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The Father of Last Resort
June 22, 2017
Some of these children come to him without names, so this most faithful Muslim does what the old Hebrew texts would praise: He crowns them. “In the hospital, they give birth, they leave them,” Mohamed
Advice for My 10-year-old Self
March 17, 2021
In honor of Women’s History Month, CHLA posed a question to some of our female team members across the organization. Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give your 10-year-old self?
A Team of Their Own
October 27, 2017
Everybody who knows 6-year-old Andrew Escamilla always expected he would play professional baseball someday. His father, a diehard Dodgers fan, took the boy to see the Men in Blue at Dodger Stadium
Devin’s Got a Good Arm—and a Grateful Heart
March 28, 2017
There was a time, not so long ago, when 15-year-old softball standout Devin Waddell might have let a bad game get her down. When she’d sometimes head home upset if her pitches hadn’t hit their mark
Bridging the Gap
June 30, 2016
In honor of National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month in July, I would like to highlight a special program here at CHLA called the NAM Program, which stands for Nasoalveolar (the
Baby’s Breath: A New Way to Study Neonatal Lung Disease
February 16, 2016
Normal lung (image A) compared to lung developed with low levels of VEGF (image B) demonstrating abnormal air spaces and lung tissue. Photo courtesy of Grikscheit Lab, The Saban Research Institute of
Do Kids with Sleep Apnea Need to Stay in Hospital Overnight after Sedation for MRI?
November 4, 2016
Children with sleep apnea may be at increased risk for overnight respiratory events (ORE) following anesthesia. But researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) wondered if the practice of
First Aid 101 for Parents
January 26, 2015
From choking to cuts to sprains to fevers, learn the basics about dealing with illness and injury when they happen to your child.
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