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New Research Traces Breastfeeding Benefits 10 Years Into Childhood

July 18, 2024

A new study from CHLA researchers explores the connection between breastfeeding duration and positive brain-body development in 9- and 10-year olds.

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Research and Breakthroughs

CHLA Researcher Wins National Award for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Study

June 10, 2024

Findings from the novel study suggest that congenital adrenal hyperplasia begins to affect brain development in the womb.

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Research and Breakthroughs

A Noninvasive Way to Measure Placental Health

January 19, 2024

In a first for the field, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles researchers use fetal MRI to measure placental vascular reactivity during pregnancy.

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Research and Breakthroughs

The Saban Research Institute of CHLA Celebrates Science Day 2023 With Focus on Childhood Nutrition and the Developmental Origins of Chronic Diseases

July 2, 2023

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles annual research symposium events focused on the role of nutrition and other factors in childhood and lifetime health.

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $6.8 Million Five-Year Grant to Help Lead National Consortium on Healthy Brain Development

October 5, 2021

Groundbreaking 25-site study will follow thousands of children from multiple demographics before birth through early childhood.

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Researchers Awarded $3.5 Million to Study Brain and Cranium Development in Children

September 28, 2021

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Children’s National Hospital collaborate, creating the first ever toolbox to help clinicians understand how the brain and cranium grow together.

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New Research Traces Breastfeeding Benefits 10 Years Into Childhood

CHLA Researcher Wins National Award for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Study

A Noninvasive Way to Measure Placental Health

The Saban Research Institute of CHLA Celebrates Science Day 2023 With Focus on Childhood Nutrition and the Developmental Origins of Chronic Diseases

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $6.8 Million Five-Year Grant to Help Lead National Consortium on Healthy Brain Development

Researchers Awarded $3.5 Million to Study Brain and Cranium Development in Children