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Give a Smile to kids across New England when you donate at checkout at Shaw's Supermarket and Star Market now through July 31! You’ll help kids like Zoya from MA, Spencer from VT, Charlotte from NH, Emily from ME and Atlas from RI get the lifesaving care they need to thrive.
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At Boston Children’s, child life specialists help kids be kids, through play, music, creative arts and more. Thank you to Delta Air Lines for helping make this essential programming possible. Your generosity means our patients and families receive support during their toughest moments. 💙
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After CeCe was diagnosed with a spinal cord tumor, her parents were warned that she would likely never walk again and might not be able to use her hands after surgery to remove it. Then they met Dr. Katie Fehnel in our Spinal Cord Tumor Program: ms.spr.ly/6180vsle6
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Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a condition caused by a reduction in blood flow around the time of birth. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital are leading an emergency interventional trial of inhaled hydrogen gas as an investigational therapy to treat ischemic injury in babies. The study will enroll 54 patients over 3 years.
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Welcome to the Hydrogen In neonatal Encephalopathy (HIE) Study This research study is led by Brian Kalish, MD, a neonatologist and Director of the Program in Neonatal Neuroprotection and Neuroplastici...1 CommentsComment on Facebook
For the volunteers in our Pawprints program, every day feels like National Take Your Dog to Work Day! 🐾 Whether bringing comfort during a bedside visit or joy to the Hale Family Center for Families, these four-legged friends bring smiles to our patients when they need it most. Thank you to NutriSource Pet Foods for funding this important program. 🐕http://ms.spr.ly/6183vi19N
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The history of cystic fibrosis diagnosis
In 1955, Dr. Harry Shwachman, head of Boston Children’s Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, developed the first practical sweat test to diagnose cystic fibrosis (CF). It involved encasing the patient’s body in a plastic bag to collect sweat, then using the pictured device to measure levels of salt in the sample. Cystic fibrosis causes sweat to be 2-5 times saltier than average. The sweat test allowed for much simpler and earlier diagnosis of CF, crucial to effective treatment. A version of it is still the main diagnostic tool used today.
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