Newfoundland. During an informal...
Research & Innovation Detecting prostate cancer: MRI becoming increasingly useful diagnostic tool One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their life, says Dr. Sharon Clarke, QEII radiologist in the Department of Diagnostic...
Your QEII Explaining Canada’s new medically assisted dying law Imagine that you have a serious illness, disease or disability which is at a stage where it cannot be reversed, where you are suffering unbearably...
Research & Innovation VANISH: world-leading research at the QEII Marc Arbour has always lived with heart disease. His family’s long history with the condition hit home when he had his first heart attack at the age...