Medical research
Lighting and noise contribute to kids' sleep deprivation in hospitals
Most hospitalized children experience significant sleep deprivation—and light and sound are two major culprits.
May 12, 2021
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Genetics
Rare genetic disease caused by mutations in protein that controls RNA metabolism
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, an international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked ...
May 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study predicts which kids hospitalized with RSV likely to worsen
Children hospitalized with breathing problems due to a common viral lung infection are likely to get sicker and remain hospitalized if they have high levels of defective copies of the virus, according to a new study by researchers ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Neuroscience
Drug stimulation of neural stem cell repair leads to promising impact on treatment of childhood brain injury
Through a cross-species study of metformin, a common drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers and clinicians from the Donnelly Center and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has shown that it could ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
How metastatic cancer survives in the subarachnoid space
A team of researchers working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York has discovered how metastatic cancer is able to survive in the hostile subarachnoid space. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...
Oncology & Cancer
A promising new treatment for recurrent pediatric brain cancer
Two pediatric brain cancers that are challenging to treat if they recur, medulloblastoma and ependymoma, are the target of a clinical trial using a new type of therapy. A multi-institutional, international team led by researchers ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Review of evidence finds excessive smartphone, social media use may be linked to youth mental health
A new article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) reviews evidence that suggests an association between excessive smartphone and social media use and mental distress and suicidality among adolescents. The authors ...
Feb 10, 2020
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Neuroscience
Engrams emerging as the basic unit of memory
Though scientist Richard Semon introduced the concept of the "engram" 115 years ago to posit a neural basis for memory, direct evidence for engrams has only begun to accumulate recently as sophisticated technologies and methods ...
Jan 3, 2020
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Genetics
Genome testing for siblings of kids with autism may detect ASD before symptoms appear
One of the key priorities of interventions for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is starting early, with some evidence showing infants as young as seven months old could benefit. Yet, most children in North America aren't diagnosed ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cellular origins of pediatric brain tumors identified
A research team led by Dr. Claudia Kleinman, an investigator at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, together with Dr. Nada Jabado, of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), ...
Nov 25, 2019
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