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OTTAWA, August 21, 2017 – Heart damage (cardiotoxicity) is a known risk for women treated with chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer. As breast cancer treatment has become more successful, more women are surviving a breast cancer diagnosis. However, there can be short- and long-term toxicities (side effects) from cancer treatments. Heart disease is now the second leading cause of death for post-menopausal breast…

Creating a truly healthy food environment, which provides plenty of healthy options while simultaneously decreasing the less healthful ones, is not easy. It takes a great deal of planning, menu and nutritional analysis, sourcing and taste testing of new products, and incorporating customer feedback to get it just right. Our hospital food service leads, staff and volunteers have been working continuously to make these…

It’s not just a fringe conversation happening on the sidelines at hospitals and schools anymore. Numerous organizations from the Heart & Stroke to the Senate are calling for renewed attention to our food environments and the role they play on our overall health. In the past year we have seen hospitals from around the world adopt a similar cause and set their sights on…

Message from Our Leaders Dear friends, It is with great pride that we are reporting on another highly successful year for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, marked by significant milestones that will fuel the years to come as we prepare to officially take possession of our new, state-of-the-art expansion next Spring. From the introduction of new, innovative technologies, such as the launch and…

Spring is upon us which means the return of local farmers’ markets in Eastern Ontario offering locally grown food products.  Chef Thomas Ryder with the purchasing leader of Marek Hospitality, the Tickers Café managing company, recently took a two day tour of the surrounding area to visit some of the best local producers in search of bringing local tomatoes, beef, cheese, coffee and eggs…

Spring is upon us which means the return of local farmers’ markets in Eastern Ontario offering locally grown food products.  Chef Thomas Ryder with the purchasing leader of Marek Hospitality, the Tickers Café managing company, recently took a two day tour of the surrounding area to visit some of the best local producers in search of bringing local tomatoes, beef, cheese, coffee and eggs…

OTTAWA, March 14, 2017 – The University of Ottawa Heart Institute, in collaboration with Lakehead University’s Moving on to Being Free program, has been awarded $3.5 million to implement a new and innovative program that seeks to deliver payment cards (“Quit Cards”) to over 7,500 smokers throughout Ontario and increase capacity to enhance smoking cessation program delivery to priority patient populations. The program, powered…

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Patient Alumni is seeking new members to join its Board of Directors.  The Patient Alumni is a diverse community of University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) patients, relatives, friends and caregivers who gratefully support the Institute by: Advocating on behalf of the patient Informing patients of advancements within the Institute in the treatment of heart disease. Endorsing selected…