The Scarborough Hospital Foundation has launched its "Look Inside Yourself" campaign to raise funds for a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at the hospital's Birchmount campus. The new MRI provides world-class diagnostic services to Scarborough residents. > MORE |
Although we're an ocean apart, our names and our projects are shockingly similar. Last May, the 'Scarborough Hospital' in the United Kingdom took part in a program called Operation Hospital Food, which set out to transform patient food and, in many ways, mirrors The Scarborough Hospital's ReFRESHing our Menu project. > MORE |
From sanitizing wipes to seatbelts to life jackets, Canadians take numerous precautions to ensure we keep ourselves and each other healthy and safe. Yet, so many Canadians continue to smoke when research shows that smoking remains the number one cause of preventable death in Canada. "Cigarettes are designed to directly affect the brain," says Dr. John Oyston, Anaesthesiologist at The Scarborough Hospital. "When the chemicals reach the brain, dopamine is released, which makes people feel happy and calm. Once you get used to that feeling, it's very hard to give up." > MORE |
