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Researchers from Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have received key funding to support their work on a novel device: an artificial right atrium for patients with a Fontan circulation. The investigators鈥擟ynthia Herrington, MD, and Andrew Cheng, MD, of CHLA, and Niema Pahlevan, PhD, of USC鈥攔eceived the USC Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize.

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The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD), the Advocacy Council and Allies for Deaf Children, and the Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) have developed a new curriculum, 鈥淭rauma-Informed Response to Children and Adults with Disabilities,鈥� specifically designed to guide first responders in supporting individuals with disabilities during natural disasters, such as this year鈥檚 L.A. wildfires.

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The Tikun Olam Foundation of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles has awarded a $25 million gift to establish the Stein Tikun Olam Early Connections Program at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). This program will be one of the first of its kind in the nation providing universal, hospital-wide infant-family mental health services. The transformational donation is the largest in the history of CHLA dedicated to early childhood mental health.

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles鈥� Liver Transplant Program has the best outcomes for pediatric liver transplants in the country.

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A CHLA specialist in infectious diseases explains the symptoms and sounds of whooping cough, and why vaccination is critical.

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Having a baby is a life-changing experience filled with emotion. It can bring great joy, fulfillment, and a sense of purpose, but also feelings of sadness, irritability, self-doubt, inadequacy, and exhaustion. When the negative feelings begin to outweigh the positives, a new parent might be experiencing postpartum depression.

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When a critically ill infant is admitted to the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, it can be for an underlying genetic cause for the baby鈥檚 symptoms. The hard part is locating the malfunction in the genes involved. To help with this process鈥攁nd better tailor a baby's treatment鈥擟HLA is now providing genome sequencing for infants who present with complex and rare conditions.

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Measles is one of the world鈥檚 most contagious diseases. Thankfully, modern medicine provides an extremely effective tool against outbreaks, severe illness, and death.

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Parents of children who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis likely have many questions about their child鈥檚 condition. Receiving a diagnosis can be overwhelming and searching for information online can turn up complicated explanations.Laura Saucier, MD, MSc, a neuroimmunologist in the Neurological Institute at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, breaks down the key information that parents should know about multiple sclerosis (MS).

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Are your household hazards 鈥渒id-proofed?鈥� It might sound silly, but one of the first things pediatrician Colleen Kraft, MD, tells families to do once their child is around 6 months old is crawl around the floor of their home: 鈥淧retend you're that 6-month-old. What looks interesting and dangerous to you? Because kids will beeline for that."

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Before she starts to break down what parents with sick newborns should look for in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), neonatologist Rachel Chapman, MD, says she first needs one key piece of information.鈥淚t depends on why you need a NICU,鈥� she says鈥攎eaning, how serious is your baby鈥檚 condition? Dr. Chapman is Medical Director of the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles.

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Ronald Ferdman, MD, MEd, Chief of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, shares his advice on symptoms, diagnosis, and management and prevention tips for asthma.

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The road to sobriety is jagged and unpaved, with potholes and craters that can make it hard for those traveling on it to move forward.The Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Program at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, a part of the hospital鈥檚 Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, recently offered its teen and young adult patients a unique treatment method as they try to steer straight.

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When a newborn opens their eyes for the first time, new parents wonder, 鈥淲hat exactly does my baby see?鈥� Melinda Chang, MD, Attending Physician in the Vision Center at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, explains what you can do to help鈥攁nd protect your baby鈥檚 eyesight.

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CHLA emergency medicine physician Bradley Goldberg, MD, provides guidance for families with children who have special medical needs.

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Every cancer treatment that exists for children was tested in a clinical trial.Clinical research and clinical trials are the only way to develop new and better therapies for children with cancer. Pediatric research studies and clinical trials find safe and effective therapies and improve ways of preventing and diagnosing childhood diseases.

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How can a seemingly healthy newborn have a genetic disorder? Kimberly Chapman, MD, PhD, Section Chief, Medical Genetics at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles explains how newborn screening works, and how it can prevent lifelong disability鈥攁nd could even save a child鈥檚 life.

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Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles Music Therapist Sarah Nolan, MT-BC, NICU-MT uses music to promote babies鈥� healing, development, and well-being. But parents should understand that it鈥檚 not enough to cue up a Spotify playlist of lullabies and go on to other tasks.

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What happens when cancer doesn鈥檛 respond to chemotherapy? 聽A revolutionary therapy called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy uses a person鈥檚 own immune cells that have been modified to recognize and attack cancer cells.

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Hearing the word 鈥渓eukemia鈥� can be alarming in any context. Hearing it in the context of your child鈥檚 health might feel terrifying, unfair, and even hopeless.聽But according to leading pediatric leukemia experts, families grappling with the news of a diagnosis have reason to feel .Today, for a great majority of pediatric leukemia cases, a new diagnosis doesn鈥檛 mean what it meant 30, 20, or even 10 years ago.