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Finding the right path: How the GRACE Clinic helps older adults make informed decisions about surgery
When Stuart Powers learned he would need to consider major surgery as part of his cancer treatment, he and his wife, Sharon, were faced with a difficult decision. The procedure could be life-changing, but so could the recovery. Instead of navigating that decision alone, Stuart was referred to the...
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A different path through familiar hallways
That's the answer former food service worker Nancy Jennings gives when asked why she chose to return to St. Joseph's Health Care London (St. Joseph's) as a volunteer. For years, Nancy started her mornings the same way. She worked in food services, first in the Tim Hortons at Mount Hope Centre for...
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After a career spent recognizing others, it's Dr. Cooper's turn
During his years of leadership at St. Joseph's Health Care London (St. Joseph's), he helped expand the organization's service awards program to include physicians, creating new opportunities to celebrate colleagues whose years of service and contributions might otherwise have gone unrecognized. The...
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Retirees return as volunteers
“When people work for so many years, some don’t want to come back anymore, but to me it was like coming home,” says Joanne Lawson, a retiree-turned-volunteer at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. For most of her 42 years employed at St. Joseph’s, Lawson was a bright presence in patient registration at...
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Speaking their language
Bridging a communication gap has become a bit easier for patients and visitors at St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph's). This summer, two new tools were introduced to help create a more welcoming and comfortable experience for individuals who visit St. Joseph's and whose first language is...
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Better together: a decade of partnership recognized on the national stage
When Kent Lewis walked into a room full of St. Leonard's colleagues from across Canada in Calgary this June, he felt it immediately: a shared sense of purpose. Lewis, director of St. Joseph's Health Care London's Forensic Psychiatry Program, was in Calgary to accept the Community Collaborator Award...
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Largest-ever Canadian clinical trial tests “poop pills” to improve immunotherapy for lung cancer
Backed by the Canadian Cancer Society and Weston Family Foundation, the LUNA-2 microbiome capsule research study will be the largest of its kind in Canada LONDON, ON – For nearly half of people diagnosed with lung cancer, immunotherapy can slow the disease but not stop it. Funded through a $4...
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New HPV testing in cervical cancer screening: What you need to know
As of Monday, March 3, 2025, Ontario has adopted testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) - the leading cause of cervical cancer - as the new standard for cervical cancer screening, replacing the traditional pap smear. The HPV test sample is collected using the same method as the pap smear and is...
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Unspoken compassion: a volunteer's story
Patricia Mowry has been a calming presence for many women who walk nervously through the door of St. Joseph’s Breast Care Program. Patricia provides them with a gown, helps administer paper work – and more often than not, simply holds their hand. “Sometimes I don’t say anything,” says Patricia....
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