Celebrating two decades of PHRI research excellence
…and broadened to include population genomics, perioperative medicine, stroke, thrombosis, cardiovascular surgery, renal, obesity, childhood obesity, bone and trauma and implementation science. The PHRI team is comprised of scientists and…
HHS third most research intensive hospital in Canada
…medicine at McMaster University and executive director, Population Health Research Institute. “Our research continues to improve the prevention and treatment of patients globally with heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and…
Simple risk score can help predict stroke
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) researchers have discovered that a simple cardiac risk score can predict the risk of a serious stroke in people with no family history. A team led…
Introducing… a research scientist
…that cause stroke.” Studying stroke neurology was an early attraction for him. “It was an eye-opening experience for me to see the significant benefit we can provide to stroke patients…
HHS researchers discover ‘silent’ strokes are common after surgery
…stroke, but until now little was known about its silent sibling. “We’ve found that ‘silent’ covert strokes are actually more common than overt strokes in people aged 65 or older…
Preventing fractures for an aging population
Fractures from osteoporosis are more common than heart attack, stroke and breast cancer combined. They not only diminish the quality of life of our senior population, but contribute to death…