Tonsil and adenoid surgical program resuming at MCH
On June 4, 2024, Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) paused all scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgeries for pediatric patients following the...
Conference for breast cancer patients/survivors features HHS experts
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) physicians, nurses and staff specializing in breast cancer have organized a full-day conference for people at...
Helping cancer patients by better detecting frailty
As people grow older, their risk of developing cancer increases. So does their risk of becoming frail — a medical...
Studying how Canadian kids were affected by the pandemic
While many studies examine the effects of the pandemic on children and youth, there was nothing on a large, national...
Combatting high blood pressure in kids globally through big-data research
Addressing the under-diagnosis of hypertension in kids Young adults who had undiagnosed and unmanaged high blood pressure as children face...
Frailty scores could be at docs’ fingertips
HHS geriatrician leads project to build frailty scores into hospital information system The ever-growing amount of information added daily to...