Low back pain is the leading cause of disability among working-age adults internationally, confronting 80 per cent of us at some point in our lives....

Just outside your heart, where its final chamber meets the rest of your body, there stands the aortic valve, a gateway of fleshy flaps which ensures...

Dr. Jeremy Brown, QEII-affiliated scientist and associate professor with Dalhousie University’s School of Biomedical Engineering, recently received a...

For half of Canadian cancer patients, treatment comes by way of radiation therapy — beams of energy that are fired through the body to collide with...

Cutting-edge technology is giving QEII Health Sciences Centre clinicians a close up look at the inner workings of the human ear. “We are the...

Perioperative nurses, responsible for the safety and comfort of patients before, during and after surgery, are the unsung heroes of the operating...

The dramatic improvements Dr. Jai Shankar has witnessed in patients— because of recent advances in stroke treatment—gives him renewed hope for the...

For years Alyssa Snow suffered from chronic, unexplained vulvar pain, and had tried a pharmacy of medical interventions before someone suggested she...

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...