Grant to CHOP Funds Personalized Treatments for Children with Neuroblastoma
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A $1.5 million grant to CHOP from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation supports an innovative treatment for children with high-risk neuroblastoma.
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Some Gene Mutations Cause Both Heart Defects and Learning Disabilities in Children
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Some genes cause both heart defects and learning disabilities. This suggests that doctors may be able to identify infant heart patients at higher risk for neurodevelopmental problems.
Practical Neurology Interviews CHOP Doctor about Dietary Therapies for Epilepsy
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In this video interview, Christina Bergqvist, MD, is interviewed about the emerging role of dietary therapies, such as the ketogenic diet, as treatment options for epilepsy.
The Coronary Artery Management Program is featured on 6ABC WPVI-TV
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A special program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to manage coronary artery anomalies in children is featured on 6ABC-WPVI-TV.
New Medical Suite Will Help Child Sex Abuse Victims Begin to Heal
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The City of Philadelphia, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children celebrated the opening of a new medical suite at the Philadelphia Safety Collaborative to serve child sex abuse victims. The suite will provide full medical evaluations on-site, including evaluation and treatment of trauma, treatment of possible exposure to infection and for the collection of evidence.
CHOP’s Division of Neurosurgery Ranked Among Best in the Nation
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was named one of the 2015 “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs,” according to Becker’s Hospital Review.
Fueling a Decade of Innovation in Child Safety
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CHOP-based research center connects academia and auto industry to keep children safe in traffic and elsewhere.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Opens Unique Breast Milk Bank
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New on-site milk bank will enhance process of providing human milk to vulnerable infants.
Why Do Children Develop Cancer?
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CHOP’s Dr. John Maris comments on a just-published major study of genes that raise a child’s risk for cancer, and what this means for counseling families and patients.
Low-income Kids Have More Health Care in Public than Private Insurance
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CHOP researchers: Children in low-income families experience greater access to preventive medical and dental care in Medicaid or CHIP than under private insurance coverage. CHOP Researchers: Children in low-income families experience greater access to preventive medical and dental care in Medicaid or CHIP than under private insurance coverage.