Pediatrician and literacy advocate writes book to curb the 30 million word gap. It is on the critical importance of reading and talking to you baby the minute they are out of the womb.
Elimination of the food that triggers atopic dermatitis, or eczema, is associated with increased risk of developing immediate reactions to that food, according to the results of a large-scale study recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Immediate reactions to the culprit food range from hives to life-threatening anaphylaxis.
A handheld, lightweight scanner — similar to the barcode reader at a store checkout — that uses white light instead of dangerous ionizing radiation can safely and reliably capture the upper body anatomy of children with chest deformities, according to pediatric surgeons from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Research from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago conducted in mice shows the drug hydrocortisone — a steroid commonly used to treat a variety of inflammatory and allergic conditions — can also prevent lung damage that often develops in premature babies treated with oxygen.
A non-invasive test to diagnose and monitor an inflammatory disease that injures the esophagus – called eosinophilic esophagitis or EoE – would replace the need for repeated endoscopy for a growing number of children and adults with this relatively new condition.
Working with human breast cancer cells, a team of scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have successfully turned off a misbehaving protein that fuels the growth of a particularly aggressive, drug-resistant form of the disease known as triple-negative breast cancer. In a set of lab experiments, the team managed to neutralize the protein, called Nodal, a growth factor already known for its role in early embryonic development.
Learning difficulties and behavioral problems during childhood can lead to suboptimal social and educational outcomes among young adults with childhood epilepsy even when their seizures are well under control and their disease in remission, according to findings from a study led by researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Some pediatric surgeons perform so few rare and complex procedures once they finish their surgical training that they may have a hard time maintaining operative skills in the long run, according to a new study led by researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The study, to be published March 30 in JAMA Surgery, did look at how well patients fared based on the number of procedures their surgeons had performed. However, the authors say, the findings are alarming because there is strong evidence linking the frequency and number of surgeries performed to a surgeon’s skill level and patient outcomes.
Grifols KIRO robotic system modernizes the sterile compounding of IV medications to improve accuracy and compliance.
For a highly variable disease like cystic fibrosis, personalized medicine promises treatments based on individual factors, down to the molecular level. This promise is especially alluring for the treatment of children with cystic fibrosis, who are at particular risk for complications that could affect them throughout their lives.
Challenging the longstanding practice of keeping all children with head injuries in the hospital overnight, new research from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital suggests that patients with simple skull fractures can be sent home safely if they have no evidence of brain injury and no neurological symptoms.
Study suggests that overweight or obesity in pregnancy is linked to lower vitamin D levels in both the mother and the newborn
Karen Sheehan, MD, general pediatrician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, shares tips on what you need to know about super lice.
Lead expert Dr. Helen Binns gives general advice for families who want to make sure their kids are not exposed to high concentrations of lead in their water.
Standard autopsies of people who suffer sudden death do not always reveal inherited cardiac anomalies, so it can be difficult to determine whether the culprit was inherited heart disease or something else. To help improve the likelihood of detecting inherited cardiac anomalies in families and to avert further tragedy, Gregory Webster, MD, MPH, a cardiologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital has teamed up with colleagues from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to trace the footprints of genetic heart disease in young people who died suddenly and whose cause of death has not been determined through traditional autopsy.
With fewer than 3,500 episodes a year, cardiac arrest in children is decidedly rare, but it could be a dramatic signal that the victim’s family members may be at a heightened risk for sudden cardiac death. This is why, in the aftermath of such a traumatic event, clinical evaluation of the child’s parents and siblings could lead to lifesaving diagnoses and therapies, averting further tragedy, say cardiologists at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent announcement of a public health emergency of international concern has many individuals searching for information on the Zika virus. Larry Kociolek, MD, Infectious Diseases at Lurie Children’s explains the virus, addresses the concern for risk in pregnant women and how you can prevent contracting the illness.
With the recent release of the Will Smith film “Concussion” and the upcoming Super Bowl sports-related traumatic brain injuries are bound to take center stage and rekindle anxiety among parents whose children play football. But sports medicine and trauma specialists at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago caution that such dramatic Hollywood accounts — while raising important questions about public health and the politics of professional sports — could inadvertently focus too much attention on a single sport, obscuring the reality that about half of all pediatric concussions occur during non-athletic, recreational activities.
Several recent studies suggesting that appendicitis — the leading cause of emergency abdominal surgery in children — could be treated with antibiotics alone have generated serious buzz among clinicians and parents alike.
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