“I never expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer – not just once but twice.” Krista Wilde has been on a physical and emotional rollercoaster since late 2021 when she first found a lump in her breast. A single mom, with no history of breast cancer in her family, she was terrified. “One day you...

More women die from osteoporotic fractures than from breast and ovarian cancer combined. According to Osteoporosis Canada, over 80 per cent of all fractures in people over age 50 are caused by osteoporosis. Unfortunately, once a fracture happens, this silent disease is often in the advanced stages...

If there is common denominator among this year’s recipients of the Sisters of St. Joseph Awards for Excellence, it’s their secret – or not so secret – superpower. The ability to create connections with profound empathy, compassion and sincerity. The three recipients fill very different roles yet all...

Don and Wendy Smith know a thing or two about comforting people through difficult times. As owner and president of Smith’s Funeral Homes, Don has spent his career helping families navigate grief and caring for them as they say goodbye to a loved one. He has also been on the receiving end of care...

Dr. Serena Wong sees the need for increased funding to mental health care every day. As a clinical psychologist, she cares for adults of all ages – providing one-to-one therapy, as well as group therapy for in- and out-patients. And she’s worried about the growing need for mental health care...

Dr. Fatemah Alali says that the expanded emergency care treatment space and new equipment in the Ivey Eye Institute is a game changer. “It has changed the way we work and improved our approach to care,” says the fourth-year physician resident. With donor support, the Ivey Eye Institute recently...

What is the most rewarding part of your role at St. Joseph’s? I’m very lucky to be a physician, researcher and leader at St. Joseph’s. The most rewarding part of my job is the ability to create new ways of caring for people with endocrine and bone disease, implement and then study them through...

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer for women. However, early detection and new treatment options have improved the survival rate for breast cancer patients. On this episode of the DocTalks Podcast, host Ian Gillespie chats with...