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Keep on Dancing
September 8, 2016
Despite all the surgeries, despite the grim prognoses—despite the odds, really—8-year-old Carmella “Ella” Cruz just keeps dancing. It’s a dance all her own, more of a life-affirming wiggle than a full
Ellen K: Why I Give
June 25, 2020
The beloved radio personality—who hosts an annual Giving Tuesday broadcast to benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles—shares her experience as a grateful patient mom.
CHLA Patient Plays With LEGOS to Overcome Pain
August 7, 2014
Star Wars characters in the cafeteria, a horse in the Radiology Lab and a trap door in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are not typical things seen at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, but for
Why Poison Ingestion Among Children Is Rising—and How to Protect Your Kids
August 12, 2021
The pandemic has produced a surge in emergency room visits at CHLA due to the accidental consumption of toxic substances. Our injury prevention expert tells parents what safeguards to put in place.
Pediatric AIDS - Then and Now
December 2, 2015
Joseph Church, MD, has a thick stack of programs from children’s funeral services in his office. But this story doesn’t have a sad ending. “I remember every child I’ve treated who died of AIDS, and
Cancer Survivor Coco Shares Her Journey—and Some Quarantine Tips
May 18, 2020
In her own words, Coco shares her journey back to health, the importance of social distancing, and tips on keeping busy until safe-at-home restrictions are lifted.
‘I Can Do Anything I Want’
August 30, 2016
Surgery for hip dysplasia leaves Leana Vardanian pain-free and ready for a bright future. For Leana Vardanian, the first moment she knew something was terribly wrong came in sixth grade, when she
Surgeon Takes Aim at a Lethal Childhood Brain Tumor
February 22, 2021
Peter Chiarelli, MD, DPhil, is combining chemistry, physics and nanoscience to find new therapies for diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas.
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