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Dream Lottery is back with so much to WIN!

With a history of early sellouts, it’s clear if you want your chance to WIN BIG you want to get tickets Fast! The Dream Lottery, in support of London’s regional hospitals, is back for the spring

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You Make A Difference: Cardiac ultrasound machines

A clearer vision As advancements to picture quality and “smart” innovation continue to speed along, imaging technology continues to play an essential role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients

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You Make A Difference: Abdominal regional perfusion program

For the love of liver Liver transplantation is the only cure for end-stage liver disease and is the treatment of choice for certain cancers. However, this exacting procedure is further limited by the

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The Centre for Tomorrow

There are six billion letters in the human genome, each one coded for a particular message within our DNA. Beginning as a global endeavour mere decades ago, it took 20 labs, seven countries and an

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The Art of Life Support: Donors Help Bring More Perfusionists to LHSC 

Unless you’ve experienced it first-hand, it’s likely many of us take heart surgery for granted. But consider for a moment, the role of our heart, continuously pumping blood through our bodies to

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I, CORI: The coming robotics revolution in orthopaedic surgery

It’s difficult to overstate the profound impact technology has had on health care. As our understanding of the natural world continues to advance, innovative minds help translate these new insights

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Keeping the Finger on the Pulse with Cardiac Care

Dr. Habib Khan walks into the Cardiac Care Conference Room, having just come from clinic. He pulls a wheeled container behind him the size of a steam trunk. Off his left shoulder hangs an overstuffed

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Timing is Everything: New Research to Revolutionize Dialysis Treatment  

People occasionally compare groundbreaking discoveries to science-fiction, but ideas have to start somewhere. This particular idea can trace its roots to the UK when Dr. Robert Lindsay first found

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Amanda

The indelible influence of hope

Amanda says she’s always enjoyed a challenge, but even she wasn’t prepared for the day her doctor told her she was experiencing end-stage kidney failure. Then again, few 17-year-olds would be. “I was