In early December, when Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford officially expands into its new 521,000-square foot building, patients and their families will immediately start benefiting …
Author: Erin Digitale
Teamwork repairs a baby’s heart defect
When Marlo and David Greenfield found out their eagerly awaited baby girl would need cardiac surgery soon after birth, they were relieved to be referred …
Caregivers recognize cancer patient with honorary medical diploma
In early October, a group of doctors and nurses from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford held a special celebration for one of their patients. The …
Formerly conjoined twins star in broadcast special
Ten months ago, when conjoined twins Erika and Eva Sandoval were separated at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, their doctors and family were facing a …
Stanford technology enabled circadian clock research that won a Nobel Prize
The discovery of the inner workings of circadian clocks was honored this morning with the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The award, recognizing …
Tips for helping families deal with childhood cancer
When I write about childhood cancer, I'm often explaining the expert knowledge of Stanford physician-scientists who are studying how a specific tumor spreads, monitoring after-effects …
Brain scans may predict future abilities of kids with fragile X syndrome
One of the big challenges of raising a child with developmental disabilities is the struggle to predict the future: How much will the child be …
Lack of one signaling protein curtails brain tumor growth, Stanford study finds
Over the last decade, Stanford neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, and her team have been making steady progress in understanding the inner workings of an …
A delicate surgery saves a teenager’s eye
When Nhu Nguyen came to Stanford to seek help for her left eye, she felt like she was living in a nightmare. Nguyen, then 16, …
Pediatricians can help prevent the start of chronic heart disease, says Stanford doc
When does chronic cardiovascular disease get its start? According to a growing body of evidence, risk for dangerously thickened arteries can often be traced back …
Stanford scientists find the immune clock of pregnancy to help understand preterm birth
Much of human development happens on a flexible timeline. One kid might lose her first tooth at age five; another at age six. Both are …
New blood cancer treatment gets FDA approval
More than 20 years ago, for a high school science project, I gave a presentation to my biology class on gene therapy. To me, the …
Stanford researchers refine bacterial signature associated with premature birth
Two years ago, a Stanford team discovered that women who deliver their babies prematurely have a different community of vaginal bacteria during pregnancy than women …
Gaps exist in California hospital care for babies from different ethnicities
Across California, the racial and ethnic backgrounds of tiny infants are influencing the quality of medical care they receive in hospitals' neonatal intensive care units, …
A tumor donation yields answers for a devastating form of childhood cancer
In October 2013, on her 6th birthday, Jennifer Kranz was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor. “That was the day we found out she likely …
After cancer: Stanford team develops a single test to spot effects of treatment in teenagers
Thanks to better treatments, survival rates for many pediatric cancers have improved dramatically in recent decades. But the chemotherapy that saves patients' lives can also …