Earlier this month Vassar College posted a video on Lucile Packard Children's Hospital neurologist Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, and her groundbreaking work on diffuse pontine …
Category: Pediatrics
A 25-year investigation on children's health
The San Diego Union-Tribune recently ran a lengthy article on the National Children’s Study, the largest-ever long-term examination of U.S children's health and development. The …
One gift saves three young lives
Each time I write about an organ transplant, I'm reminded anew of the human impact of medical science. Over the last few weeks, as I've …
Texas Children's Hospital launches a new blog
The blog, which is called Medicine | Milestones | Miracles, launched today. Mark Wallace writes: Through this blog we intend to provide our online visitors …
Precious cargo: Keeping kids safe in cars and planes
As families get ready to travel during the holiday season, many pediatricians are stressing the importance of child passenger safety. Car crashes are the leading …
A TEDWomen talk on teens' reproductive health
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …