Hamilton Health Sciences earns Distinction in Stroke Services
…leader in stroke care, and offers treatment including: • stroke prevention, • emergency stroke care including the delivery of clot-busting medication, and life-saving clot retrieval procedures • specialized post-stroke acute…
Major study finds link between social support and heart health among First Nations people
…equity must be addressed to prevent and reduce cardiovascular disease in First Nations communities.” The study was funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Partnership Against…
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…