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June 5, 2024 | 14 min read

Mobile sensing app provides a valuable bridge between patients and mental health care

Dr. Sandra Meier, photo by Ryan Wilson, IWK Researchers at IWK Health are looking at how mobile sensing technologies may be used to measure youth mental health. Through the PROSIT app clinicians are able to track daily activities which can...

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Transition to Adult Care Framework

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At IWK Health, we are working to improve health outcomes during the transition from pediatric to adult care. Transition from pediatric to adult health care is defined as the purposeful, planned movement of adolescents with chronic medical conditions from child-centred to adult-oriented health care (Blum, 2002) that is supported by...

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June 10, 2024 | 12 min read

New research out of IWK may inform future Canadian Pediatric Society guidelines on iron recommendations for preterm infants

From Left to Right: Dr. Satvinder Ghotra, Grace Power, Lisa Morrison Research out of IWK Health shows that formula-fed preterm infants are at a higher risk of iron deficiency than their breast-fed counterparts, even if they are being fed iron-rich...

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Three separate polaroids of women researchers are placed on a pale brown background. A post it reads New research out of IWK may inform future Canadian Pediatric Society guidelines on iron recommendations for preterm infants

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October 25, 2024 | 7 min read

Grant awarded to project aimed at improving cancer care for children in the Maritime provinces

An IWK Maritime Centre for Precision Medicine initiative has gotten the attention – and financial support – of the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS). With CCS funding, Dr. Victor Martinez, Clinical Genomic Specialist and Lead of Data Analytics for the IWK...

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Early Pregnancy Complications Clinic (EPCC)

The Early Pregnancy Complications Clinic (EPCC) helps by providing services to patients who are experiencing early pregnancy complications within their first trimester. How we help The clinic provides patients with...

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Pregnancy, Women's/Adult Health

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Women/Adult

News and Stories

March 14, 2024 | 17 min read

Patient perspective: New eReferral system will ‘benefit everyone’ and ‘save lives’

For mother-of-three Mary Ellen Rainey, the new eReferrals tool now being used by primary care providers, surgeons and Diagnostic Imaging (DI) teams across the province “worked like a charm.” Nova Scotia launched the electronic referral model last March to help...

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Health Information, Innovation

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March 19, 2024 | 16 min read

IWK research discovery redefining rare disease

A discovery by IWK researchers may not only redefine Zellweger Syndrome (ZS) but indicate how patients should be tested in future to prevent the severe infections that are characteristic of the disease. The studyrecently published in Cell Reports is the...

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Children’s Health, Research

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News and Stories

June 10, 2024 | 16 min read

Community-based research to fuel new mental health support for youth in Nova Scotia

by Natalie Jarvis “As a young person living with major depression and anxiety, I’ve had issues accessing the mental health system in Nova Scotia – in terms of being connected to the care I want to receive,” says Stacie Smith...

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Children’s Health, Health Information, Press Releases, Research

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May 8, 2024 | 13 min read

SAIL Nursing Program: Investing in tomorrow's nursing leaders

In the world of healthcare, the transition from nursing student to professional nurse can be as exhilarating as it is daunting. Recognizing this pivotal period, the SAIL program—Strengthening, Applying, and Integrating Learning—has emerged as a safe space of support and...

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Innovation, People

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October 30, 2024 | 12 min read

Personal connection makes working at IWK an incredible privilege

photos by Ryan Wilson IWK At the height of the Covid pandemic Jean du Plessis took up sailing. The sport was ideal for someone with an obsessive need to understand how things work. To sail is to appreciate the complicated...

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Innovation, People