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Advancing women’s health research and care

Historically, women have faced barriers in the diagnosis, treatment and care of many health conditions. This year for International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting the extraordinary contributions female-identifying researchers and physicians at Sunnybrook are making to bridge gaps and advance women’s health research and care. Expanding...

New guidance for managing obesity in children and adolescents

A new guideline to help health care providers manage obesity in children and adolescents takes a patient-centred approach, emphasizing behavioural and psychological supports that focus on outcomes valued by patients and their families. The guideline, based on the latest evidence, is published in CMAJ (Canadian...

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Genome Canada awards SickKids $11.7 million to advance Precision Child Health

The projects will support a national genomic dataset of 100,000 genomes that reflects Canada’s...

Creating tiny biomedical factories from common bacteria

Engineered bacteria secrete powerful nanoparticles to aid in drug delivery, vaccines and treating medical...

The buzz around kidney stone research

Tucked in the back of the Microbiome and Probiotic Research Lab at St. Joseph’s...

AI can predict premature deaths in people with inflammatory bowel disease

Almost half of people who died with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) died prematurely, according...

Hallucinogen use linked to 2.6-fold increase in risk of death for people needing emergency care

People seeking emergency care for hallucinogen use were at 2.6-fold higher risk of death...

Alcohol-related deaths up 18% during pandemic

Alcohol-related deaths increased 18% during the pandemic, as did hospitalizations related to alcohol use,...

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...

Research suggests link between COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and increasing uncertainty in routine vaccines for young children

A study published last week, Parental Factors Associated With Measles–Mumps–Rubella Vaccination in US Children Younger...

Are anxiety and depression useful predictors of heart disease risk?

Adding measures of anxiety and depression to a commonly used cardiovascular risk predictor would...

PTSD patients can benefit just as much from intensive outpatient programs as from inpatient clinics

Keeping patients in their community during treatment can be as effective as being isolated...

Study shows significant strain on health care system over next two decades

A new study, released by the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public...

Sniffing out better care

Researchers at St. Joseph’s Health Care London are testing a novel treatment for debilitating...

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Breaking Barriers with Mobile Care

In Canada, marginalized populations face many barriers to accessing the health care they need,...

Advancing women’s health research and care

Historically, women have faced barriers in the diagnosis, treatment and care of many health...

It is time the feds make the long-awaited diabetes device fund a reality

It has been almost a year since the federal government announced that it would...

What 20 years of competency-based medical education has taught us

When the first conversations around Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) took root in Canada in...