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    Type 1 diabetes pressures the heart from the start

    Not only do parents of children with Type 1 diabetes need to watch their child’s blood sugar levels, they also need to pay attention to their kid’s blood pressure.

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    BCIRPU’s Physical Literacy video awarded in CIHR IHDCYH Talks Video Competition

    Congratulations to the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) at BC Children’s Hospital, whose video on physical literacy received an award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) for the 2019 IHDCYH Talks Video Competition.

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    New research shows sepsis to be biggest global killer

    New research published in The Lancet shows that twice as many people are dying of sepsis than previously estimated. The study determined that in 2017 there were 48.9 million cases of sepsis worldwide and 11 million died of the condition. This represents one in five deaths worldwide making sepsis a bigger killer than cancer or…

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