billing Latest news from Children's Hospital Los Angeles on 海角社区 en-us Copyright 2025 海角社区 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/copy-number-variant-analysis-improves-diagnostic-yield-in-a-diverse-pediatric-exome-sequencing-cohort/?sc=rsin /articles/copy-number-variant-analysis-improves-diagnostic-yield-in-a-diverse-pediatric-exome-sequencing-cohort/?sc=rsin Fri, 02 May 2025 10:55:20 EST Highlight:Exome sequencing (ES) is commonly used to diagnose Mendelian disorders, which occur when pathogenic variant(s) in a gene are either inherited from one or both parents or are de novo. Examples of such disorders include cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia. However, ES is not the first choice for detecting copy number variants (CNVs), which are typically deletions or duplications of DNA segments. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/what-is-infant-mental-health-your-questions-answered/?sc=rsin /articles/what-is-infant-mental-health-your-questions-answered/?sc=rsin Thu, 01 May 2025 18:10:01 EST We usually think about the mental health of older teens and adults. But what does mental health mean for babies? Marian E. Williams, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Stein Tikun Olam Early Connections Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, helps explain the concept of infant and early childhood mental health. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-and-leading-middle-east-hospital-establish-strategic-collaboration-to-benefit-patient-care-research-and-education/?sc=rsin /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-and-leading-middle-east-hospital-establish-strategic-collaboration-to-benefit-patient-care-research-and-education/?sc=rsin Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:00:38 EST Children's Hospital Los Angeles announced that it has entered a strategic collaboration with Sidra Medicine, one of the leading hospitals for children and women in Qatar and the Middle East. The Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two institutions encompasses participation from multiple specialties across each healthcare organization, with the aim of enhancing shared best practices, advisory support, leading-edge research, patient care initiatives, education, and training. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/how-organ-shortages-affect-the-smallest-of-heart-transplant-patients/?sc=rsin /articles/how-organ-shortages-affect-the-smallest-of-heart-transplant-patients/?sc=rsin Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:35:07 EST The ongoing shortage of donor hearts for children who need them stems from multiple causes, including a lack of donor awareness, organ allocation issues, and not enough organs that are of sufficient quality to transplant. Currently, new hearts for kids are still hard to find, and they are even scarcer for babies. Infants are particularly hard to match with a heart. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-team-is-first-in-world-to-investigate-cardiac-xenotransplant-as-a-bridge-for-babies/?sc=rsin /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-team-is-first-in-world-to-investigate-cardiac-xenotransplant-as-a-bridge-for-babies/?sc=rsin Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:45:38 EST A team led by Children's Hospital Los Angeles has become the first in the world to demonstrate the possibility of using genetically engineered pig hearts as a potential "bridge" to heart transplant for critically ill babies. The groundbreaking preclinical research could lead to a lifesaving alternative for supporting critically ill babies waiting for a new heart--particularly those with single-ventricle heart disease, most of whom currently die while waiting for a transplant. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-celebrates-a-dog-therapy-program-of-the-highest-pedigree/?sc=rsin /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-celebrates-a-dog-therapy-program-of-the-highest-pedigree/?sc=rsin Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:00:22 EST The Amerman Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles hosted "Dog Therapy Appreciation Day" celebrating the special connection between CHLA and its therapy dog team. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-launches-first-of-its-kind-sleep-app-and-sleep-registry-for-children-using-apple-watch/?sc=rsin /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-launches-first-of-its-kind-sleep-app-and-sleep-registry-for-children-using-apple-watch/?sc=rsin Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:55:03 EST Children's Hospital Los Angeles is launching the first sleep registry in the country for children using Apple Watch as well as a new data collection app called WISE-HARE, or Wearable Intelligent Sensor Enhancement Home Apnea Risk Evaluation. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-experts-to-present-at-2025-pediatric-academic-societies-meeting/?sc=rsin /articles/children-s-hospital-los-angeles-experts-to-present-at-2025-pediatric-academic-societies-meeting/?sc=rsin Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:05:04 EST Children's Hospital Los Angeles experts are set to speak at nearly 80 sessions and poster presentations at the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting April 24-28 in Honolulu. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/artificial-right-atrium-for-fontan-patients-wins-key-funding/?sc=rsin /articles/artificial-right-atrium-for-fontan-patients-wins-key-funding/?sc=rsin Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:20:40 EST Researchers from Children's 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--Cynthia Herrington, MD, and Andrew Cheng, MD, of CHLA, and Niema Pahlevan, PhD, of USC--received the USC Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/chla-to-train-first-responders-in-helping-individuals-with-disabilities-during-natural-disasters/?sc=rsin /articles/chla-to-train-first-responders-in-helping-individuals-with-disabilities-during-natural-disasters/?sc=rsin Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:05:19 EST The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD), the Advocacy Council and Allies for Deaf Children, and the Children's Hospital Los Angeles University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) have developed a new curriculum, "Trauma-Informed Response to Children and Adults with Disabilities," specifically designed to guide first responders in supporting individuals with disabilities during natural disasters, such as this year's L.A. wildfires. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/a-25-million-gift-establishes-the-stein-tikun-olam-early-connections-program-at-children-s-hospital-los-angeles/?sc=rsin /articles/a-25-million-gift-establishes-the-stein-tikun-olam-early-connections-program-at-children-s-hospital-los-angeles/?sc=rsin Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:00:00 EST 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's 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. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/a-67-year-old-donor-s-sliver-of-liver-saves-a-baby-s-life/?sc=rsin /articles/a-67-year-old-donor-s-sliver-of-liver-saves-a-baby-s-life/?sc=rsin Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:55:31 EST Children's Hospital Los Angeles' Liver Transplant Program has the best outcomes for pediatric liver transplants in the country. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/what-does-whooping-cough-sound-like/?sc=rsin /articles/what-does-whooping-cough-sound-like/?sc=rsin Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:10:20 EST A CHLA specialist in infectious diseases explains the symptoms and sounds of whooping cough, and why vaccination is critical. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/recognizing-and-overcoming-postpartum-depression/?sc=rsin /articles/recognizing-and-overcoming-postpartum-depression/?sc=rsin Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:25:22 EST 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. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/genome-sequencing-finds-answers-to-mystery-conditions-in-the-niccu/?sc=rsin /articles/genome-sequencing-finds-answers-to-mystery-conditions-in-the-niccu/?sc=rsin Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:15:45 EST When a critically ill infant is admitted to the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, it can be for an underlying genetic cause for the baby's symptoms. The hard part is locating the malfunction in the genes involved. To help with this process--and better tailor a baby's treatment--CHLA is now providing genome sequencing for infants who present with complex and rare conditions. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/here-s-what-parents-need-to-know-about-a-measles-outbreak/?sc=rsin /articles/here-s-what-parents-need-to-know-about-a-measles-outbreak/?sc=rsin Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:05:10 EST Measles is one of the world's most contagious diseases. Thankfully, modern medicine provides an extremely effective tool against outbreaks, severe illness, and death. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/5-things-parents-need-to-know-about-multiple-sclerosis/?sc=rsin /articles/5-things-parents-need-to-know-about-multiple-sclerosis/?sc=rsin Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:55:19 EST Parents of children who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis likely have many questions about their child's 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's Hospital Los Angeles, breaks down the key information that parents should know about multiple sclerosis (MS). Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/keep-your-child-safe-from-household-cleaners-and-chemicals/?sc=rsin /articles/keep-your-child-safe-from-household-cleaners-and-chemicals/?sc=rsin Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:35:27 EST Are your household hazards "kid-proofed?" 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: "Pretend you're that 6-month-old. What looks interesting and dangerous to you? Because kids will beeline for that." Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/the-best-nicus-have-these-5-things/?sc=rsin /articles/the-best-nicus-have-these-5-things/?sc=rsin Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:05:44 EST 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."It depends on why you need a NICU," she says--meaning, how serious is your baby's condition? Dr. Chapman is Medical Director of the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Children's Hospital Los Angeles /articles/recognizing-the-signs-of-asthma/?sc=rsin /articles/recognizing-the-signs-of-asthma/?sc=rsin Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:55:28 EST Ronald Ferdman, MD, MEd, Chief of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, shares his advice on symptoms, diagnosis, and management and prevention tips for asthma. 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