Getting back on the ice after open heart surgery
Burlington resident Mike Hudson was surprised to end up in hospital after a heart attack in April 2022. By the...
Snowstorm brings increase in heart attacks
Hamilton-area residents are still digging themselves out after the recent heaping of snow earlier this week. As shovels and snow...
Celebrating our physicians on Doctors’ Day
May 1 is Doctors’ Day in Canada. It is a day in which we celebrate the remarkable contributions physicians have...
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...
New discovery: diabetes drug reduces heart and kidney problems
A clinical trial led by researchers at the Population Health Research Institute of Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and McMaster University...
Two years after a life-threatening heart attack
Two years ago Chris had a life-threatening heart attack that resulted in a two and a half week hospital stay he doesn’t remember. To this day, he's still known by doctors and staff at Hamilton General Hospital as “the guy that beat the odds”.