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Moving towards personalized care to improve postsurgical recovery for pediatric patients
One in four children and adolescents take over three months to fully recover from their surgical procedure. During this period, they may experience chronic pain and reduced mobility, which can lead to excessive use of opioid medications (prescription painkillers), increased hospital visits, and reduced trust in the health-care system. Researchers at BC Children’s Hospital Research…
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Youth engagement enhances trauma-informed care in paediatrics, says new report
Although research shows that consulting with youth improves the delivery of health care, adolescent perspectives are often absent from medical literature. A new report aims to change that by highlighting the ideas and recommendations from diverse youth across Canada who participated in a national consultation about trauma-informed care.
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Genetic tools aren’t just for future patients, but cold cases too
The world of genomic sequencing has changed dramatically in the last few decades. When the world attempted to sequence the very first human genome in the 1990s, the project took years and billions of dollars. Today, with the emergence of next-generation sequencing, a complete human genome can now be sequenced within a few days for…
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