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Is My Child Depressed?
November 5, 2015
It is estimated that five percent of children suffer from depression at any given time. The good news is that depression in children is highly treatable.
Removing the Enablers: Reducing the number of tumor-supporting cells to fight neuroblastoma
May 16, 2018
Investigators at the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles provide preclinical evidence that the presence of tumor-associated macrophages—a type of immune
Gadolinium Deposition in the Brain Not Dose Dependent
May 16, 2018
Investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have determined that in children receiving gadolinium as a contrast agent to enhance MRI examinations, signal changes attributed solely to deposition
Understanding the True Side Effects of Cancer Treatment for Children
August 2, 2022
A Children’s Hospital Los Angeles researcher uncovers discrepancies between doctor reports and child self-reports about the side effects of cancer treatment.
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Alters Development of Brain Function
August 4, 2014
In the first longitudinal study of its kind, Prapti Gautam, PhD, and colleagues from The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles found that children with fetal alcohol spectrum
Can Butyrate Help Hispanic Children With Ulcerative Colitis?
October 11, 2022
A clinical trial at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first to study butyrate therapy in Hispanic children with ulcerative colitis.
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
Diet + Exercise + Chemo = Increased Survival in Youth with Leukemia
April 1, 2021
Risk of detecting cancer cells decreased by 70% after one month of treatment
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