tedxbayarea on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Adolescent medicine specialist Sophia Yen, MD, who treats patients at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, gave a presentation at the …
Category: Patient Care
Doctors develop first standard-of-care guidelines for congenital muscular dystrophy
Four-year-old Sophie Kim of Sunnyvale, Calif. has a form of muscular dystrophy so rare that an experienced pediatric neurologist might see her diagnosis only once …
A closer look at Stanford's free clinics
My open enrollment period at work ended last week. A yearly routine, it's easy to forget how lucky I am to be able to make …
Physicians call for creation of regional disaster plans for neonatology
Previous research (subscription required) has shown that traditional triage systems used during natural disasters are not effective for treating newborns. Now a group of doctors …
A low-cost way to keep premature babies warm and well
More than 20 million babies are born prematurely worldwide each year, and keeping them warm is crucial for keeping them well. Traditional incubators - priced …
Can smoking bans help improve fetal outcomes?
In 2004, Ireland became one of the first countries to enact a workplace smoking ban; five years later, a study showed that the ban was …
New insight into asthma-air pollution link
Air pollution - whether from diesel exhaust in a big city or cooking-fire smoke in a developing nation - is bad for children with asthma. …
Study analyzes video game-related injuries
Earlier this year, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that a teenager in England fractured her foot after an intense Wii Fit session. Injuries …
TED Talk looks at porcine parts in medicine
In this TED Talk, Christina Meindertsma, author of Pig 05049, looks at the absolutely stunning range of products that are produced using parts from a …
Move over, Apgar score? Researchers design method to determine preemies' health risks
A new, non-invasive scoring system to predict poor health in premature babies could dramatically change how doctors treat fragile preemies. The method, announced today by …
Social media brings up questions, ethical unknowns for doctors
As more and more physicians embrace social media - Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and the like - more and more (unaswered) questions arise about how best …
Districts pushing back bells for the sake of teens' sleep
Last month, sleep researchers from Brown University confirmed what any adolescent already knows: School starts too early. Their study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics …
Tennis star Ana Ivanovic visits Packard Children's
Ana Ivanovic, the feisty Serb who's fighting her way up the brackets at the Bank of the West Classic, paid a visit to patients at …
Stanford pediatrician blends medicine and politics to improve children's health
A few weeks ago I discussed the work of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital pediatrician Paul Wise, MD, MPH, who frequently travels to Guatemala to provide …
Surgery through natural orifices: some pros and cons
Ever since I assigned writer Sara Wykes to do a story on natural orifice surgery for the latest Stanford Medicine magazine, I've continued to come …
Neonatologist celebrates 50 years of preemie care
When I wrote a magazine piece on the evolution of children's hospitals a few years back, numerous people here said the one person I had …