Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, antibiotics in their various forms have become a cornerstone of modern medicine but now, after decades of...

On a quiet floor at the QEII Health Sciences Centre stand four sizable freezers set to a frigid -80°C. Enduring this deep freeze, some for over a...

Mark Chiasson has been an athlete his entire life, first competitively and now, at the age of 40, for the joy of the sport. His favourites were rugby,...

Many Nova Scotians may be surprised to learn that palliative care actually has very little to do with dying. “Ultimately, it’s about...

Working together, researchers, engineers and physicians at the QEII Health Sciences Centre have developed a solution they believe will help...

Dr. Michael Dunbar, QEII orthopaedic surgeon and QEII Foundation Endowed Chair in Arthroplasty Outcomes, sees patients from across the Maritimes and...

Ryan MacKenzie suffered his first seizure at the age of 18, dressed in formal attire and waiting, anxiously, for his prom date. He never did reach the...

They call it MALDI-ToF, the unassuming piece of medical equipment occupying a corner of the QEII’s microbiology division. It has the dimensions...

QEII psychiatrist Dr. Cindy Calkin was treating patients with bipolar disorder when she noticed some were no longer responding to mood-stabilizing...