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System “brings OR” to remotely located specialist for virtual support

It was a discovery that changed the lives of millions of people in Canada and around the world. In the summer of 1921, a team at the University of Toronto began a new experimental approach to...

We may reach retirement, but our hearts don’t get a break. In fact once we reach 65, approximately 20 percent of us will experience aortic stenosis, a hardening or narrowing of the aortic...

Cardiologist Dr. Blandine Mondésert feels like she’s working at the edge of a new medical frontier where remote heart monitoring and programming devices and technology will eventually help...

The discovery of insulin 100 years ago was a testament to scientific excellence and innovation. Frederick Banting, Charles Best and their colleagues refused to accept the status quo of the 1920s...