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March 30, 2015
Task Force Takes on Canada’s Urgent Child Obesity Challenge with New Guidelines
Today the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issued its latest guidelines on the prevention and management of childhood obesity. With 1 in 3 children classified as either overweight or obese in Canada the prevalence of childhood obesity has more than doubled in the last 40 years.
March 30, 2015
SickKids celebrates Purple Day with the opening of the expanded Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
SickKids patients and staff celebrated Purple Day for Epilepsy awareness on March 26, with the grand opening of the expanded Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU).
March 27, 2015
SickKids scientists discover how mutations depress platelet production and increase leukemia risk
Researchers at SickKids have shown for the first time how mutations in the ETV6 gene, that increase the risk of developing leukemia, can also interfere with production of platelets.
March 25, 2015
Dr. Janet Rossant has been named the recipient of the 2015 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award, in recognition of her extensive scientific contributions to developmental biology, her international leadership in stem cell biology and policy-making, and for her pivotal role in advancing research programs for children’s health.
March 23, 2015
SickKids – UHN collaboration results in life-saving transplant
At the beginning of March, three-year-old Phuoc Wagner returned home to her twin sister Binh and seven other siblings, after a successful living donor liver transplant – the liver donated by her father Michael Wagner of Kingston, Ontario.
March 20, 2015
Explore. Learn. Evolve: Kids Science receives new funding to expand community outreach
The Standard Life Kids Science program at SickKids has been awarded a 2014/2015 PromoScience grant from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
March 20, 2015
Over-the-counter medicine: Just because it’s not prescription doesn’t mean it can’t cause harm
During National Poison Prevention Week which runs March 15 to 21, it is important for parents and the public to know how to prevent unintentional poisoning.
March 20, 2015
Child Life Specialists make a difference for kids of all ages at SickKids
In honour of Child Life week, SickKids, is celebrating the important contribution Child Life staff make to patients of all ages at the hospital.
March 18, 2015
SickKids study finds isotonic IV maintenance fluids safe in general paediatric population
Dr. Jeremy Friedman, Associate Paediatrician-in-Chief, and colleagues SickKids performed a randomized controlled trial to compare the two most common types of IV fluids in North America.
March 9, 2015
Industry Minister gets sneak-peek at innovative surgical robots at SickKids
The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry, made his first visit to SickKids on March 9 to meet with scientists and staff working in the Centre for Image-Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention (CIGITI).
March 9, 2015
SickKids receives funding to expand pain management services for children and adolescents
The investment will provide SickKids patients with better access to treatment for chronic pain.
March 5, 2015
SickKids surgeons first to use nerve grafts from patient’s own leg to restore sensation in eye
Experts at SickKids have pioneered a novel surgery that restores lost feeling in the eye by transplanting a nerve graft from the patient’s own leg into their eye.