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From Transplanted to Transformed
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What’s the first thing Kairi did after getting her new liver and kidney? Eat chocolate, of course. And then go swimming. And then start on everything else her revived body had been denied for so long.
What Is a Community Health Needs Assessment?
August 16, 2022
Conducted every three years, this community review helps Children’s Hospital Los Angeles determine how best to use its strengths to support and collaborate with the surrounding neighborhoods.
Two Windows into the Brain
January 30, 2019
One in 59 children are diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a wide array of conditions affecting a child’s social, emotional, and behavioral development. With prevalence growing at an
Naval Connection Inspires Her to Serve
March 26, 2020
With a family history of military service, Katrina Lazo, BSN, RN, CPN, felt it was her duty as a nurse to help those who serve on the front lines.
Therapeutic Cooling Effectively Targets Site of Brain Injury
February 20, 2020
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 20, 2020) — When a newborn suffers lack of oxygen before or during birth, doctors have very little time to save precious brain tissue. The only proven effective way to eat babies
Side Effects of Leukemia Treatment More Prevalent in Girls
December 20, 2015
Sex-based differences in incidence and long-term outcomes have been well documented in pediatric cancer patients. Investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have now discovered similar
Nancy J. Lee, MSN: Keeping Patients and Families as her Beacon
March 5, 2018
Nancy Lee's favorite part about CHLA is the patients in the hospital’s care and the quality of the hospital’s staff.
“Keyhole” Surgery Repairs Spina Bifida In Utero
June 6, 2019
Gilda Giron was just 13 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound revealed her baby had myelomeningocele—the most severe form of open spina bifida, a birth defect that affects backbone development and can
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