iREACH Study Aims to Enhance Prevention of Peanut Allergy in Pediatric Practices
The Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research (CFAAR), at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, announced the launch of the Intervention to Reduce Early Peanut Allergy in...
11-Jan-2021 3:15 PM EST
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Parents Want More Bullying Prevention in Schools
Chicago parents continue to voice predominant concern about bullying and are turning most often to their children’s schools for help, according to new survey results from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
29-Dec-2020 11:50 AM EST
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New Wireless Wearable Sensors Monitor Brain Blood Flow and Oxygenation in Vulnerable Pediatric Patients
An interdisciplinary team from Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed and clinically tested soft, flexible, miniaturized sensors that gently adhere to the child’s forehead to wirelessly monitor...
23-Dec-2020 4:20 PM EST
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Cilia Defects Linked to Schizophrenia
Defective cilia in the brain may play a role in some forms of severe schizophrenia, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
24-Nov-2020 11:45 AM EST
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Novel Drug May Improve Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
A novel drug called vamorolone may improve the efficacy of corticosteroid treatment for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a rare form of inherited and progressive muscular dystrophy, according findings from a clinical trial published in...
9-Nov-2020 3:40 PM EST
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Chicago Parents More Worried Than U.S. Adults Overall About COVID-19
More than three in five Chicago parents (64 percent) were very concerned about COVID-19 affecting their family’s health, according to new survey results released by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Chicago parents were...
29-Oct-2020 5:05 PM EDT
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Do Asymptomatic Kids with COVID-19 Carry Less Virus?
New questions are at the forefront as a study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology from nine children’s hospitals finds that most asymptomatic children who tested positive for COVID-19 had relatively low levels of the virus compared...
22-Oct-2020 1:00 PM EDT
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Better Outcomes after Epilepsy Surgery in Kids with Poor Seizure Control
Epilepsy surgery in children with refractory epilepsy, who have poor seizure control with medications, results in better outcomes, according to a study published in the journal Neurosurgery.
14-Oct-2020 1:05 PM EDT
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Four in 10 Chicago Parents Live in a Community with Limited Grocery Access, Linked to More Challenges in Healthy Eating for Kids
Four in 10 parents live in a Chicago community area with limited grocery access, and they report more challenges to healthy eating for their children, such as time for sit-down family meals, cost of healthy foods, and convenience of fast food,...
29-Jul-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Epilepsy in Young Children Should Be Treated as Urgently as Cancer
Survival of childhood cancers dramatically improved through national cooperative group research and care protocols; specialists call for the same model to improve outcomes of early life epilepsies.
28-Mar-2018 5:05 PM EDT
How to Handle Anxious Kids. Is It Normal or Should You Be Concerned?
14-Dec-2017 3:15 PM EST
How to Survive a Visit to Santa if Your Child Feels Anxious
Feature article quoting child psychologist on ways to survive a Santa visit if your child feels overwhelmed or anxious.
13-Dec-2017 10:05 AM EST
Expert on Cannabidiol Study in Dravet Syndrome
25-May-2017 2:50 PM EDT
Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH, ER Physician and Medical Director of Lurie Children's Injury Prevention and Research Center, Is Available for Interviews on Violence Prevention and Gun Control
21-Jun-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Expert Available to Discuss How to Talk to Your Children About the Orlando Shooting
14-Jun-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Worried About Super Lice? Keep Comb & Carry On
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.
29-Feb-2016 5:05 PM EST
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