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New Algorithm Helps ER Doctors and Trauma Surgeons Identify Children With Serious Neck Injuries

Cervical spinal injuries in children and adolescents are fortunately rare, but they can be serious, as they can lead to paralysis. Suspected injuries are diagnosed via X-rays and computed tomography (CT). But indiscriminate CT-related radiation can...
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Behavioral Health Researchers Study Hundreds of Brain Scans to Explore the Biology of Depression

In the last 50 years, behavioral health researchers have made major progress in understanding depression not as a condition born purely from lived experiences, but as a multi-faceted disorder with complex underlying biology.
1-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Adolescents Make Similar Gains as Children After SEMLS

A CHLA study finds that older and younger kids with cerebral palsy have comparable gait improvements after single event multilevel surgery.
19-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researcher Wins National Award for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Study

A novel Children’s Hospital Los Angeles study led by Mimi S. Kim, MD, MSc, has received the 2024 prize for Best Original Research Paper from Hormone Research in Paediatrics and the Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES)
18-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Does Your Child Need Travel Vaccines Before an International Trip?

If you’re planning an international trip with your child, you may be wondering what vaccines they need and when they should get them. Before you head out of the country, it’s essential to make sure your child is up to date on all of their...
10-Jun-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Team Finds New Potential Causes of Rare and Lethal Bone Cancer

A team of researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles recently published a genomic study that uncovered two classes of genetic causes for chordoma in children by conducting some genomic detective work.
31-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Hospital Care Unit Meets Hiring Challenges by Growing Its Own Care Partners

To fill high demand positions, CHLA trainees undergo reskilling, a recent addition to the workforce glossary that refers to employees’ learning of new skills in order to pursue a different role within the same organization.
22-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researchers Conduct First-of-Its-Kind Review of Anesthesia Exposure’s Impact on Childhood Brain Development

Anesthesia makes it possible for infants and children to undergo medical procedures and surgeries that save or improve the quality of their lives. Some children must receive anesthesia multiple times while very young. While anesthesia is an...
21-May-2024 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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Pediatric Pulmonologist Leads Translational Research to Treat Chronic Airway Infections in children with Cystic Fibrosis

Dr. Burgener, a pediatric pulmonologist who joined CHLA last summer from Stanford University, studies cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, pancreas and other organs.
15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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11-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST

Neonatologist Travels to China to Share ECMO Experience

This spring, Rachel Chapman, MD, traveled to two cities in China to share expertise on one of the most complex lifesaving interventions for critically ill newborns: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).Dr. Chapman, Associate Division Chief of...
3-Aug-2023 7:05 PM EDT

COVID-19 Vaccines: What Parents Need to Know Now

The coronavirus pandemic is no longer a national emergency, but the virus that causes COVID-19 isn’t gone—and neither is the risk of getting the disease. For parents, navigating when to get their child vaccinated and knowing how to best protect...
1-Aug-2023 9:05 AM EDT

Providing Lifesaving Dialysis for Small Babies

New technology is allowing Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to provide continuous renal replacement therapy to babies as small as 5 pounds. Providing kidney dialysis to small and fragile babies has long been challenging—with most dialysis...
28-Feb-2023 9:00 AM EST

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