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‘Poop pill’ benefits may extend to treating kidney cancer, lung cancer and melanoma

Clinical trials suggest fecal transplants can prevent side effects in treating kidney cancer. It can also dramatically improve outcomes for people with lung and melanoma cancers. A groundbreaking study show that the toxic side effects of drugs to treat kidney cancer could be virtually eliminated with customized fecal microbiota transplants (FMT), a field where London excels. The discovery published in the prestigious Nature Medicine journal, was published simultaneously with another paper also in the same journal that suggests FMT is also effective in helping treat lung cancer and melanoma...

Dr. Silverman and Parvathy PhD in the Laboratory

Project 'poop'

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...

Fereshteh Ghahremani stands at the podium

Pursuing excellence for patients

In 2022, Fereshteh Ghahremani left behind the familiar sights of Tehran to chase a dream across the globe. What she didn’t know then was that she wasn’t just embarking on a graduate degree in Canada—she was stepping into a research journey that would shape her future, and could change the lives of...

April’s Story: Recovery is a journey

My name is April, and I have bipolar disorder. I am also a recovering alcoholic. I would like to share a short version of my experience, including my strength and sense of hope that might help inspire others. This summer marks 29 years of sobriety for me and I am very proud of that. My friends and...

St. Joseph’s home team

It’s a phone call Ann and Bill Fleming never expected to receive. And the surprising news left them touched and humbled. On a rather cool afternoon in early April, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation’s President & CEO, Michelle Campbell, called the Flemings with a special request: to recognize their...

Two care providers in their rock and roll t-shirts smile

Rocking out

For more than a decade, the sounds of live rock music have echoed through the summer air at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute—not from a nearby festival, but from the hospital’s own patio. From 2009 to 2019, patients, residents, families, staff and volunteers gathered to enjoy Rock the Parkwood—a full...

Veterans explore the world from home

In his younger years, 95-year-old veteran John Kirkland traipsed the Bruce Trail, hiked the Rockies, paddled through Algonquin Park and sailed Canada’s east and west coasts. Unable to travel much these days, he believed Newfoundland would remain an unfulfilled wish on his list of cross-Canada...

FLOATing on air

As an Occupational and Physiotherapy Assistant at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute for 25 years, Dennis Argoso has seen countless patients with spinal cord injuries make incredible strides in their recovery. Today, patients aren’t just making strides – they’re floating forward. Thanks to generous...

The little things in life

Ron and Theresa Mikula have called London home for decades—and for just as long, they’ve been quietly giving back to the hospitals that care for this community. Their connection to St. Joseph’s Health Care London is personal, deep-rooted and ongoing. Theresa served as a member of St. Joseph’s Health...

Seeing the future of research

Bacteria don’t really sleep. And, on some nights, neither does Diksha Boora, an imaging researcher pursuing her PhD at Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph’s Health Care London and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. Depending on exactly when an experiment started...