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Each bout of flu, pneumonia or bronchitis leaves behind slightly altered cells that impact our overall health and the rate at which we age. Researcher Barbara Driscoll is studying this phenomenon.
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A new clinical trial aims to shed light on how to best treat a patent ductus arteriosus in the most fragile infants.
PART 1: ‘They’re Evacuating the Babies’
August 14, 2019
Sentimental was not how Lauren expected to feel upon seeing her son, Max, for the first time after his cleft lip surgery. She was astounded by the repair job William Magee, MD, DDS, had performed. The
Long COVID in Kids: A Path to Recovery
September 8, 2022
Long COVID or “long-haul COVID” can be debilitating for kids and teens—with symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath and brain fog.
Growing Up With a Heart Defect
February 21, 2020
Geoffrey Von Der Ahe, 18, who has been a patient at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles since birth, says living with a heart defect has made him want to give back to other kids—and study medicine one day
Brave Ben Heads Home
December 28, 2017
For a 4-day-old infant, 3½ hours is a long time. For his mother, it feels like a lifetime—when he is having open-heart surgery to correct a congenital heart defect. Benjamin Clark was born at a
A Blessing In Disguise
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Will, 15, had no idea he had a cyst in his brain until he was injured in a lacrosse game. Grateful for the lifesaving care he received at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the teen and his family are
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