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April 20	Going above and beyond for patient experience
April 20	Recycling in the LKSKI: Know before you throw
April 18	A snapshot of organ and tissue donation at our three hospitals
April 16	Celebrating 1,436 volunteers across the network
April 12	Higher cigarette prices would save millions of people from extreme poverty and poor health around the world
April 11	Q&A with Kevin Bradley
April 10	Gender gap in academic medicine negatively impacts organizations, but there are simple solutions
April 4	‘After my transplant, I had time’: A patient’s kidney transplant journey
April 3	Study suggests pasta can be part of a healthy diet without packing on the pounds
April 2	Get to know Dr. Patricia O’Campo, new interim Executive Director of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
March 28	Rapid Referral Clinic becoming a success story
March 26	Study finds more people relying on government catastrophic drug plans and big increase in government spending
March 21	Forget Iron Man: IRON MOM fights low iron in pregnant women
March 20	Research study encourages hospitals to reduce number of paper documents created
March 19	Despite access to health care and medications, people with HIV in Ontario still dying at higher rates than general population
March 15	Dr. Andreas Laupacis steps down from Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute leadership
March 12	New plaque honours Dr. Halperin for a lifetime of achievements
March 8	Researchers find biomarker that predicts who will respond best to common complication from diabetes
March 7	Convenience for patients is No. 1 with new PocketHealth platform
March 5	Colouring book helps children understand why new siblings can’t come home yet
March 2	St. Michael’s cardiology team performs world first
March 1	Some 300 delegates from more than 30 countries with one goal – joining in the global fight against cancer
February 28	New report finds 'critical and alarming gap' in high quality, comprehensive and inclusive data for urban Indigenous populations in Canada
February 27	Q&A with Emily Little
February 26	Physicians develop recommendations for managing in-flight medical emergencies
February 22	Complex surgery removes rare tumour from patient’s spine
February 21	St. Michael’s cardiologist performs successful world first, using Canadian invented device in novel way
February 19	Study looks at how newly discovered gene helps grow blood vessels
February 20	MyChart shows patients their own health records
February 15	Physicians speculate Game of Thrones’ King Joffrey would have lived had he received proper medical care when poisoned at his wedding
February 9	MDRD celebrates renovation completion
February 8	Q&A with Dr. Lee Schofield
January 26	Older adults who are frail are more likely to experience delirium following elective surgery, new study suggests
January 23	Preventing delirium with an activity box
January 17	Previously unpublished information from clinical trial pivotal to FDA approval calls into question effectiveness of pregnancy anti-nausea drug
January 16	Physiotherapist’s invention sets patients free
January 12	Age is not a risk factor for complications after surgery among older patients, new study suggests
January 10	ELVIS is in the building
January 4	Using Big Data to improve patient care