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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.
August 9, 2018
Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy and lactation does not affect fetal or infant growth up to one year of age, according to the results of The Maternal Vitamin D for Infant Growth (MDIG) Trial, led by researchers at SickKids and International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b).
August 8, 2018
SickKids President and CEO accepts new position
The Board of Trustees of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) announced today that Dr. Michael Apkon, SickKids President and CEO, will be leaving SickKids to assume the role of CEO at Tufts Medical Centre and Floating Hospital for Children in Boston, Massachusetts. The transition will occur this fall.
August 7, 2018
Reconciliation statement on SickKids’ History with Indigenous Peoples
SickKids acknowledges harmful aspects of the hospital’s history with Indigenous peoples as a first step on the path of reconciliation.
August 1, 2018
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have established safe dosing and tolerability of a pharmaceutical formulation of tetrahydrocannabidiol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) given to reduce seizures and improve quality of life for children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) due to Dravet Syndrome.