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Wendi Heal had heard the horror stories about those who ended up on a ventilator with COVID-19. And here was the lead COVID-19 physician at her bedside explaining her deteriorating condition and just that grim possibility. “I remember asking him what my chances were for recovery once on a ventilator...

As a college student in the Philippines, Bryan Sanchez dreamed about working as a nurse in Canada. Today, he is fulfilling his dream working as a registered nurse in the Rehabilitation Program at Parkwood Institute. Thanks to the Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP) Program through the...

Brian Farmer is a man of many talents. He’s led a busy working life – focused on his career as a criminal prosecutor, traveling the world and spending time with family – and an equally non-stop retirement. These days he’s always learning more about the world, and enjoys reading about science...

One resident at Mount Hope is reflecting on a life full of music, love, family and finding joy in unexpected places. At 84, Fern McNab calls herself “a healthy, happy woman,” grateful for every day and every memory that’s brought her to where she is today. “I wake up and am thankful for every new...

When Rebecca Bruzzese lost her sense of smell and taste after a bout of COVID-19, it was disconcerting. But when it returned a week later, it was downright debilitating. For over a year, Rebecca experienced what is called parosmia – a disorder that causes a distorted sense of smell, turning normal...

In the fall of 2024, screening rates for breast cancer are set to rise in Ontario – dramatically. And Dr. Sarah Knowles, Surgical Oncologist and Interim Director of the Breast Care Program at St. Joseph’s, is ready to support even more people through the breast care journey. “I get to work with...

The first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen in 1901 in recognition of the extraordinary services he rendered by the discovery of the “remarkable rays” subsequently named after him." Whether you call them “remarkable rays”, “Röntgen rays” or “X-rays”, it is undeniable that...

Lawson Research Institute scientist Seema Nair Parvathy, PhD, remembers watching in 2014 while a nurse filled a kitchen blender with a donated stool sample and saline and whirred it until “it looked like chocolate milk.” The mixture was later introduced by enema into patients who had Clostridioides...