Did you know that in Canada more than 300,000 children are affected by epilepsy? Nellie had a question for our experts about this neurological condition.
"Why do kids get epilepsy?" ~ Nellie, 10, Toronto, ON
Click here to see the answer from Dr. Carter Snead, division head of Neurology at The Hospital for Sick Children and a senior scientist in the Neurosciences & Mental Health program at the SickKids Research Institute.
The scientists at SickKids are experts in most areas of health and life science. They spend their days asking tough questions and searching out the answers. Now it is your turn to ask them the tough questions.
Have you ever had a burning question about your body or about your health and didn’t know how to find the answer? This might just be the opportunity to get to the bottom of it!
You have the chance to submit your question and it will be answered by a scientist who specializes in that area. The best questions and answers will be featured on the Research Institute website: http://www.sickkids.ca/research.
Check the website often to see if your question gets posted. You can learn about what others want to know and if you read enough answers, you may even become a health expert yourself!
Have you ever wondered if eating a lot of carrots can give you super-human eye sight? Our experts answer this question from Sarah:
“Does eating carrots actually help your eye sight?” ~ Sarah, 15, Tecumseh, ON
Click here to see the answer from Dr. Kamiar Mireskandri, a staff ophthalmologist and project investigator with the Ophthalmology department at SickKids. Dr. Mireskandri is also an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto.
The scientists at SickKids are experts in most areas of health and life science. They spend their days asking tough questions and searching out the answers. Now it is your turn to ask them the tough questions.
Have you ever had a burning question about your body or about your health and didn’t know how to find the answer? This might just be the opportunity to get to the bottom of it!
You have the chance to submit your question and it will be answered by a scientist who specializes in that area. The best questions and answers will be featured on the Research Institute website: http://www.sickkids.ca/research.
Check the website often to see if your question gets posted. You can learn about what others want to know and if you read enough answers, you may even become a health expert yourself!
The Hospital for Sick Children is the only centre in Ontario that is able to provide lifesaving cardiac care for newborns with the most severe heart defects. In fact, SickKids performs more than 85 per cent of paediatric cardiovascular surgery in Ontario.
Here is a question for our specialists from Drew about heart defects:
“Why are babies born with defective hearts?” ~ Drew – age 9, Palmerston, ON.
Click here to see the answer from Dr. Seema Mital, a staff cardiologist in Cardiology and an associate scientist in the Genetics & Genome Biology program.
The scientists at SickKids are experts in most areas of health and life science. They spend their days asking tough questions and searching out the answers. Now it is your turn to ask them the tough questions.
Have you ever had a burning question about your body or about your health and didn’t know how to find the answer? This might just be the opportunity to get to the bottom of it!
You have the chance to submit your question and it will be answered by a scientist who specializes in that area. The best questions and answers will be featured on the Research Institute website: http://www.sickkids.ca/research.
Check the website often to see if your question gets posted. You can learn about what others want to know and if you read enough answers, you may even become a health expert yourself!