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412 articles with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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CHOP Researchers Find Strong Adolescent-Parent Relationships Lead to Better Long-term Health Outcomes in Young Adults
3/21/2023
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found that adolescents who report strong relationships with their parents have better long-term health outcomes.
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CHOP Researcher Leads International Panel in Developing First-Ever Clinical Diagnosis Guidelines for MOGAD
2/17/2023
An international panel led by a pediatric neuroimmune expert and co-director of the Neuroscience Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has established new criteria for properly diagnosing myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated diseased, a neurological disorder that causes inflammation and potential damage of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Receives Grant to Propel Critical Research in the Mitochondrial Space
2/8/2023
To advance vital mitochondrial medicine research and help decode the pandemic puzzle, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has received more than $2.3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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CHOP Researchers Develop New, More Accurate Computational Tool for Long-Read RNA Sequencing
1/20/2023
On the journey from gene to protein, a nascent RNA molecule can be cut and joined, or spliced, in different ways before being translated into a protein.
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CHOP Study Finds Multiple Disparities in Completing Care After Concussions
11/15/2022
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found disparities in the completion of follow-up concussion care, particularly among pediatric patients who are publicly insured and identify as Black, suggesting barriers to care exist.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Joins Forces with Gilbane Building Company, Pride Enterprises, and McKissack & McKissack to Create State-of-the-Art Pediatric Research Building
10/13/2022
In an effort to create the pediatric research building of the future, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has joined forces with Gilbane Building Company, Pride Enterprises, and McKissack & McKissack to construct the Schuylkill Avenue Research Building.
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CHOP Researchers to Lead Department of Defense Project to Measure Mitochondrial Function and Better Detect Mitochondrial Disease
10/4/2022
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have received an $11.85 million Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Focused Program Award from the United States Department of Defense to develop and validate minimally invasive or noninvasive diagnostic techniques to quantify mitochondrial function in living people.
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CHOP's Food Allergy Bravery Clinic Helps Kids with Food Allergies Overcome Anxiety
9/28/2022
From an early age, children with life-threatening food allergies are taught to proceed with caution: check labels, ask about ingredients, don't eat something at a friend's house if you don't know what is in it.
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CHOP Study Explores the Use of Telemedicine in Child Neurology in Largest Study to Date
9/16/2022
Researchers from the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that across nearly 50,000 visits, patients continued to use telemedicine effectively even with the reopening of outpatient clinics a year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Main Line Health Announce New Affiliation
9/13/2022
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Main Line Health announced an affiliation agreement that will fully transition Main Line Health's pediatric care and services from Nemours Children's Health to CHOP.
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CHOP Researchers Implicate Multiple Causal Genes that Drive Type 2 Diabetes Risk
9/6/2022
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia used advanced three-dimensional mapping techniques at a microscopic level to identify a multitude of genetic variants and corresponding target gene pairings in the pancreas that are implicated in type 2 diabetes.
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National Institutes of Health Awards Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $9.7 Million for Antifungal Therapy Study
8/29/2022
Scientists at Arkansas Children's Research Institute and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will use $9.7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a first-of-its-kind study to determine if a shorter course of therapy effectively treats uncomplicated candidemia, the most common invasive fungal disease in children.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Housing Authority Hold Community Event Introducing Expanded Pediatric Behavioral Health Services at New Center in West Philadelphia
8/26/2022
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Housing Authority yesterday hosted a community event at the Lucien E. Blackwell Community Center in West Philadelphia highlighting CHOP's expanded behavioral and mental health services offered at the new state-of-the-art Center for Advanced Behavioral Healthcare at 4601 Market Street.
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CHOP Helps Develop Platform to Speed Up Drug Development for Kids with Cancer
8/4/2022
has helped launch a new computational platform that will harmonize pediatric cancer data, allowing researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and advocacy groups to accelerate the pace of drug development for pediatric cancer.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Receives $400,000 Grant from American Heart Association to Study Hormones Related to Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Health
8/4/2022
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has received a $400,000 grant from the American Heart Association to help study heart-secreted hormones.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Appoints New Chief of Critical Care Medicine
8/3/2022
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has appointed Robert Sutton, MD, as chief of Critical Care Medicine in Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.
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CHOP Researchers Develop Algorithm to Help Distinguish ADHD Symptoms from Related Conditions
7/13/2022
Researchers from the Center for Applied Genomics (CAG) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed an algorithm that uses existing electronic health records to distinguish patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Appoints New Chief of Nephrology
7/6/2022
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has appointed Benjamin Laskin, MD as Chief of the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Pediatrics.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Appoints Dr. Michael Nance as New Chief of the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery
6/6/2022
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has appointed Michael L. Nance, MD as the Chief of the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, effective July 1, 2022.
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