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Navigating mental health with technology

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a sharp rise in eating disorders, particularly among youth. Demand for treatment has remained high, underscoring the urgent need for accessible, innovative solutions. UHN’s National Eating Disorder Information Center (NEDIC) is addressing this ongoing challenge with JEM, a new 24/7 chatbot...

Trauma Career Bootcamp allows students to explore health-care careers

Did you know that severe bleeding is the number one cause of death from traumatic injury? On Day One of Trauma Career Bootcamp, students dove into learning about safety, injury prevention and different responses to critical incidents and situations. They learned when and how...

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Code Orange: How SickKids plans for the unimaginable with simulation

In a Code Orange – disaster activation, SickKids staff must mobilize and collaborate seamlessly...

Building robot brains How one KITE scientist is changing the way robots think. Literally.

It’s morning, and an older woman who is recovering from a stroke sits at...

A North American first: Southlake Health celebrates 1,000th sutureless heart valve surgery

Only six healthcare organizations worldwide have reached this milestone in cardiac care Southlake Health has...

The role of healthcare in mitigating the climate crisis

The role of healthcare in mitigating the climate crisis By Wendy Levinson Canada signed the historic...

Help chart the future of palliative care

Attention: Caregivers and anyone living with life limiting illness Statistics Canada is conducting a study...

Working toward achieving the Quintuple Aim using holistic patient data

A new demonstration study from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) combined patient-reported...

COVID-19 vaccine cuts risk of disease in half when administered during pregnancy

A large multistate study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s)...

Federal needle exchange programs are to reduce health care costs, blood-borne infections

New research suggests that every dollar spent in Prison Needle Exchange Programs (PNEPs) in...

AI-powered algorithm brings more accuracy to hospital discharge predictions

Accurately predicting when a patient will be ready to go home is at the...

Health care hackathon rapidly spreads and scales Stop the Pop

Mindy Kim and Jessica Cheng knew there was a problem, and it was their...

Bursary supports bereavement midwifery research

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) midwife Spencer Sawyer could be the first hospitalist midwife in...

From roots to research in advancing burn care and treatment

Fadi Khalaf was a toddler living in Iraq with his family when U.S. forces...

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Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults as a recipe for healthy aging

Can physical activity extend the lifespans of older adults? A review article published in...

Free toolkit to support mental health in the workplace

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has released a free Workplace...

New CMA survey links lack of access to health care to growing health misinformation risks

A growing number of Canadians are encountering health misinformation, with significant consequences for their...

Child undernutrition may be contributing to global measles outbreaks, researchers find

Amid a global surge in measles cases, new research suggests that undernutrition may be...