Lawson Health Research Institute is again ranked eighth in the country according to the 2020 edition of “Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals List” by Research Infosource. This strong national position has been maintained by Lawson for the past seven consecutive years and keeps the Institute within...

Seventy-four-year-old Art Jansen sits in a sunny cafeteria at Parkwood Institute after an outpatient rehabilitation therapy session. While donning a mask and keeping socially distant, he gazes proudly at recent photos on his phone –one of them is of him smiling, a medal around his neck, after...

Socks are the most needed, but often the least donated items at homeless shelters. A pair of socks can make a big difference to someone who needs them—especially as the weather gets colder. This year, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) Middlesex-Elgin Chapter partnered with...

Dr. Melissa Huynh has always had an interest in surgery, but her interest in urology started as a second-year medical student working in a basic science lab. Upon the recommendation of a mentor, Dr. Huynh took his suggestion to heart and considered a career path in urology. “The scientist overseeing...

It was Leda Jarrett’s first ever broken bone and it has meant more than a year of recovery. Yet the 69-year-old is “happy as a clam” with what has happened since her fall. After an emergency room visit where the wrist fracture was diagnosed and treated, Leda was referred to the Roth McFarlane Hand...