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Can a Little-Known Cell Type Lead to New Treatments for IBD?

For decades, the goal of treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been to control the aggressive inflammation that attacks the colon. Although anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapies have helped to better manage this inflammation in recent...
7-Mar-2025 7:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

Q&A: What’s New in Pediatric Concussion Care?

On any given day, nearly 20% of patients seen by the Sports Medicine team at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are children with concussions. That’s not surprising, given that nationwide, up to 1.9 million youth a year experience this mild...
6-Mar-2025 4:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Preventing and Recognizing Blood Clots

When you hear the condition “blood clot,” your mind may not immediately think of your child being at risk. But Guy Young, MD, Director of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, says he’s seen a recent uptick...
5-Mar-2025 6:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Q&A: What’s Next for Hemophilia Gene Therapy?

In December, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles treated its third patient with Hemgenix gene therapy—a young adult with hemophilia B. The first two patients were treated on the clinical trial that led to the drug’s approval by the Food and Drug...
4-Mar-2025 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

What Parents Should Know About the 2024-25 Flu Season

A common sentiment you’ve probably heard floating around schools, daycares, and online parenting forums this season: “The flu is brutal this year!” Flu season runs from October through May, with the worst months being December through...
3-Mar-2025 5:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship Launches at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

A new fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is offering child neurologists a rare opportunity for advanced subspecialty training in neurodevelopmental disabilities. The Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NDD) Fellowship at CHLA is one of...
28-Feb-2025 8:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches 10th Annual Make March Matter® Fundraising Campaign

Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) launched its 10th annual Make March Matter campaign Thursday. Actors and longtime CHLA supporters Chris Pine and Robert Pine joined the hospital at the kickoff event. Saving lives is everyone’s business, and...
27-Feb-2025 8:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Team Uses Low-Field MRI to Improve Lung Care for Children

Roberta Kato, MD, has spent the past 10 years working to find an MRI alternative to CT lung imaging in children. Now, a new 0.55 Tesla MRI machine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is bringing that dream much closer to reality. The FDA-approved...
26-Feb-2025 7:30 PM EST Add to Favorites


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Children's Hospital Los Angeles Cardiologist Honored by World Children’s Transplant Fund

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Jondavid Menteer, MD, was honored with the World Children’s Transplant Fund “WCTF for the Children Award.” The prestigious award recognized Dr. Menteer for 20 years of dedication and leadership in...
24-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT

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As FDA Expands Approval of a New Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a CHLA Expert Weighs in

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

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Neurology Expert Available to Discuss FDA-Approved Gene Therapy Label Expansion for Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

20-Jun-2024 9:05 PM EDT

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Pediatric Pulmonologist Leads Translational Research to Treat Chronic Airway Infections in children with Cystic Fibrosis

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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Medulloblastoma Expert Available

11-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST

Neonatologist Travels to China to Share ECMO Experience

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

Heart Checkups Advised for Kids Who Play Sports

28-Jul-2023 11:35 AM EDT

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The Future of Autism Treatment - A diverse patient population is integral to the development of therapies that benefit children of all ethnicities.

27-Apr-2023 6:05 PM EDT

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