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May 30, 2016
Building on trailblazers’ work: How the impact of cancer genetics is being realized today
Dr. David Malkin, Senior Staff Oncologist and Senior Scientist at SickKids, discusses the relationship between our genes and cancer predisposition.
May 27, 2016
Basic science research is indispensable for future medical discoveries
Drs. Lynne Howell and Perrin Baker give their perspective on the importance of basic scientific research to make future medical discoveries.
May 20, 2016
Imagine a walled city. What would happen if a wily soldier found a way to loosen one brick in the sky-high barricade? In a new study led by SickKids, a team of basic scientists tackled this scenario, trying to break down a wall that protects the bacteria within or prevent the wall’s construction in the first place.
May 19, 2016
“I see you wear hearing aids… you are so brave”
May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month! Dr. Blake Papsin, Otolaryngologist-in-Chief at SickKids, gives his perspective on wearing hearing aids.
May 19, 2016
The artful eye: An up-close look at the art and science of ophthalmic photography at SickKids
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the pictures taken by medical imaging specialists in the Department of Ophthalmology at SickKids convey much more than artistic expression. These pictures provide answers; answers about the diseases and conditions affecting the eyes of our patients.
May 16, 2016
A Countdown to 2015 case study published in The Lancet Global Health shows that despite conflict and poverty, Afghanistan has made reasonable progress.
May 10, 2016
SickKids expert contributes to major global reports on adolescent health
SickKids Centre for Global Child Health Co-Director Zulfiqar Bhutta is one of the authors of two major publications in the leading journal Lancet today; a major Global Burden of Disease study of adolescents and young people and the new Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing.
May 9, 2016
A day in the life of a nurse at SickKids
In recognition of National Nursing Week, 10 leaders at SickKids had the opportunity to participate in the RN Council’s Nurse for a Day program by shadowing a nurse and experiencing firsthand the integral role nurses play in the care of patients and families.
May 2, 2016
It’s time to recognize that mental illness is illness like any other
Dr. Daphne Korczak, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at SickKids, discusses the progress that our society has made for children's mental health and the challenges we continues to face.
May 2, 2016
Dr. Padmaja Subbarao, Staff Respirologist and Scientist in Physiology and Experimental Medicine, leads a research study investigating the effects of genes and the environment on lung health that will receive $1.9 million in funding over the next five years from CIHR.
April 30, 2016
Back to the basics – study suggests a simplified approach to treating vomiting and diarrhea
A research team led by Dr. Stephen Freedman set out to determine whether minimally dehydrated children who were allowed to drink their preferred beverage, would do as well as kids who were told to drink electrolyte solutions.
April 28, 2016
Clinicians studying rare brain tumours around the world connect through new SickKids registry
With the goal of accelerating and improving diagnosis and treatment strategies for children affected by these rare and often fatal tumours, a new online registry for rare paediatric brain tumours was launched. The project, known as the Rare Brain Tumour Consortium (RBTC), is led by SickKids.