Pain and Stress in Child Health

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Pain and stress are key to shaping mental health and wellbeing during childhood. The Pain and Stress in Child Health Group seeks to understand pain and stress to advance knowledge and care of neonates, children and youth.

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B.C. researchers develop new test to diagnose aggressive childhood brain tumours

A new test to diagnose medulloblastoma, the most common malignant childhood brain tumour, differentiates between cases that need radiation and those that don't.

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British Columbia Sepsis Network estimated to have averted 172 deaths and saved the government $50.6 million

The British Columbia Sepsis Network is estimated to have averted 981 sepsis cases and 172 deaths between 2014 and 2018.

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Research Roundup: October 21, 2021

This week's Research Roundup covers babies' learning mechanisms that help them match unfamiliar voices to unfamiliar faces, the top risk factor that could signal greater disease severity in pediatric catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, a virtual reality-based solution to reducing procedural anxiety in kids, and genetic testing for reducing diagnostic delay in monogenic inborn errors of immunity.

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New study adds to evidence that epidurals are not linked with autism spectrum disorders in children

According to a new study by BC Children’s Hospital investigators, epidural analgesia during labour and delivery is not associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children.

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Concussions are serious yet invisible brain injuries

British Columbia’s first Concussion Awareness Week runs Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 2021.

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