Hearing Health: What Everyone Needs to HEAR

Linda Vorster from Audiology Innovations joins us to discuss hearing loss and the solutions we can use to ensure good hearing throughout our years. Linda explains the features of the latest hearing aids, and strategies to make sure you are training your brain properly to be able to listen.

Optimizing Sexual Well-Being after Prostate Cancer

Reanne Booker is an oncology and palliative care nurse practitioner with over 20 years’ experience in cancer care. This presentation covers an overview of the potential changes in sexual health and intimacy that can occur after a prostate cancer diagnosis. Strategies and therapeutic options to manage intimacy are shared.

Vacuum Therapy for Penile Rehabilitation

Bear Johal, the Co-founder and CEO of Osbon Medical Canada, joins us to discuss VEDs (Vacuum Erection Devices), how they work, how they compare to pills or other alternatives, and the advantages and disadvantages to different kinds of penile therapies.

The Accidental Caregiver

Dr. Lin Yang an Epidemiologist from the Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, shares her studies of weight management and cancer. A tai chi exercise is also included with some new tips and techniques that you can incorporate into your own wellness workouts.

Is Prehabilitation the Answer?

Dr. Lin Yang an Epidemiologist from the Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, shares her studies of weight management and cancer. A tai chi exercise is also included with some new tips and techniques that you can incorporate into your own wellness workouts.

Developing Clarity Through Research

Our 2023 Pathfinder Award winner is Dr. John Lewis, a “research rockstar” who recently pioneered a new PSA Test using AI for enhanced precision called Clarity DX. Dr. Lewis accepts his award with a talk on how prostate cancer research has changed and evolved in the 7 years since we last spoke with him.

Exercise, Physical Activity & Living Well

Julianna Dreger & Jocelyn Cannon from the Health & Wellness Lab at the U of C give us a “moving” talk about how exercise is a safe and beneficial practice at any stage of the cancer experience.

Molecular Platform for Prostate Cancer Patients in Alberta

Dr. Tarek Bismar, from the School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, gives us an update on the molecular work he’s been doing with prostate cancer in his labs, and his hope for establishing a molecular platform for prostate cancer patients in Alberta.