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Remember these seven things before bringing your newborn home from the hospital

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Katie Paradis | Health and Parenting

Tags: pregnancy, primary care, primary care alliance

Congratulations, you just had a baby! Now what? Whether it’s your first, second, or eighth child, the initial weeks of life with a newborn can be a sleep-deprived blur. Hopefully, your first few days postpartum come with the support of knowledgeable, compassionate nurses and hospital staff. So before being discharged home with your bundle of ... Read More

Tagged: pregnancy, primary care, primary care alliance

Step by step: What to consider before your child wears a fitness tracker

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Albert McKeon | Health and Parenting

Tags: child life, digital health

Energetic children run circles around their parents. Wearable devices can count how many footsteps go into those circles. Depending on the model, fitness trackers can measure the steps a child walks and the miles they bike, all while monitoring their heart rate, body temperature, and other vital signs of health. More importantly, the devices can ... Read More

Tagged: child life, digital health

Eight tips to get your kids on a good sleep schedule

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Ellen Greenlaw | Health and Parenting

Tags: coronavirus, martha eliot, sleep

If your kids are staying up past midnight and not getting out of bed until after noon, they are in good company. Since kids have been out of school for the summer and have spent their days and nights with their friends or staying up late to binge a TV show, many are off their ... Read More

Tagged: coronavirus, martha eliot, sleep

How protected am I from COVID-19? A new test could tell you at home

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Nancy Fliesler | Basic/Translational, Research

Tags: coronavirus, diagnostics

Say you’re going to a wedding or a concert or are about to leave the country. You’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, even boosted, but you have an underlying medical condition. You might have a young child who’s received only one vaccine dose. How much protection do you and your family have? Do you need another ... Read More

Tagged: coronavirus, diagnostics

Sonny’s story: How an online Apert syndrome community set one family on a path to Boston

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Katie Paradis | Patient Stories, Specialty Care

Tags: apert syndrome, craniofacial, plastic surgery

Sonny Daniel has had a busy summer. Between traveling, camp, and time with family and friends, this 4-year-old has constantly been on the go — something his parents, Kellie and Josh, are incredibly grateful for. Their gratitude stems a lot from seeing how far Sonny’s come in his journey with Apert syndrome, a genetic disorder that ... Read More

Tagged: apert syndrome, craniofacial, plastic surgery

Powerful new antibody neutralizes all known coronavirus variants

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Nancy Fliesler | Basic/Translational, Research

Tags: coronavirus, immunology, public health, vaccines

As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, newer variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been evolving ways to evade the antibodies we make in response to vaccines or prior infections. As a result, we’ve seen breakthrough cases, antibody treatments that once worked have also become less effective over time. Scientists have been searching for an antibody ... Read More

Tagged: coronavirus, immunology, public health, vaccines

Lingering health problems in children and youth after COVID-19 and MIS-C

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Nancy Fliesler | Clinical, Research

Tags: coronavirus, mis-c

More than one in four children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) had persisting health problems two to four months later, finds a study led by Boston Children’s Hospital, one of the largest of its kind to date. Just published in the journal Pediatrics, the study tracked 358 patients ... Read More

Tagged: coronavirus, mis-c

Making a difference in children’s lives: A guide to the 2022 election season

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Joanne Barker | Our Community

Tags: advocacy, community health, coronavirus, policy

Voting is your right and your way to make a difference in children’s lives. When you cast your vote, you’re letting elected officials know where you stand on issues such as access to health care, behavioral health, and child nutrition programs. In this spirit of civic engagement, Boston Children’s Hospital encourages all eligible citizens to make their voices ... Read More

Tagged: advocacy, community health, coronavirus, policy

Weight loss: When scientific paradigms collide

Posted on August 5, 2022 by David Ludwig | Basic/Translational, Research

Tags: diet, nutrition, obesity

David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, co-directs the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. Because conventional thinking usually rests on years (sometimes centuries) of research, scientists are naturally skeptical of radical new ideas. But occasionally, problems with normal science arise, such as a persistent failure to solve important puzzles and anomalies that can’t be ... Read More

Tagged: diet, nutrition, obesity

Making ready-made CAR T cells for cancer immunotherapy

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Nancy Fliesler | Basic/Translational, Research

Tags: cancer, car t-cell therapy, immunotherapy, leukemia, lymphoma, stem cells

In CAR T-cell immunotherapy, T cells from a patient’s own blood are engineered to carry so-called chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that enable the T cells to attack and kill tumor cells. While CAR-T therapy is a powerful approach for certain leukemias and lymphomas, it’s not available for many patients who need it. It can be ... Read More

Tagged: cancer, car t-cell therapy, immunotherapy, leukemia, lymphoma, stem cells