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Link to story about the anniversary of the Specialty Food Shop
One of Main Street’s mainstays: Specialty Food Shop, then and now (Friday, May 18, 2018)
May is Food Allergy and Celiac Awareness Month, and we’re taking a walk down memory lane with the Specialty Food Shop, which has been offering not only the goods you can’t find in a regular grocery store, but plenty of guidance to children and adults with special dietary needs for over 35 years.
Link to Epic web story
Longer wait times in the Emergency Department as we upgrade to serve you better (Friday, May 18, 2018)
SickKids is here to serve you. As our priority population, we are committed to providing an esteemed quality of care to our patients and families. To do this, we are constantly evaluating our current model of care and looking for ways to enhance and improve our services.
Link to web story about anxiety
Children’s Mental Health Week: Understanding anxiety with Dr. Suneeta Monga (Friday, May 11, 2018)
In recognition of Children’s Mental Health Week, we asked Dr. Suneeta Monga, Interim Associate Psychiatrist in Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Brain and Mental Health Program, to explain anxiety in children and youth.
Link to Finkelstein Schuh study
New research identifies red flags for frontline providers when treating infants with bronchiolitis (Monday, May 7, 2018)
New research from SickKids and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) finds the critical characteristics frontline providers should look for when treating infants with bronchiolitis, the most common respiratory disease in infants.
Link to Target Kids study
Early-life risk factors for childhood obesity associated with zBMI growth rates (Monday, May 7, 2018)
In a recent study, scientists from SickKids set out to discover whether there are particular time periods during infancy through preschool when BMI growth rates differ according to important risk factors such as shorter breastfeeding duration, high birthweight and high maternal body mass index (BMI).

SickKids in the headlines

Ontario government commits $2.4 billion to SickKids redesign (CTV News Channel)

Kathleen Wynne announces $2.4B for Sick Kids’ patient care centre (Toronto Star)

Doctors’ Notes: Marrying medicine with virtual reality shows potential to improve health-care experience (Toronto Star)

For women in STEM having a role model like Professor Janet Rossant is important (Canadian Living)