A heart transplant is a lifesaving gift. But it means adjusting to a new way of life. Without anti-rejection measures, the body鈥檚 immune system will reject the transplanted heart.
30-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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If it鈥檚 autumn, then it must be influenza season, which means it鈥檚 time to consider flu shots for your family.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Academy of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Society of America...
26-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
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The Collective of Youth Leaders (COYL) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles consists of high school-age youth from various Los Angeles schools who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). They regularly meet to discuss and address pressing...
25-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
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If you ask Kate Lopez, RN, what her approach to caring for patients in the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute of Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles is, she鈥檒l tell you that the magic鈥檚 in the little things. 聽Those little things include gestures...
23-Sep-2024 6:05 PM EDT
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Hunter doesn鈥檛 remember much from his time at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, but more than a decade later, one small moment has stuck with him in multiple ways.A blonde woman asks him: 鈥淪he鈥檇 hold up an array of ChapSticks,鈥� Hunter...
20-Sep-2024 6:05 AM EDT
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Receiving a liver transplant means also living with the possibility of rejection. Transplant rejection occurs when the body鈥檚 immune system attacks the new organ. This risk is highest in the first year after the transplant, but rejection can...
17-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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In 2022, a team from Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles became the first in the world to implant a novel cardiac stent designed specifically for babies and young children. The stent is the first of its kind that can be expanded as a child grows鈥攁ll...
16-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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It鈥檚 challenging to achieve significant curve correction during a spinal fusion 鈥済raduation鈥� surgery for children with early onset scoliosis. Over the years, bone auto-fuses and stiffens around growing rods鈥攎aking the spine tougher to...
13-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
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Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Jondavid Menteer, MD, was honored with the World Children鈥檚 Transplant Fund 鈥淲CTF for the Children Award.鈥� The prestigious award recognized Dr. Menteer for 20 years of dedication and leadership in...
24-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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鈥檛 gone鈥攁nd 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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