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August 22, 2019
To address the problem of micronutrient malnutrition in children, in the early 1990s, UNICEF challenged a research team led by Dr. Stanley Zlotkin to come up with a solution. Called “Sprinkles”, they were recently added to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) for the prevention of anaemia in infants and children.
August 21, 2019
SickKids researchers awarded over $11.5 million in CIHR Foundation Grants competition
SickKids researchers received over $11.5 million in funding in the latest Canadian Institutes of Health Research Foundation Grants competition.
August 21, 2019
In a new perspective initiated by machine learning experts from across the globe, experts have developed a set of critical steps in a first-ever roadmap for how health-care systems can adopt machine learning into patient care.
August 20, 2019
Sharing our knowledge and expertise worldwide: Meet Dr. David Rakotsoane, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. David Rakotsoane is a Clinical Fellow, Neonatology, one of four South African fellows currently training at SickKids supported through the SickKids International/ Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Initiative. David shared his story with us and what the opportunity to learn at SickKids has meant to him.
August 13, 2019
SickKids research students share their passion for global child health on International Youth Day
Research students at SickKids Centre for Global Child Health discuss their research and how they hope to contribute to a brighter tomorrow through advancing global child health.
August 2, 2019
Adolescents with severe mental illness vulnerable when transitioning to adult care
For adolescents with severe mental illness, continuous care with a primary care doctor during the transition period to adult care is associated with better mental health outcomes in young adulthood.
July 30, 2019
New research from SickKids and the University of Toronto is the first to report on incidence of child death due to overheating in a parked car, as well as to establish a guideline of strategies to help parents and caregivers avoid a possible tragedy.
July 25, 2019
Medical social workers play vital role in supporting SickKids families
SickKids social workers offers support to families at their most vulnerable and empower families throughout the child’s care journey.
July 24, 2019
An international team of scientists led by SickKids used a modified version of the CRISPR gene-editing tool in a way that may eventually open up entirely new treatment avenues for patients with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type 1A (MDC1A) and other inherited diseases.
July 22, 2019
One year later: A trauma director’s reflections on the Danforth shooting
Dr. Suzanne Beno, Emergency Medicine Physician and Co-Medical Director of the Trauma Program at SickKids, shares her perspective on the need to remove access to firearms in society.
July 19, 2019
In the first study of its kind, researchers at SickKids investigated whether having one childhood fracture leads to another. They discovered that children who fracture once are more likely than their peers to fracture again.
July 15, 2019
In the largest report on a rare yet lethal childhood brain tumour, commonly known as ETMRs (embryonal tumours with multilayered rosettes), researchers at SickKids and an international team of scientists have released groundbreaking findings that offer a clue to the cause of the disease’s rapid progression and critical therapeutic insights.