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DocTalks - Recovery After Stroke: Retraining the Injured Brain Through Rehabilitation

Recovery After Stroke: Retraining the Injured Brain Through Rehabilitation Where: Shuttleworth Auditorium (Cheapside entrance) Dr. Robert Teasell is the Medical Director of St. Joseph’s Stroke Rehabilitation Program, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Western University and a...

DocTalks - Kidney Stones: From Ancient Times to Modern Practice and Prevention

Kidney Stones: From Ancient Times to Modern Practice and Prevention Where: Shuttleworth Auditorium (Cheapside entrance) Dr. John Denstedt is a surgeon at St. Joseph’s Hospital and professor at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. He is also the former Chair/Chief of the...

DocTalks - Beyond Memory: How Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias Affect Mental Health

Beyond Memory: How Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias Affect Mental Health Where: Shuttleworth Auditorium (Cheapside entrance) Dr. Amer Burhan, associate scientist at Lawson and geriatric neuropsychiatrist at St. Joseph's Health Care London, is an expert in the field of neuropsychiatry. He will discuss...

Synthetic surfactant could ease breathing for patients with lung disease and injury

Human lungs are coated with a substance called surfactant which allows us to breathe easily. When lung surfactant is missing or depleted, which can happen with premature birth or lung injury, breathing becomes difficult. In a collaborative study between Lawson Health Research Institute and Stanford...

Dr. Mike Szekeres

Lawson Imaging attracts youth to medical research

Dr. Donna Goldhawk, an imaging scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson), is providing a unique and valuable learning experience to senior high school students. Since 2009, she has accepted students to train in her hospital-based research laboratory at St. Joseph’s Health Care London in...

Probiotics for respiratory tract infections could save Canada nearly $100 million a year

A recent study suggests the use of probiotics to prevent respiratory tract infections in Canada could result in nearly $100 million per year in savings. There is growing evidence that probiotics can reduce the risk of respiratory tract infections and lower their frequency, as well as reduce the...

Third clinical trial launched to study whether type 2 diabetes can go into remission

Since launching two years ago, an innovative study that aims to induce remission of type 2 diabetes has captured the attention of hundreds of Londoners. For those with type 2 diabetes like Greg Ackland and Jocelyne Chauvin, the idea of stopping all medications has translated from a dream to a...

Dr. Miho Iijima delivers talk on role of PTEN in cancer

Dr. Miho Iijima, Associate Professor at John Hopkins School of Medicine, visited St. Joseph’s Hospital on Friday, November 17 to deliver a talk on the role of a protein called “phosphatase and tensin homolog” (PTEN) in cancer. The talk was organized by the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Sunil...

Tomorrow’s scientists tour Lawson research facilities

A group of senior chemistry students from H.B. Beal Secondary School visited Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) facilities at St. Joseph’s Hospital on Wednesday, November 8. In addition to learning about Lawson’s world-renowned imaging research, the group toured the Cyclotron and PET...

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