This next anecdote isn’t likely to be passed around at future holiday dinner tables, but it will always provide Elliott’s father with a point of reference for the first eruption of his son’s pancreatitis.“I still remember what meal he...
16-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
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Picture your morning routine: How many minutes (or seconds) do you make it into the day before picking up your smartphone or opening your laptop?In an increasingly digital world, most of us need screens for nearly every aspect of our lives, from...
15-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT
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Kids can seem like they have endless energy. But in hot weather, playing too hard and for too long can lead to heat-related illness—including its most severe and life-threatening form, heatstroke.“Children’s bodies heat up three to five times...
8-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT
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Iris Perez, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has received the Excellence in Education Award from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).Dr. Perez was one of five individuals in...
3-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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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...
2-Jul-2024 6:05 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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After previously approving its use for a limited population, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now approved Elevidys, a gene therapy designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), for a broader range of child patients.
8-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
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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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
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
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