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April 26, 2024
Nova Scotia prioritizes optimal diabetes management at school
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March 26, 2020
Providing virtual care during a pandemic: A guide to telemedicine in the paediatric office
When I started med school in the Netherlands in the 1990s, our first year involved a lot of cell biology and anatomy. We did not interact with any “live” patients until our third year. I was so excited once we were interns and saw real… Read more
March 24, 2020
COVID, youth, and substance use: Critical messages for youth and families
In the rapidly evolving information landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention has been focused on the high rates of serious illness and fatality among older members of the population. Regarding youth, many of us were dismayed to see young people… Read more
March 19, 2020
How can we talk to kids about COVID-19? Be “realistically reassuring”
These are scary times, no matter your age or your country. We are all in the battle against the pandemic caused by COVID-19. Each day, we weigh the sometimes confusing advice from political leaders, public health and medical experts, the media, and… Read more
November 15, 2019
How paediatricians can support Indigenous girls and women
“For our young women, for our grandmothers, for our women who travel with us, we are sacred because we exist. We are sacred because we have survived.” – Audrey Siegl, knowledge-keeper, healer, and member of the Elders and… Read more
October 15, 2019
Can we talk? Diversity, democracy, and social paediatrics
As the federal election approaches, the Social Pediatrics Section offers these two book reviews by Dr. Denis Daneman, former chief of Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital. He highlights the need for recognizing the role social media and the Internet… Read more
April 12, 2019
Supporting families to improve child healthPositive parenting in a primary care setting
Dr. Andrea Feller Associate Medical Officer of Health, Niagara Region Public Health Member, CPS Early Years Task Force You can hear the family out in the waiting room. It's almost always the same when they come. One of the children starts… Read more
October 24, 2018
New ADHD statements aimed at helping primary care providers improve diagnosis and treatmentAdapted from a commentary by Dr. Stacey Bélanger, originally published in Paediatrics & Child Health
Three new position statements on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder will help primary care providers diagnose and treat this prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder. Developed by the CPS Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, the… Read more
October 15, 2018
With cannabis legalization imminent, surveillance program launches study on serious and life-threatening events in paediatric patients due to non-medical cannabis use
As legalized cannabis becomes available in Canada for adults, a Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program study is watching for Canadian children and youth seeking medical attention for serious and life-threatening events due to recreational cannabis… Read more
July 16, 2018
Detention is still harming children at the US border
Dr. Charles Hui, chief of infectious diseases, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada Deborah Zion, chair, Victoria University Human Research Ethics Committee, Melbourne, Australia This op-ed first appeared in The British… Read more
June 25, 2018
What we can do for separated migrant children in the U.S.
Tony Barozzino, MD, Toronto, Ont. Mahli Brindamour, MD, Saskatoon, Sask. Chuck Hui, MD, Ottawa, Ont. This op-ed first appeared in The Globe and Mail. As pediatricians, we spend our lives trying to make children better. Like so many Canadians,… Read more
Last updated: Apr 20, 2020