A New Autoimmune Disease Is Found, Along with a Personalized Treatment for a Child's Rare Illness

Elijah Patino is a happy, healthy seven-year-old now, but it took a while to get there. For much of his life, he had a mysterious disease that made it painful to eat and painful to play. A pediatric immunologist resolved this "diagnostic odyssey" by...
2-Aug-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

CHOP Nurse-Researcher Presents the Spatz 10-Step System as a National Model for Breastfeeding Vulnerable Babies

Mothers of critically ill infants may not receive necessary breastfeeding support, because their babies may be taken directly to a newborn intensive care unit or to surgery. Lactation expert Dr. Diane Spatz, of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,...
31-Jul-2018 12:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Six Proposals Receive Seed Funds to Develop Medical Devices for Children

The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPDC) has announced its latest round of seed grants to companies developing medical devices for children. The Consortium, based at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, chose six companies from...
31-Jul-2018 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Enzyme Identified as Possible Novel Drug Target for Sickle Cell Disease, Thalassemia

Medical researchers have identified a key signaling protein that regulates hemoglobin production in red blood cells, offering a possible target for a future innovative drug to treat sickle cell disease. Tests in human cells reveal that blocking the...
16-Jul-2018 3:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

CHOP Researchers Develop Highly Specific, Easy-to-Implement Predictive Screening Tool for Retinopathy in Premature Infants

A multi-hospital collaboration led by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found a simple method of determining which premature infants should be screened for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
10-Jul-2018 9:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Research Finds About Half of Parents Use Cell Phones While Driving with Young Children in the Car

A new study from a team of researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) found that in the previous three months, about half of parents talked on a cell phone while...
9-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Children with Existing Allergies Should Be Screened for an Emerging, Severe Chronic Food Allergy

Children with known skin, food and respiratory allergies should be screened for an emerging food allergy called eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a painful inflammation of the esophagus. Pediatric allergists who analyzed a very large group of children...
25-Jun-2018 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

CHOP’s Center for Autism Research Shows How the Brain’s “Reward Circuit” Plays a Key Role in Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder

A pair of recent studies performed by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania represents a significant step forward in understanding the role of the brain’s “reward circuit” and certain...
18-Jun-2018 1:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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