Hamilton Health Sciences

05/28/2026

Thank you CHCH for sharing information from our experts:
- Heart attacks in women
- Eating disorders in girls
- Breast cancer genetics
- Healthy aging for women

https://bit.ly/4vdiKOt

As part of Women's Health Week, Emily Vukovic spoke with several ex...

05/28/2026

💙 Our new mechanical heart valve clinic is the first of its kind in Canada.💙

Cardiac and blood clot experts have partnered to open a one-stop clinic at Hamilton General Hospital for people with mechanical heart valves who take the blood-thinning medication warfarin to prevent life-threatening strokes.

About 800 patients with mechanical heart valves qualify for care at the clinic, with another 30 to 50 receiving new mechanical valves each year who would also qualify.

Watch coverage on CTV News

Hamiliton General Hospital has opened a first-of-it's-kind clinic for patients with mechanical heart valves. Pauline Chan has more on the new treatments avai...

05/28/2026

Our Hamilton General Hospital’s new Mechanical Heart Valve Clinic is the first of its kind in Canada. The thrombosis and cardiology teams partnered to open this one-stop clinic for people with mechanical heart valves who take the blood-thinning medication warfarin to prevent life-threatening strokes.

About 800 patients with mechanical heart valves qualify for the clinic, with another 30 to 50 receiving new mechanical valves each year who would also qualify.

We're featuring this story for Stroke Awareness Month in June. Read more: https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/share/hhs-mechanical-heart-valve-clinic/

05/26/2026

The hospitalist midwives program at our West Lincoln Memorial Hospital was featured on CHCH news yesterday.🎉 Hear about how this program works and its success for those giving birth 👶

A new approach to maternity care is making a difference at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Grimsby. It was the vision of registered midwife Pilar Chapman. ...

05/26/2026

The Mothers Own Milk program allows even the tiniest, frailest babies in our NICU to benefit from human milk through a partnership between their birth parents, who pump, and donor human milk. Details 👇

05/25/2026

Coordinating care for a child with complex behavioural or health needs can feel overwhelming for families.
That’s why the Extensive Needs Service at McMaster Children’s Hospital works closely with families, schools, service providers and community partners to provide coordinated, wraparound support tailored to each child’s needs.
For Michelle and her daughter Nylah, ENS helped create a more connected care experience while also building skills and confidence for both of them.

05/22/2026

05/20/2026

Happy Clinical Trials Day! Did you know that many current standard treatments for illness and disease were first studied through clinical trials? And because of the the people who participated in those trials, we're able to use today's treatments. Behind every discovery are the people who are driven to find new and improved solutions and those willing to help. Thank you for the impact you are making and will make for our patients.

At HHS, all patients are automatically eligible to be contacted about clinical trials that are right for them, unless you choose to opt-out of this process. Learn more on our website: www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/research-innovation/research/explore-research/

05/19/2026

Our physicians joined CP24 News to talk about the research study that's using a new device to filter out blood clots to prevent strokes. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E27S8mXbrgs.

Hamilton Health Sciences is the first hospital in North America to start a trial that ‘filters out’ blood clots to prevent strokes.Subscribe to CP24 to watch...

05/15/2026

We ❤️ nursing students! Today, nursing students in Hamilton go to McMaster University or Mohawk College. But DYK before the early 1970s, nurses studied at the Hospital. Take a look inside the Archives Room.

The Hamilton School of Nursing was first established in 1890 at City Hospital, later renamed Hamilton General Hospital. Then, in 1962, Hamilton General Hospital amalgamated with the Henderson and Mountain Hospitals to become a single corporation known as Hamilton Civic Hospitals. At that point, the School of Nursing became known as the Hamilton Civic Hospitals School of Nursing. And classes still took place at Hamilton General Hospital. 🏥

Even today at the Hamilton General Hospital, one of those rooms contains many historical pieces from the School of Nursing. 🩺

05/14/2026

Yesterday, Hamilton Health Sciences and Hamilton Chamber of Commerce hosted Hamilton Next: Leading Care, Driven by Discovery, showcasing world-class and world-first research and innovation happening right here in Hamilton.

At HHS, discovery is care. It's embedded in day-to-day work so we can deliver leading care today and advance what’s possible tomorrow. That same research and innovation also fuels Hamilton’s business community – driving partnerships, attracting investment, creating high-value jobs, and positioning our region as a hub for health innovation and economic growth.