The media regularly turns to our healthcare professionals for their expertise on a wide range of important heart health topics.
Here is a selection of recent news items featuring the Heart Institute and its experts.
Please note this page is updated regularly. Linked content is available in the language in which it was published.
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In a recent article for the Ottawa Citizen, smoking cessation expert Andrew Pipe, MD, says he is stepping back, but not going away.
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Good Times magazine has good news for people with heart disease who need cardiac rehabilitation but hate going to the gym or are bored by repetitive exercises: Nordic walking provides the same benefits—and more.
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On an episode of CBC/Radio-Canada’s All in a Day, Andrew Pipe, MD, of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute explained the occurrence of cardiac arrest in young top-level athletes such as Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who collapsed during the National Football League’s Monday night matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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“Most don’t know that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the world, killing four to five times more women than breast cancer,” Thais Coutinho, MD, told La Presse.
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Can emotions literally break your heart? Dr. Hassan Mir of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is a guest on this episode of CBC’s Ontario Today to weigh in.
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The July edition of Hospital News includes two Heart Institute stories: The golden future of cardiac tissue repair and The next cardiovascular epidemic.
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Reporting for CNN Health, Melanie Radzicki McManus highlights a Heart Institute study that found Nordic walking confers additional health benefits than does other exercise regimes for cardiovascular rehabilitation.
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Elizabeth Payne of The Ottawa Citizen promotes a new research chair that aims to tackle the looming epidemic of heart valve disease.
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Vjosa Isai of The New York Times says single cigarettes in Canada will be soon be inscribed with warnings.