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April 24, 2018

World Malaria Day: SickKids Researchers uncover ‘blueprints’ for vaccine development

Researchers at SickKids, led by Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, are helping to uncover the right target for a malaria vaccine by studying the proteins involved in immune responses to malaria.

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April 19, 2018

Spring launch of the new AboutKidsHealth

The new AboutKidsHealth.ca is now live! Check out aboutkidshealth.ca for the same trustworthy, up-to-date health information from the experts at SickKids, with new features for patients, families and health-care providers.

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April 11, 2018

Intersection of the pain crisis and the opioid crisis

Though recent attention about the use of opioids has focused on the potential negative outcomes, the reality is opioids are indispensable for the treatment of pain. Drs. Fiona Campbell and Lisa Isaac, staff anesthesiologists, share their perspective.

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April 11, 2018

SickKids is launching a new integrated electronic health information system on June 2

The big day is almost here! We are excited for the launch of our new health information system on June 2, the largest clinical transformation project to date at SickKids.

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March 28, 2018

Sinai Health System and The Hospital for Sick Children welcome investment in an Ontario Fetal Centre

Pregnant women will now have greater access to world-renowned specialists when their baby in-utero has been diagnosed with a condition that may need medical intervention, with the creation of the Ontario Fetal Centre, a collaboration between Sinai Health System and SickKids.

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March 26, 2018

Creating communities of practice for epilepsy

On Purple Day, Drs. Elizabeth Donner and Carter Snead share their perspective on the need to help bridge an understanding of what it means to live with the impacts of epilepsy, and the launch of Project ECHO Ontario: Epilepsy Across the Lifespan.

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March 26, 2018

SickKids contributes to best practice guidelines on caring for children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

SickKids has contributed to the development of best practice guidelines around a rare disorder affecting one in 2,000 to 3,000 live births: congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). In cases of CDH, the internal organs in the abdominal cavity push through a weakened area in the diaphragm to travel into the chest cavity, which then interferes with lung development.

Kathleen Wynne stands on a stage at SickKids in front of reporters

March 23, 2018

The Government of Ontario invests $2.4 billion to build the SickKids of the future

SickKids has received a commitment from the Government of Ontario of up to $2.4 billion to build a world-class state-of-the-art facility for patients and families. This historic and significant investment will enable SickKids to deliver leading-edge care to the most critically ill children in Ontario for generations to come.

March 23, 2018

Celebrating 25 years of Therapeutic Clowning at SickKids!

Last week SickKids celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Therapeutic Clowning Program with a special carnival themed birthday party to honour our clown family.

March 21, 2018

SickKids named one of Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Employers for 2018

SickKids has been named one of Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Employers for 2018! In particular, SickKids was recognized for offering new moms and dads (including adoptive parents) maternity and parental leave top-up (84 to 93 per cent of salary) and for providing staff with up to $2,400 in financial support for IVF treatments.

March 15, 2018

Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians visits SickKids

Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians visited The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) yesterday during a royal visit to Toronto – part of the first Belgian state visit to Canada in over 40 years.

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March 15, 2018

Food insecurity associated with unhealthy eating habits in preschoolers

Using data gathered by TARGet Kids!, researchers at SickKids examined if parent report of difficulty buying food, a potential marker of food insecurity, was associated with body mass index (BMI) and eating habits in young children.

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