CHLA Blog

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How Can Music Help to Soothe Your Baby?

March 10, 2025

Music holds great benefits for infants, but can cause overstimulation if not used wisely. A CHLA music therapist leads parents through the key do’s and don’ts.

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Advice From Our Experts

Disaster Preparedness for Children with Special Medical Needs

March 10, 2025

CHLA emergency medicine physician Bradley Goldberg, MD, provides guidance on how families with children who have special medical needs can be ready for a natural disaster.

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Advice From Our Experts

Preparing Your Family for a Disaster

March 10, 2025

CHLA’s Bradley Goldberg, MD, and Stephanie Marcy, PhD, offer advice on how families can prepare for a natural disaster.

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Research and Breakthroughs

Breakthrough Study Led by CHLA Neurologists Links Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Inflammation With Down Syndrome Regression Disorder

March 7, 2025

Investigators led by CHLA’s Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, published a new research study that links Down syndrome Regression Disorder (DSRD) with neuroinflammation and dysfunction of the blood-brain

Advice From Our Experts

Newborn Screening Uncovers Hidden Genetic Disorders

March 7, 2025

Routine newborn screening can reveal genetic disorders early to enable early interventions that help children and save lives.

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Our Patients

Life With Hemophilia, Reimagined: Ryan's Gene Therapy Journey

March 7, 2025

After receiving Hemgenix gene therapy at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, the 24-year-old is managing hemophilia B with no more infusions—and a newfound freedom.

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Research and Breakthroughs

Team Designs Groundbreaking Leadless Pacemaker for Kids and Adults

March 6, 2025

CHLA cardiologists partnered with USC engineers to design the first leadless pericardial pacemaker for children and adults.

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Advice From Our Experts

Childhood Leukemia Isn’t What It Used to Be: Latest Treatments, Research, and Reasons to Hope

March 4, 2025

Facing a new diagnosis? A pediatric oncologist explains what the care journey looks like for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer.