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Mark Tarnopolsky
Mark Tarnopolsky was recently quoted in the CBC News Feb. 1, 2012 2:14 PM regarding How message aids muscle healing
How message aids muscle healing (CBC News, Feb 1, 2012)
David Goldgarb
David Goldfarb was recently quoted in the Seattle Times regarding grants to fund device for remote health diagnosis
Grants to fund device for remote health diagnosis (Seattle Times, December 16, 2011)
Christina Grant
Christina Grant recently wrote a House Calls column in the Hamilton Spectator:
Alcohol and diabetes can be a deadly mix
Saroj Saigal
Saroj Saigal was recently quoted in an article in the Hamilton Spectator:
Small miracles (Hamilton Spectator, December 7, 2011)
Constantine Samaan
Constantine Samaan was recently was recently featured on "Optimal Clinical" diabetes radio interview regarding "The macrophage at the intersection of immunity and metabolism in obesity".
Christoph Fusch
Christoph Fusch the Chair of McMaster's neonatology division excerpt from "The smallest babies face the biggest risks." Click here for the full article:
The smallest babies face the biggest risks (Hamilton Spectator, November 26, 2011)
Anthony Chan
Anthony Chan was quoted on CHCH on the recent announcement of his role as the McMaster Children's Hospital/Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation Chair in Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis. Anthony Chan is the first incumbent and will hold this role for a 5 year term. Please view video here:
Mac unveils new medical research chair (CHCH, december 1, 2011) 
Sandeep Raha and Katrin Scheinemann
Sandeep Raha and Katrin Scheinemann were recently quoted in an article in the Hamilton Spectator for the first session of McMaster's new program called Children and Youth University:
No kidding … Mac launches lecture series for fun (Hamilton Spectator, November 21, 2011)
Brian Timmons
Brian Timmons was recently quoted in an article in the Hamilton Spectator about physical activity and health in Preschoolers.
How Active is your Preschooler? (Hamilton Spectator, November 17, 2011)
Tony D'Souza
Tony D'Souza recently wrote a House Calls column in the Hamilton Spectator.
Sickest children are seen first in emergency departments (Hamilton Spectator, November 10, 2011)
Olaf Kraus de Camargo
Olaf Kraus de Camargo recently wrote a House Calls column in the Hamilton Spectator.
Heavy TV watching can hurt toddler's development (Hamilton Spectator, November 3, 2011)
Tony D'Souza
Tony D'Souza was recently quoted in an article in the Hamilton Spectator about the brand new kids' ER.
New kids' ER to be less traumatic (Hamilton Spectator, November 3, 2011)
Saroj Saigal
Saroj Saigal was cited in a recent New Yorker Magazine article which describes what happens in the neonatal units so you can see the stresses that parents and physicians go through.
A Child in Time: New Fontiers in Treating Premature Babies (New Yorker Magazine)
Mark Tarnopolsky
Mark Tarnopolsky was quoted in the New York Times about how exercise can strengthen the brain.
How Exercise Can Strengthen the Brain (New York Times, September 28, 2011)
Shobha Wahi
Shobha Wahi commented on a study about lead levels in children in the Hamilton Spectator.
Study quiets alarm over lead (Hamilton Spectator, September 26, 2011)
Madan Roy
Madan Roy was recently quoted in the Hamilton Spectator regarding his views on 8 year old Penelope Plessas's involvement in the election campaign.
Provincial election is child's play for Penelope (Hamilton Spectator, September 22, 2011)
Brian Timmons
Dr. Brian Timmons discusses tips for keeping children cool during this summer's heat wave.
Video Interview with Brian Timmons (CTV News)
Kids at particular risks during heat waves (CTV News)
Rob Lloyd
Rob Lloyd was recently quoted in the Hamilton Spectator regarding Clinical Connect.
Instant online info definitely not Dr. Google (Hamilton Spectator, August 9, 2011)
Ramsay MacNay
Ramsay MacNay was recently quoted in the Hamilton Spectator about Ontario offering more vaccines.
Ontario offering more vaccines (Hamilton Spectator, August 9, 2011)
Jon Gilleland
Jon Gilleland and his colleagues from across Ontario, recently had an article published in Pediatrics regarding Implementation of a Multicenter Rapid Response System in Pediatric Academic Hospitals Is Effective.
Implementation of a Multicenter Rapid Response System in Pediatric Academic Hospitals Is Effective (Pediatrics , July 1, 2011)
Andrea Hunter
Andrea Hunter and medical students Nikki Bozinoff and Katie Dorman, recently published an editorial in the Hamilton Spectator.
Lost in Translation: Immigrants, refugees can't get adequate health care if they can't be understood (Hamilton Spectator, June 26, 2011)
Jan Willem Gorter
Jan Willem Gorter and his colleagues published a paper in Pediatrics about autism screening.
Early autism screening puts children at risk: Researchers (Globe and Mail, June 13, 2011)
Early autism screening opposed by Mac study (Hamilton Spectator, June 13, 2011)
Brian Timmons
Brian Timmons was recently quoted in the Globe & Mail on a story about balance bikes for children.
Look ma, no pedals! Balance bikes hit Canada (Globe and Mail, May 22, 2011)
Olaf Kraus de Camargo
Olaf Kraus de Camargo and his colleague, Amber Cauwenbergs, recently wrote a House Calls column in the Hamilton Spectator.
Two languages can be a lifelong benefit (Hamilton Spectator, May 26, 2011)
Natasha Johnson
Natasha Johnson wrote the recent "House Calls" column on teenagers and internet use in the Hamilton Spectator.
Parents must set rules for teens' Internet use (Hamilton Spectator, May 19, 2011)
Mohammad Zubairi
Mohammad Zubairi recently published an article in the McMaster University Medical Journal (MUMJ).
Reflections on 'Relief'ing: Lessons from Pakistan and Haiti (MUMJ, Spring 2011)
Jan Willem Gorter
Jan Willem wrote a Letter to the Editor that was published in the Hamilton Spectator.
Happy couple Chris and Jacqui are sending an important message (Hamilton Spectator, May 17, 2011)
Jonathan Gilleland & Rajesh RamachandranNair
The Hamilton Spectator published a story about a local boy with a very rare illness.
Boy's 'very rare' illness a struggle for family (Hamilton Spectator, April 18, 2011)
Lennox Huang
An opinion editorial appeared in the Hamilton Spectator about Hamilton's new children's-only emergency department.
An emergency department for children only pays off for the whole community (Hamilton Spectator, April 5, 2011)
ABC Transition Story
On April 4, the MUMC Emergency Department transitioned to a children-only emergency department.
Final 63 grown-ups moved out (Hamilton Spectator, April 5, 2011)
Lennox Huang
Lennox Huang was quoted in the Globe & Mail this week in a story about a patient at London Health Sciences Centre who was transferred to a hospital in the United States following an ethical debate about the infant's care.
Ontario infant at centre of ethics debate has surgery in U.S. (Globe and Mail, March 21, 2011)
Harriet MacMillan
Harriet MacMillan and her colleagues (Susan Jack, School of Nursing and Debbie Sheehan, Hamilton Public Health Services) are co-principal investigators of a pilot study on the Nurse Family Partnership, which was featured on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator on March 5, followed by an editorial. The Nurse Family Partnership was recently awarded the inaugural City of Hamilton City Manager's Award for Public Service Excellence.
A head start for baby Amber (Hamilton Spectator March 5, 2011)
Brighter future for moms at risk (Hamilton Spectator, March 8, 2011)
Jan Willem Gorter
Jan Willem Gorter's recent article on the decreasing incidence of cerebral palsy in prematurely born children (published in the Journal of Pediatrics) was recently picked up by the LA Times.
Cerebral palsy cases have dropped (LA Times, March 3, 2011)
Severe cerebral palsy in premature babies drops 93% (Toronto Star, March 9, 2011)
Karen Choong
Karen Choong was quoted in the Globe & Mail this week in a story about a patient at London Health Sciences Centre.
Hospital confronts social media uprising over care of dying baby (Globe and Mail, March 2, 2011)
Mark Tarnopolsky
Mark Tarnopolsky was quoted in the New York Times this week in a story about whether exercise can keep you young.
Can exercise keep you young? (New York Times, March 2, 2011)
Peter Rosenbaum
Peter Rosenbaum recently wrote an opinion editorial for the Hamilton Spectator on the challenges of childhood disability.
The Challenges of Childhood Disability (Hamilton Spectator, February 7, 2011)
Bob Issenman
Cyclic vomiting was the topic of the Jan. 19 House Calls column in the Hamilton Spectator.
Bouts of vomiting can be treated (Hamilton Spectator, January 19, 2011)
Brian Timmons
We already knew Canadians are fatter, weaker and less fit than 25 years ago. Now we know why.
Most adults, kids don't get enough exercise: Studies (Hamilton Spectator, January 19, 2011)
Sarah Khan
Sarah Khan, a pediatric resident, recently wrote the House Calls feature in the Hamilton Spectator.
Prevent poisonings (Hamilton Spectator, January 19, 2011)
Jack Holland
Dr. Jack Holland was interviewed by the Toronto Star for his perspective on girls hitting puberty earlier than they were a decade ago.
Should we worry about our kids hitting puberty earlier? (Toronto Star, June 25, 2010)
Jonathan DellaVedova
The Pediatric Postgraduate Program is now publishing a monthly column written by future pediatricians about common pediatric concerns of parents, to help provide practical information to the community.
Most babies OK for iron, but preemies need more (Hamilton Spectator, June 4, 2010)
Peter Dent
A patient of Dr. Peter Dent's was recently featured in the news for her efforts to raise money for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Facing adversity with a smile (Dunnville Chronicle, June 4, 2010)
Peter Szatmari
A consortium of international researchers has described the clearest picture yet of how genetics influences autism, the developmental disorder that affects an estimated one in 110 children.
Study finds genetic links to autism (Toronto Star, June 9, 2010)
Anthony Chan
Physicians worldwide, from a U.S. army base in Japan to Sweden's Nobel-prize-awarding Karolinska Institute, call Dr. Anthony Chan's 1-800 line in Hamilton to tap into his expertise in blood clots in children. Chan received 1,200 calls on the line last year alone, which averages out to 3.2 calls a day. And Chan, who runs both the pediatric thrombosis clinic and the hemophilia clinic at McMaster Children's Hospital, volunteers all of the time he spends on these calls.
1-800 line helps kids with blood clots (Hamilton Spectator, May 26, 2010)
April Kam
What should you do when your two-year-old son is vomiting and has diarrhea? How concerned should you be? How long will it last? Vomiting and diarrhea are both common complaints. When coupled together, they are often symptoms of a virus affecting your child's gastrointestinal tract.
Child's stomach flu will soon pass (Hamilton Spectator, May 20, 2010)
Ronald Barr
Cure rate for childhood cancers can come at a price (The Canadian Press, May 4, 2010)
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari and his colleagues have received $8.9 million to help solve the autism puzzle.
$8.9m to help solve autism puzzle
Peter Rosenbaum
Dr. Peter Rosenbaum was the guest of honour at this year's Hamilton Health Sciences annual fundraising gala.
Health-care heroes (Hamilton Spectator, February 23, 2010)
Christoph Fusch
Dr. Christoph Fusch has been awarded the $2-million Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation/Jack Sinclair Chair in Neonatology.
Researcher gets big push to help tiny patients (Hamilton Spectator - Jan. 26, 2010)
Peter Rosenbaum
Dr. Peter Rosenbaum searches for "what's right and what's possible" for kids (Hamilton Spectator, January 22, 2010)
Mark Tarnopolsky
Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky's work on how muscles function holds hope of finding new treatments for neuromuscular and neurometabolic disorders.
Mac research chair aids push for neuromuscular breakthroughs (Hamilton Spectator, January 21, 2010)
Ronald Barr
Dr. Ronald Barr, a professor of pediatrics, pathology and medicine, received the 2009 O. Harold Warwick Prize from the Canadian Cancer Society. The award honours a Canadian investigator who has undertaken research that has led to significant advances in cancer control.
Barr honoured for contributions to cancer research (Hamilton Spectator, December 9, 2009)
Katherine Morrison
Dr. Katherine Morrison, an associate professor of pediatrics at McMaster University, says obesity is a huge concern in Canada, where 28 per cent of children are overweight. But she says a sugary breakfast might be better than no breakfast at all. "I am happy that they're at least getting some milk with it," she says.
The 10 least nutritious breakfast cereals (Toronto Star, October 27, 2009)
Saroj Saigal
Amy and Stephanie were born 12 weeks early in 1988. Their experiences illustrate, almost to the letter, the findings of the few researchers who have followed people born prematurely into their adulthood: learning problems are common, but when nurtured in a good home environment, the majority of preemies grow into productive, independent adults.
"Against all odds, they have learned to adapt and had a more successful transition than we ever predicted," says Dr. Saroj Saigal of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Saigal has been following 166 people who were born weighing less than 1,000 grams (2 pounds, 3 ounces) between 1977 and 1982, comparing them with 145 full-term children born during the same period.
By adulthood, many have beaten long odds and are thriving (Providence Journal, September 7, 2009)
Ronald Barr
Imagine for a moment that you have a cancerous tumour eating away at the bone and muscle in your leg. You can choose to amputate the leg or undergo surgery that removes the cancer and leaves the limb intact.
It seems like a no-brainer.
But surprising new Canadian research, published in the medical journal Cancer, says that amputees often have better outcomes.
Limb-sparing surgery may not be better than amputation (Globe and Mail, August 10, 2009)
Anne Klassen & Ronald Barr
Hamilton's Dr. Anne Klassen was awarded $162,000 to determine what support single parents need when caring for a child with cancer. She will also do preliminary work on how to improve quality of life for kids battling the disease.
Dr. Ronald Barr is getting just over $47,000 to investigate what age and treatment is best for kids with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
A story in the Hamilton Spectator on May 6, 2009 regarding the award.
Peter Rosenbaum
Parents of disabled children report having far worse health than other parents and a McMaster researcher is determined to find out why.
Dr. Peter Rosenbaum is leading 13 Canadian researchers on a quest to find out the impact of raising a disabled child and how to prevent parents from becoming sick themselves.
His three-year study received $800,000 last Friday from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Bloorview Children's Hospital Foundation.
Tallying the burden of care (Hamilton Spectator, April 27, 2009)
Mark Tarnopolsky
A McMaster researcher is one baby step closer to the fountain of youth after discovering genes likely to have a role in the aging process.
Hamilton's Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky teamed up with researchers from California and Utah to determine whether discoveries made over the last decade about what genes are involved in the aging of worms, flies and mice can be translated to humans.
They found similar genes make people age, in a study published in PLoS Genetics that raises the possibility of popping a pill that could stall or even reverse aging.
A story in the Hamilton Spectator on March 18, 2009 regarding Dr. Tarnopolsky's research.
