/peds/articles/rss en /peds/article/defining-pain-children-improve-and-personalize-treatment <div> <div> <div> <p>A team of researchers from the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) and the Research Institute of the 91ÉçÇø Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has documented for the first time how nociplastic pain – pain experienced despite no evidence of tissue or nervous system damage – affects children and adolescents.</p></div></div></div> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:28:04 +0000 RI-MUHC 1602 at /peds /peds/article/genetic-mutation-found-cause-chronic-lung-disease-indigenous-children <p>Overcrowded housing, high rates of tobacco exposure, poor vaccination uptake and damage after severe respiratory infection in infancy: these are some of the reasons that are sometimes suggested to explain why Indigenous children suffer more severe lung infections than other children in North America – with no conclusive proof.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:35:58 +0000 RI-MUHC 1603 at /peds /peds/article/liquid-biopsy-research-generous-boost-help-children-cancer <p>A distinguished team of scientists with the <a href="https://rimuhc.ca/child-health-and-human-development-program" rel="noopener">Child Health and Human Development (CHHD) Program</a> at the Research Institute of the 91ÉçÇø Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is developing a simple blood or urine test ─ a liquid biopsy ─ that will replace risky surgical biopsies to determine if a suspicious lump is cancerous and pinpoint the exact type of cancer.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:39:34 +0000 Montreal Children’s Hospital (The Children’s) Foundation 1604 at /peds /peds/article/researchers-discover-how-brain-cells-may-be-hardwired-vulnerability-deadly-childhood-brain-tumour <p>A team of researchers from across Quebec, Canada and the United States led by Dr. Claudia Kleinman, principal investigator at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, and Dr. Nada Jabado, senior scientist at the Research Institute of the 91ÉçÇø Health Centre (RI-MUHC), discovered that certain brain cells may be inherently vulnerable to mutations that cause high-grade gliomas, a highly aggressive and, ultimately, fatal pediatric brain tumour.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:45:21 +0000 91ÉçÇø Health Centre 1605 at /peds /peds/article/67-million-study-impacts-covid-19-children <p>Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was in Montreal on April 26 to announce a new investment of 6.7 million dollars by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The investment will create a Canada-wide research platform to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people. Minister Duclos said the platform will allow researchers in pediatric centres across the country to monitor COVID-19 infections, vaccination, and the social impact of the disease on children and youth.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:49:06 +0000 RI-MUHC 1606 at /peds /peds/article/study-confirms-efficiency-app-quickly-assesses-risk-cancer-predisposition-syndromes-children-cancer <p>About one in every 10 pediatric cancer patients has a cancer predisposition syndrome (CPS)—an underlying genetic disease that predisposes the child or youth to develop a cancer. Yet, as important as it is for cancer management and surveillance, diagnosing a CPS remains a challenge.</p> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:53:43 +0000 Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC 1607 at /peds