What Happens When a Cancer Trial Leads to Unexpected Results? (SickKids VS Leukemia)
Despite advancements in treatment, leukemia survival rates have remained unchanged for years—until now. A groundbreaking clinical trial is transforming outcomes for children. Hear from the SickKids experts who led this game-changing breakthrough and the family whose journey was forever changed by it.
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When a Lifesaving Device Gets in the Way of Living (SickKids VS Mechanical Hearts)
When Harper was four, she was surgically tethered to a machine the size of a dishwasher. It kept her alive as she waited for a heart transplant. But it meant her life was confined to a hospital indefinitely. A new study explores the complex emotions and impact for families surviving in limbo
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What if the Hurt is in Your Brain — Not Your Head? SickKids VS Chronic Pain
An accident at the beach left 15-year-old Lauryn in extreme discomfort for years. Pain is one of the body’s most important signals for survival but sometimes signals in the brain can get crossed and the hurt continues long after an injury has healed. Hear from a team that’s re-wiring brains to put pain in its place.
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How Their Transplants Led to Modern Love (SickKids VS Organ Failure)
Organ failure is a race against time. Even when a transplant is possible, plenty can still go wrong. But major advances are improving the odds and creating new outcomes for patients, as you’ll hear in this tale of two strangers — Brad and Regan, whose lives became forever intertwined.(For bonus content or to advance similar research, please visit SickKidsFoundation.com/podcast. The SickKids VS Podcast is generously sponsored by CIBC and edited by Quill).
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Why Do Emergency Departments Need AI? SickKids VS Wait Times
Many families rush to hospital emergency departments every day. Some don’t know why a child is sick. Some do. But they all share a common concern: how long will we have to wait? Hear how one emergency physician (who’s also a computer scientist) is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to address wait times so more patients and caregivers can see health-care experts sooner.(To advance breakthrough research and care like this, please visit SickKidsFoundation.com/podcast. SickKids VS is generously sponsored by CIBC and edited by Quill.)
Big breakthroughs often start with a simple question. SickKids VS takes you behind the scenes of remarkable discoveries to answer questions like: Can a $5 kit save a newborn’s life? Have doctors uncovered a new leukemia treatment? What happens when a lifesaving device disrupts daily living? Join us to heal the future.
(For bonus content or to advance similar research, please visit SickKidsFoundation.com/podcast . The SickKids VS Podcast is generously sponsored by CIBC and edited by Quill).
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