Theresa Claire Lavoie, of Marathon ON, sadly left us on May 15, 2021. She lived a lifetime of great stories and memories shared with her husband of almost 25 years, Wilfred, her late husband Henri Major, her daughters Sylvie (Mike Walton) and Corinna (Ian Glazier), her son Daniel (Marnie Major) and Wilfred’s daughter Marion (John Desjardins).
It is with sadness and longing that her grandchildren and their young families - Katrienne Walton (mother to Szion and Adelie), River and Justine Walton (parents to Mina Rose), Allyn Walton and Kelvin Smoler, Dylan Major and Chantal Gingras, Cameron, Malcolm and Owen (the Glazier boys), Adam and Meghan Desjardins (parents to Mollie and Dalton), and Leah and Neil Broadbent (parents to Allison and Elliot) - lament the great loss of her wisdom and love. Of the hundreds of her siblings, only Gerald Blais and Georgette Marcotte survive her to tell us those things that can only be told after she is gone. She is now in the arms of God, her p
Camille Bains
Dr. Richard Whitlock operates in this undated handout photo. Cardiac surgeon Dr. Richard Whitlock of Hamilton Health Sciences is the lead author of an international study that found a simple surgery reduces the risk of stroke after blood clots in patients with an irregular heartbeat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Hamilton Health Sciences MANDATORY CREDIT May 15, 2021 - 6:02 AM
A simple surgery to remove unnecessary tissue in the heart could prevent strokes in patients with a common condition that requires them to take blood thinners, says the Canadian lead author of a study involving about 4,800 people in 27 countries.
Dr. Richard Whitlock, a cardiac surgeon for Hamilton Health Sciences, said when blood being pumped through the heart pools in the left atrial appendage, it may form a clot that could escape and block the blood supply to the brain and raise the risk of a potentially fatal stroke. But Whitlock says getting rid of an appendage in