Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

• Ottawa hospital researchers find higher rates of suicide among Ontario ICU survivors

  Researchers in Ottawa have shown higher rates of suicide can be linked to stays in the intensive care unit, according to a new paper published Wednesday.

  Health

  May 5, 2021
  
• Ottawa researchers target ‘exercise’ protein to help people with right-side heart failure

  Researchers say the findings are so promising, there's hope the research will be ready for clinical trials with human patients within three to four years.

  Health

  Aug 8, 2017
  
• Advertisement
• Behind the science of cancer-fighting immunotherapy

  Scientists and researchers are working to develop ways to harness the power of the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells. The treatment is called immunotherapy.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2016
• Advertisement
• ‘This is it’: the cancer treatment that has doctors talking about a cure

  It's a new frontier in cancer treatment - immunotherapy - activating the immune system to fight the disease, and it's having some impressive results.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2016
• Old blood is just as good as fresh for blood transfusions: Canadian study

  New Canadian research suggests that weeks-old blood is just as good as fresh blood for transfusions in emergency settings.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2015
• Pneumonia should be a risk factor for heart disease, Canadian docs say

  If you’re hospitalized for pneumonia in old age, your chances of having a heart attack or stroke increase significantly, according to new Canadian research.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2015