/peds/articles/rss en /peds/article/promising-results-smart-hospital-project <h3><em>Researchers seek to revolutionize neonatal care with innovative wireless technology</em></h3> <p>The Smart Hospital Project has come a long way since its inception in 2021. With the aim of developing wireless vital signs monitors, the project has just completed its second phase, and the results look encouraging.</p> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:41:27 +0000 Montreal Children's Hospital 1710 at /peds /peds/article/how-vitamin-d-deficiency-can-lead-autoimmune-diseases <h3><em>Â鶹AV discovery explains link, highlights the importance of adequate vitamin D intake, especially in children</em></h3> <p>As Canadians brace for “vitamin D winter” – months when the sun’s angle is too low to produce the vitamin in the skin – a Â鶹AV study explains why vitamin D deficiency early in life is associated with a higher risk of autoimmune diseases.</p> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:40:06 +0000 Â鶹AV Newsroom 1714 at /peds /peds/article/researchers-find-possible-therapeutic-target-genetic-landscape-aggressive-and-deadly-pediatric-brain <h3><em>A new study reveals that PFA ependymoma brain tumours display unique 3D genome features that could be exploited therapeutically</em></h3> <p>Posterior fossa group A (PFA) ependymoma are rare, treatment-resistant pediatric tumours of the central nervous system that originate in the brain and spinal cord. They have the highest recurrence rate and poorest prognosis of all childhood cancers, due to the lack of effective treatment.</p> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:25:30 +0000 RI-MUHC 1712 at /peds /peds/article/david-rosenblatt-wins-2023-jacobs-ladder-norman-saunders-international-research-prize <p><em><strong>The prize, given by Jacob’s Ladder, the Canadian Foundation for Control of Neurodegenerative Disease, honours Dr. Rosenblatt’s work in the field of medical genetics</strong></em></p> <p>The Jacob’s Ladder Norman Saunders International Research Prize is an endowed lectureship given by the Schwartz family in honour of their son, Jacob. Jacob suffered from Canavan disease, a rare neurological disorder, inspiring the family to launch the non-profit foundation, Jacob’s Ladder, the Canadian Foundation for Control of Neurodegenerative Disease.</p> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:32:13 +0000 RI-MUHC 1713 at /peds /peds/article/clinical-research-thrives-montreals-west-island <h4><em><strong>The MUHC Vaccine Study Centre has been conducting top quality vaccine and epidemiological research studies for more than 30 years</strong></em></h4> <p>Located in suburban Pierrefonds, QuĂ©bec, the Â鶹AV Health Centre (MUHC) Vaccine Study Centre (VSC) has been dedicated to providing excellence in clinical research services since 1991.</p> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:18:58 +0000 RI-MUHC 1711 at /peds /peds/article/defining-pain-children-improve-and-personalize-treatment <div> <div> <div> <p>A team of researchers from the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) and the Research Institute of the Â鶹AV Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has documented for the first time how nociplastic pain – pain experienced despite no evidence of tissue or nervous system damage – affects children and adolescents.</p></div></div></div> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:28:04 +0000 RI-MUHC 1602 at /peds /peds/article/genetic-mutation-found-cause-chronic-lung-disease-indigenous-children <p>Overcrowded housing, high rates of tobacco exposure, poor vaccination uptake and damage after severe respiratory infection in infancy: these are some of the reasons that are sometimes suggested to explain why Indigenous children suffer more severe lung infections than other children in North America – with no conclusive proof.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:35:58 +0000 RI-MUHC 1603 at /peds /peds/article/liquid-biopsy-research-generous-boost-help-children-cancer <p>A distinguished team of scientists with the <a href="https://rimuhc.ca/child-health-and-human-development-program" rel="noopener">Child Health and Human Development (CHHD) Program</a> at the Research Institute of the Â鶹AV Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is developing a simple blood or urine test ─ a liquid biopsy ─ that will replace risky surgical biopsies to determine if a suspicious lump is cancerous and pinpoint the exact type of cancer.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:39:34 +0000 Montreal Children’s Hospital (The Children’s) Foundation 1604 at /peds /peds/article/researchers-discover-how-brain-cells-may-be-hardwired-vulnerability-deadly-childhood-brain-tumour <p>A team of researchers from across Quebec, Canada and the United States led by Dr. Claudia Kleinman, principal investigator at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, and Dr. Nada Jabado, senior scientist at the Research Institute of the Â鶹AV Health Centre (RI-MUHC), discovered that certain brain cells may be inherently vulnerable to mutations that cause high-grade gliomas, a highly aggressive and, ultimately, fatal pediatric brain tumour.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:45:21 +0000 Â鶹AV Health Centre 1605 at /peds /peds/article/67-million-study-impacts-covid-19-children <p>Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was in Montreal on April 26 to announce a new investment of 6.7 million dollars by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The investment will create a Canada-wide research platform to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people. Minister Duclos said the platform will allow researchers in pediatric centres across the country to monitor COVID-19 infections, vaccination, and the social impact of the disease on children and youth.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:49:06 +0000 RI-MUHC 1606 at /peds