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Tall dream comes true

With a list of burning questions in hand, Patricia Prance answered an incoming video call. On the other end of the line – a giraffe and his zookeeper. Prance has virtually visited not one but two giraffes thanks to St. Joseph's Health Care London's Palliative Care Unit at Parkwood Institute. Her interest in giraffes first sparked when she visited African Lion Safari as a kid. “I just fell in love with the way they ran and their tall necks. And I'm tall and lanky and run kind of like a giraffe,” she laughs. Prance always dreamed of meeting a giraffe and being able to pet it, but travel...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Five things you may not know about breast cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and St. Joseph’s Health Care London, in partnership with the South West Regional Cancer Program, is encouraging women between the ages of 50 and 74 to talk with their healthcare providers about getting screened regularly with a mammogram. Unfortunately, many...

Prideful poppy making

One hundred years ago, poppies grew on the battlefields during the First World War. There is perhaps no greater symbol of remembrance than the poppy – a reminder of all those who fought and lost their lives for the freedoms that we have today. On Sept. 19, in partnership with the Grand Theatre...

New breast cancer surgery approach improves survivorship and leaves women looking and feeling whole

Surgical oncologist Dr. Muriel Brackstone is co-founder of Canada’s first, hands-on oncoplastic surgery course. A London surgeon is leading a shift across Canada to new breast surgery techniques that are dramatically changing the outcome and quality of life for women diagnosed with breast cancer...

How changes in the brain affect walking while talking in older adults

Study suggests that cognitive and motor dysfunction in older adults with MCI share common changes to the brain. Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso’s research demonstrates that gait testing, such as walking while performing a cognitively demanding task like counting backwards (dual-task gait),can be an...

Our People: Meet Erin Macias, dietary aide, Parkwood Institute

What do you know about the people you pass in the hall or see in the cafeteria every day? What do they do at St. Joseph’s? Here we will introduce you to a member of the St. Joseph’s family, recognizing their contribution to respect, excellence and compassion. Role As a dietary aide, Erin prepares...

Jennifer’s choice

The threat of breast cancer led Jennifer Murphy to make an agonizing decision. The young mom will talk about that choice at Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day on Oct. 17 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The worry weighed heavily on Jennifer Murphy from the time she was in her twenties. A frightening...

Machine learning could predict medication response in patients with complex mood disorders

Mood disorders like major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder are often complex and hard to diagnose, especially among youth when the illness is just evolving. This can make decisions about medication difficult. In a collaborative study by Lawson Health Research Institute, The Mind...

Our People: Meet Mallory Abraham, Connect Care Officer

COPD patients breathe in benefits of fitness

Just a few months ago, Jim Kenny would have described himself as fragile. He couldn’t walk to the end of his lane to take out the garbage. He was depressed with no social life and dwindling independence. “I was in desperate shape.” For Byron Ducharme, 76, taking a shower and putting on socks and...