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September 28, 2018
This Sepsis Awareness Month learn how SickKids works hard 365 days a year to prevent sepsis
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to any infection, and can lead to widespread tissue damage, multi-organ failure, and death. Treatment needs to be delivered as soon as a diagnosis is reached. SickKids works hard to prevent sepsis every single day.
September 20, 2018
Pioneering genome sequencing study links rare genetic changes to congenital cardiac condition
In a remarkable new genetic discovery, researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and SickKids have found strong evidence that rare DNA variations can lead to Tetralogy of Fallot.
September 20, 2018
SickKids team launches expanded and updated CALIPER app and website
A diagnostic tool used to better understand blood test results for children, has expanded to enhance clinical interpretation of almost all clinically important blood tests. CALIPER contains “normal” blood test results from healthy children, called reference intervals, which are used as a benchmark to determine whether a patients’ results are within the expected range.
September 17, 2018
It was five years ago that the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning opened its doors to over 2,000 researchers, trainees and staff. Today, it lays the foundation for excellent patient care at SickKids, attracts the world’s best researchers, runs leading-edge facilities and conducts innovative interdisciplinary research.
September 14, 2018
Advocating for a national childhood cancer strategy – Helena’s Hope
Helena Kirk, a SickKids patient, is currently advocating for changes that the federal government could lead that would help more kids survive cancer. This is her story.
September 5, 2018
SickKids appoints Interim President and CEO
The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. David Naylor, MD, DPhil, to the position of Interim President and CEO at SickKids. Dr. Naylor will assume the interim role on Oct. 1, following the departure of Dr. Michael Apkon, who is leaving SickKids for a CEO role in the United States.
August 30, 2018
Children's bone cancers could remain hidden for years before diagnosis
Researchers at SickKids and Wellcome Sanger Institute UK discovered large-scale genetic rearrangements in Ewing Sarcomas and other children’s cancers, which can take years to form in bone or soft tissue. This study will help unravel the causes of childhood cancers and raises the possibility of finding ways to diagnose and treat these cancers earlier.
August 30, 2018
New research highlights the toll of conflict on children not involved in combat who die from direct injures as well as easily preventable diseases or from hunger and malnutrition.
August 29, 2018
Conversations about cannabis in Canada
A Perspective from Dr. Karen Leslie, Staff Physician in Adolescent Medicine, and Connie Cameron, Professional Practice Coordinator Nursing Practice, at SickKids.
August 17, 2018
Lightning strikes twice: SickKids dream team and an unexpected companion
When Farah Sheikh, Social Worker, received an email from a friend of a friend saying her Yorkshire Terrier had just had a litter of puppies and she was looking for a home for a very special one who had been born with a cleft lip, she knew the perfect family.
August 13, 2018
Death and Dying in PICU: Bringing academic focus and wisdom to frontline care
The death of a child is profound, with implications that impact the family and the health-care team for years. A new framework is helping clinicians advance compassionate evidence-informed care of critically ill children. Karen Dryden-Palmer and Christopher Parshuram are clinicians and academics in the SickKids Critical Care Program.
August 10, 2018
What it means to have friends who understand
International Youth Day serves as an annual celebration of young women and men as essential partners in change, and an opportunity to raise awareness of challenges and problems facing the world’s youth. As a sibling of a SickKids patient and a patient herself, Vanessa Williams shares her perspective on the challenges of feeling “different” and “alone” and what it means to have a peer network that understands.