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Giving Children the Skills They Need to Tackle Life’s Toughest Challenges
January 25, 2019
Mental health and suicide are not just adult issues. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates have tripled over the last 15 years among girls 10 to 14 years of age in
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has treated 14 patients with Retinal Degeneration Using Gene Therapy
July 12, 2019
More than a year after becoming one of the first medical institutions nationally to complete a revolutionary gene replacement surgery to restore vision in patients with retinal degeneration, surgeons
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded Fourth Consecutive LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader Designation
March 31, 2022
LOS ANGELES — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has been designated an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRC) 2022 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), the
Mom Knows Best
October 13, 2021
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are unraveling the biological mechanism that triggers pain in people with sickle cell disease—and confirming what mothers have been saying all along.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Treats First Patient on the West Coast Using Gene Therapy
March 21, 2018
Surgeons of The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles completed a revolutionary gene replacement procedure on Tuesday, March 20 at 9:20 AM, to restore vision in a patient with retinal
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
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.
The Petersen Foundation Endowment Supports Three Signature Programs at CHLA
June 27, 2020
A generous endowment will help fund clinical care and research in the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, The Vision Center and Inpatient Rehabilitation.
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