New study clarifies concerns regarding commonly used anti-nausea drug ondansetron (Monday, December 9, 2013)
For the past two years, warnings regarding the possible link between a commonly used anti-nausea and vomiting drug ondansetron and heart arrhythmias have been a source of uncertainty in emergency departments. New research from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Calgary’s Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute helps to clarify the actual risk of ondansetron administration and cardiac arrhythmias in both children and adults. The study is published in the December issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine.

SickKids Centre for Global Child Health Addresses Global Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) (Thursday, December 5, 2013)
An article published today in leading medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJ M) presents the need to maintain a focus on maternal, newborn and child health beyond the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targeted for 2015.

A fruitful fall for awards (Monday, December 2, 2013)
It’s been a bountiful fall for SickKids – a season of first and repeat awards, ranging from SickKids’ ranking as one of Canada’s Top 100 employers to the naming of a doctor to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.