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funding solutions for people with spinal cord injury
dr. aaron phillips, a scientist at the university of calgary, leads groundbreaking research that improves people's lives after spinal cord injuries.
brain canada
brain canada foundation
mar 07, 2024
dr. aaron phillips and his team at the university of calgary developed an innovative new device that acts like a thermostat to regulate blood pressure; using implantable biotechnology, the device restores the innate system for blood pressure stability that is damaged after sci.

congenital heart disease in canada: stats, resources and living with the condition
congenital heart disease (chd) is the most common congenital disability in the world. in canada, it affects roughly one in 100 children.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 16, 2024
children with congenital heart disease require regular monitoring, depending on the severity, by a pediatric cardiologist.

wear red day 2024: women still underdiagnosed and undertreated with heart disease, stroke
experts say that increasingly more women will die unnecessarily if the medical community doesn’t change to tailor care specifically to meet women’s needs.
karen hawthorne
heart health
feb 12, 2024
women have their own unique heart disease risk factors and are disproportionately affected by others.

surviving cardiac arrest: heart and stroke study highlights alarming stats for canadians
cardiac arrest is known as an electrical problem. it happens when the heart’s electrical system suddenly stops working and stops pumping blood to the brain and other vital organs. the person may not be breathing normally or breathing at all.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 09, 2024
the heart & stroke foundation, in partnership with governments, has placed over 15,000 aeds in communities across the country, while other organizations and businesses are installing even more.

how i care for congenital heart disease: 'we thought we were going to lose her'
lisa wright says, having been through 18 years of critical care for a daughter with a heart defect, she wants other parents to know how important it is to ask questions.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 05, 2024
now 18, rachael, right, is off all meds, in first-year university, and doing well, says her mother lisa wright, left.

what it feels like: 'you need to advocate for yourself' with congenital heart disease
congenital heart disease occurs when the heart’s chambers, walls or valves, or the blood vessels near the heart don’t develop normally before birth, according to the heart & stroke foundation of canada.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 05, 2024
approximately 260,000 canadians live with congenital heart disease, two-thirds of those adults.

what it feels like: one day at a time with congenital heart disease
nathalie lacoste-hofmann considers herself lucky that she didn’t have to wait long for a donor — lucky to get a donor at all — but strange to have another human’s heart beating inside her.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 05, 2024
"try to surround yourself with people who are supportive," nathalie lacoste-hofmann says of her journey living with congenital heart disease.

poll shows canadians have misconceptions about heart attack, cardiac arrest and stroke
one in three canadians isn’t aware that cardiac arrest and heart attack are different.
robin roberts
heart health
oct 18, 2023
one in three canadians isn’t aware that about 60 per cent of stroke victims are left with some level of disability.
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funding solutions for people with spinal cord injury
dr. aaron phillips, a scientist at the university of calgary, leads groundbreaking research that improves people's lives after spinal cord injuries.
brain canada
brain canada foundation
mar 07, 2024
dr. aaron phillips and his team at the university of calgary developed an innovative new device that acts like a thermostat to regulate blood pressure; using implantable biotechnology, the device restores the innate system for blood pressure stability that is damaged after sci.

congenital heart disease in canada: stats, resources and living with the condition
congenital heart disease (chd) is the most common congenital disability in the world. in canada, it affects roughly one in 100 children.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 16, 2024
children with congenital heart disease require regular monitoring, depending on the severity, by a pediatric cardiologist.

wear red day 2024: women still underdiagnosed and undertreated with heart disease, stroke
experts say that increasingly more women will die unnecessarily if the medical community doesn’t change to tailor care specifically to meet women’s needs.
karen hawthorne
heart health
feb 12, 2024
women have their own unique heart disease risk factors and are disproportionately affected by others.

surviving cardiac arrest: heart and stroke study highlights alarming stats for canadians
cardiac arrest is known as an electrical problem. it happens when the heart’s electrical system suddenly stops working and stops pumping blood to the brain and other vital organs. the person may not be breathing normally or breathing at all.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 09, 2024
the heart & stroke foundation, in partnership with governments, has placed over 15,000 aeds in communities across the country, while other organizations and businesses are installing even more.
powered by
wellspring cancer support

how i care for congenital heart disease: 'we thought we were going to lose her'
lisa wright says, having been through 18 years of critical care for a daughter with a heart defect, she wants other parents to know how important it is to ask questions.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 05, 2024
now 18, rachael, right, is off all meds, in first-year university, and doing well, says her mother lisa wright, left.

what it feels like: 'you need to advocate for yourself' with congenital heart disease
congenital heart disease occurs when the heart’s chambers, walls or valves, or the blood vessels near the heart don’t develop normally before birth, according to the heart & stroke foundation of canada.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 05, 2024
approximately 260,000 canadians live with congenital heart disease, two-thirds of those adults.

what it feels like: one day at a time with congenital heart disease
nathalie lacoste-hofmann considers herself lucky that she didn’t have to wait long for a donor — lucky to get a donor at all — but strange to have another human’s heart beating inside her.
robin roberts
heart health
feb 05, 2024
"try to surround yourself with people who are supportive," nathalie lacoste-hofmann says of her journey living with congenital heart disease.

poll shows canadians have misconceptions about heart attack, cardiac arrest and stroke
one in three canadians isn’t aware that cardiac arrest and heart attack are different.
robin roberts
heart health
oct 18, 2023
one in three canadians isn’t aware that about 60 per cent of stroke victims are left with some level of disability.
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pancreatic cancer canada
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