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With mind-reading device, 'locked-in' people say they're happy
Patients with no control over their bodies answered questions with a brain-computer interface that learned to read their mental “yes”...
'Passport' helps parents plan move from hospital to home
A parent who spent 16 months at her daughter's bedside at Holland Bloorview has given a gift to other parents of inpatients. The Transiti...
A mother wishes her son's cancer 'never comes back'
Noah, 1, has blonde hair that stands up in exuberant spikes on his head. He loves to smile. When his dog licks his head, he giggles. If h...
Family's residency in limbo over son's cerebral palsy
Six years ago Kara Melissa Sharp's family moved to Canada on a work visa her husband Alastair held as a journalist. They brought their so...
Bloorview school: 'best place I've been to in my life'
Years ago I knew Osmond Shen as a student in our Bloorview School. He's now 19 and in Grade 12 and we caught up in an e-mail interview. I...
Taking away a parent's guilt may be 'my best gift'
Physiotherapist Kelly Brewer didn't picture herself working with children. For 11 years she worked with adults in the intensive care unit...
Rude words from doctors and parents harm care
In 2015, a team of Israeli researchers studied the impact ofrude comments by another doctor on medical teams while they did a simulationo...
Study links high-needs children to increased death risk in moms
Mothers of children born with major anomalies like heart disease or Down syndrome had a 27 per cent increased risk of death when compared...
Doctor says we need to give parents space to go 'off script'
A year ago, Dr. Mohammad Zubairi was hired as a developmental pediatrician at Holland Bloorview after completing his fellowship training ...
Learning to swim in a random sea
By D. BrownIn this sea of life, we each have our own boat. Some ride in a big ship that gives them lots of room and keeps them safe. Othe...
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