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Clinical trials bring new hope and treatments to Nova Scotians
February 3, 2026
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Nova Scotia Health's ACCRU becomes first site in Canada to open the Novartis Adjuvant WIDER global clinical trial evaluating whether a medication called ribociclib can lower the risk of early-stage breast cancer returning.
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Meet our Affiliate Scientist, Dr. Alexa Yakubovich
May 9, 2024
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By: Allison Currie Dr. Alexa Yakubovich is an Assistant Professor in Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. Can you tell us a little bit about your field of research? My research program aims to advance a structural understanding of...
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How clinical trials shape patient care
June 24, 2026
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By Chris Stover The medications people take, and the guidelines doctors follow are built on evidence gathered through clinical trials. For more than 25 years, Dr. Thomas Ransom has contributed to that evidence as an endocrinologist and clinical trial investigator...
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Nova Scotia Health launches first-in-Canada technology that brings together oncology information in real time
February 17, 2023
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Puts province at forefront of cancer care information technology; expected to decrease treatment wait times and improve survival rates Cancer patients in Nova Scotia will receive improved care, shorter wait times, and better results thanks to the new Oncology Transformation...
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Helping Patients Get Home Sooner
June 21, 2023
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Real-time information is helping healthcare teams provide better, faster care to patients. The new Care Coordination Centre at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre gives healthcare teams information on bed availability, the status of diagnostic tests...
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Partnerships are at the heart of everything we do at the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub. We’re working to solve critical health challenges within our province by bringing innovators, researchers and industry partners together – through support, space and networks – in an ideal place to transform care. Thanks to...
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Testing in real time: How disasters put Nova Scotia’s Mobile Primary Care Clinics in motion
June 10, 2023
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It began as a breezy, hot Sunday afternoon in Halifax teasing the promise of summer ahead. But by the end of the day, the wind and heat that lifted spirits would turn against the community, fanning an insatiable wildfire. Thousands...
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QEII Health Sciences Centre second hospital in Canada to receive orthopedic surgical robot
November 2, 2021
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HALIFAX, N.S. – Nova Scotia Health’s QEII Health Sciences Centre is now home to the Mako SmartRobotics system – the second surgical robot of its kind in Canada. The innovative robotic arm is controlled by a surgeon during hip and...
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Nova Scotia Health affiliate scientist transforming chronic kidney disease medication safety with new tool
March 14, 2025
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By: Allison Currie Did you know that one in ten Canadians is affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD)? While kidneys play a vital role in filtering wastes, making red blood cells, controlling blood pressure, and keeping bones healthy, they also...
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Drug repurposing research paper presents a new path for a rare disease
January 21, 2026
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By Allison Currie Some students lead on the field. Some excel in the classroom. And some manage to do both, becoming three-time Academic All-Canadians while publishing a clinically significant research paper in their undergraduate degrees. Dalhousie University students and varsity...
