University Health Network's three teaching hospitals are often in the news. Here are some of the stories from newspapers, magazines, and other media.

Breast cancer study may revolutionize treatment - 03/11/04
Switching from the anti-cancer drug tamoxifen to exemestane after two years of treatment cut a woman's risk of suffering another bout of cancer by one-third compared with women who took tamoxifen for the recommended five years. The British study followed 4,700 post-menopausal women in 37 countries.
Toronto Star Article

UHN researchers win $18M in CFI funding - 03/08/04
UHN celebrated a record win in the Canada Foundation for Innovation awards March 8, as University Health Network researchers Drs. David Jaffray, Gary Levy and Tak Mak led three successful proposals capturing $18,165,133 in new infrastructure funding.

The proposals will launch new research programs focusing on improved radiation therapy for cancer treatment; immune tolerance and transplantation research; and genomic instability and cancer cell survival. In all CFI approved 126 Innovation Fund awards from 487 submitted proposals. Winning proposals were selected by multidisciplinary assessment committees based on several criteria, including the transformative capacity of the research and the potential benefits of the research to the country.

New research programs launched with funding include Spatio-Temporal Targeting and Amplification of Radiation Response (STTARR) Innovation Centre (Dr. David Jaffray) $3,893,177; Research Program in Immune Tolerance in Transplantation (RITT) (Dr. Gary Levy) $4,271,956; and Advanced Medical Discovery Institute: Genomic Instability and Cancer Cell Survival (Dr. Tak Mak) $10,000,000.

For more information, visit the Canada Foundation for Innovation Web site.

Global eHealth Innovation offers access to health information - 03/05/04
Millions of Canadians turn to the Internet for medical information. While many health professionals agree that the medium empowers the public to make informed decisions, they also worry that the sheer volume of information can overwhelm and sometimes mislead.
Toronto Star Article

Fatty liver disease as serious as the consequences of obesity - 03/05/04
A diagnosis of a fatty liver is also the first warning sign of future diabetes and its accompanying long-term complications of blindness, stroke, kidney failure and heart attack.
Canoe News Article

UHN study shows heart patients want more information - 02/10/04
Five hundred patients from 12 coronary intensive care units in Ontario were asked at six months and one year for their perception of how much they participated in the medical decision-making process and how much information they desired and received.
Medical Post Article

Smitherman addresses funding issue during UHN visit - 02/11/04
Ontario's Liberal government has set the stage for a showdown with the province's doctors and hospitals, warning that they won't get the money they say they need.
Global and Mail Article

Blackout affects downtown buildings, including hospitals - 01/27/04
Dozens of buildings, including police headquarters, City Hall and Toronto General Hospital fell into an uneasy darkness when they were hit by a power outage, going without electricity for nearly 90 minutes.
Toronto Star Article

First research "mouse house" in Canada coming soon - 01/16/04
The mouse house officially called the Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics is a joint venture of Toronto's four downtown teaching hospitals, Mount Sinai, Sick Children's, the University Health Network and St. Michael's, and is set to open by the end of next year.
Toronto Star Article

TGH patient gets her life back - against overwhelming odds - January 2004
Jayne just wanted a chance to live and have dreams. Jayne was diagnosed with myocarditis, a condition which can eventually cause congestive heart failure, making a transplant necessary. As her heart ultimately began to fail, blood flow to her kidneys was reduced. Jayne, 26, needed a heart-kidney transplant in order to survive. She received the life-saving operation with only months to spare. Jayne recovered gradually and married five years later. Never one to give up, she decided she wanted a baby. On December 20, 2001 her dream came true, when she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
You can read about Jayn'e experience in the current issue of Canadian Readers Digest.

UHN women's health expert offers HRT advice - 01/15/04
Women are confused about what to do regarding symptoms of menopause. Donna Stewart, the chairwoman of women's health at the University of Toronto, offers this advice: "If you need HRT, then take the lowest dose possible for the shortest time possible."
Globe and Mail Article

Canadian physicians warned to watch for symptoms of leprosy - 01/06/04
There are an estimated 500 people in Canada living with leprosy, along with a couple of dozen new cases diagnosed annually.
Globe and Mail Article

Kidney transplant tested the bonds of friendship - 01/03/04
Humour has always been an important part of the friendship. But now there's something more, a link that will last the rest of their lives.
Toronto Star Article

Doctors view living donation as the way of the future - 12/29/03
When the last test result came in, Edith Petes knew she had made the right decision to help co-worker with rare blood type.
Maclean's Article

TGH made a daughter's dream come true - 12/24/03
"I wanted my daddy to have two new lungs," Sadie said. In the early morning hours of Dec. 15, Toronto General Hospital informed her father that he had a donor. Later that night, doctors went to work.
Toronto Star Article

Scientists may have found the first effective treatment for SARS - 12/24/03
"With all due caution and humility, I think the implications are profound," said Dr. Eleanor Fish, the study's lead author, senior scientist and division head of the University Health Network at the Toronto General Research Institute.
CanWest News Service

Cancer experience brings hopes and fears to foreground - 12/21/03
Ayesha Jones tries to make some sense of it all the cancer, the fire, the turbulent events that changed her life. It's strange, the way we have come to accept as almost normal a Christmas that has very little to do with happiness and good cheer.
Toronto Star Article

PMH helping patients evaluate online health information - 12/16/03
Many patients rely on the Internet to get a second opinion and understand what their health professional told them during consultation.
Medical Post Article

PMH breast cancer research enjoys overwhelmingly positive results - 12/09/03
Dr. Goss conceived and chaired an international trial to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence among 2,593 women. The study was halted early because of overwhelmingly positive results.
Medical Post Article

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