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23
Apr
2009

Study: Morning Sickness May Lead To Brighter Kids

Good news for expectant moms who are suffering from morning sickness. Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children’s (SickKids) Motherisk Program have found that morning sickness, which impacts up to 80 per cent of pregnancies, enhances children’s long-term neurodevelopment.

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3
Mar
2009

Sugar Water As Pain Relief For Babies?

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital and York University have found that ’sucrose analgesia’, or table sugar, reduces a baby’s pain response to routine care following a painful procedure.

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22
Feb
2007

SickKids Researchers Find Prenatal Multivitamins Reduces Risk of Childhood Cancer

There are many benefits to taking prenatal vitamins.

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children(SickKids) have found that taking prenatal multivitamins fortified with folic acid can reduce the risk of three common childhood cancers: leukemia, brain tumours and neuroblastoma. This research was published online on
February 21, 2007, in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

“Our research indicates [...]

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28
Dec
2006

Baby Sébastien Receives Miracle Transplants

Sébastien Forest was born at 28 weeks gestation with a defect called Gastroschisis.
Gastroschisis is a non-genetic defect in the abdominal wall through which the intestines develop outside of the baby’s body, being exposed to the amniotic fluid in the mother’s womb. It is a very rare defect attaining 1 in 10 000 [...]

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