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Six tips for how families can manage Omicron

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Albert McKeon | Health and Parenting

Omicron, a highly transmissible COVID-19 variant, is straining hospitals, canceling events, and emptying store shelves of test kits. It seems almost inevitable that it will find its way into households. Nearly two years into the pandemic, staying on top of COVID-19 guidance can seem exhausting. But you shouldn’t lose hope. Eventually, we will see the ... Read More

Tagged: coronavirus, vaccines

Quarantining and isolating for COVID-19: Answers for families

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Jessica Cerretani | Health and Parenting

Tags: coronavirus, vaccines

Someone in your family has tested positive for COVID-19. You know you need to take steps to keep it from spreading — but just what does that involve? Here, we answer common questions about quarantine and isolation, based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). What is “close contact”? Being ... Read More

Tagged: coronavirus, vaccines

When a parent has mental illness, how to support kids

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Joanne Barker | Health and Parenting

Tags: mental health

Between the long hours, many responsibilities, and lack of control, few jobs in our society are as demanding as parenting. If a parent has a mental illness like depression or anxiety, raising kids becomes even more difficult. Many parents live in secrecy, believing that they are the only ones who struggle like they do. But ... Read More

Tagged: mental health

Saving baby Marcela: A mother’s mission to finally hold her daughter

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Albert McKeon | Patient Stories

Tags: cardiac surgery, congenital heart defect, heart, heart center, heart patient, international, surgery

The translations of this page are translated from English into another language using Google Translate, a third party tool. Please note that such translations from the English language version may contain errors and/or inaccuracies as a result of the translation. Boston Children’s Hospital disclaims all liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may result from ... Read More

Tagged: cardiac surgery, congenital heart defect, heart, heart center, heart patient, international, surgery

Outdoors and indoors — How to keep your child active in winter

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Albert McKeon | Health and Parenting

Tags: advocacy, child life

Don’t let frigid temperatures, snow and ice, and fewer hours of sunlight prevent your child from being active. Instead of giving into the winter blues, embrace the season and ensure that fun physical fitness activities are part of your child’s daily routine. There’s good reason to stay active: “Exercise increases aerobic fitness, strengthens muscles and ... Read More

Tagged: advocacy, child life

When a friend dies by suicide: Preventing suicide contagion

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Joanne Barker | Health and Parenting

Tags: emergency medicine, mental health, suicide

Suicide can shake an entire community. For some kids, a friend or classmate’s suicide increases the risk that they may resort to the same behavior. This risk, known as suicide contagion, can affect people who lived down the street from the person who died, went to school with them, or simply saw them around town. ... Read More

Tagged: emergency medicine, mental health, suicide

Bringing genomics to community NICUs

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Nancy Fliesler | Clinical Care, Our Community

Tags: community health, exome sequencing, genetics and genomics, health equity, newborn medicine, research

About a year and a half ago, Robert Rothstein, MD, FAAP encountered a baby with a pattern of facial features and clinical findings that suggested a genetic syndrome. The available tests couldn’t pinpoint a diagnosis, and the family wanted a more definitive answer. So Rothstein and his colleagues transferred the newborn from Baystate Medical Center ... Read More

Tagged: community health, exome sequencing, genetics and genomics, health equity, newborn medicine, research

From our labs and clinics: 10 research advances in 2021

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Nancy Fliesler | Clinical, Research

Tags: cancer, coronavirus, diet, dipg, moyamoya, personalized medicine, seizures, sleep, spinal muscular atrophy, stem cell transplant

Pediatric medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital rests on a strong base of discovery science. But it can take decades for bench discoveries to be validated and replicated in humans and for treatments to be proven safe. When lab discoveries advance on the road to clinical application, it’s cause to celebrate. Here are 10 research success ... Read More

Tagged: cancer, coronavirus, diet, dipg, moyamoya, personalized medicine, seizures, sleep, spinal muscular atrophy, stem cell transplant

From our labs and clinics: The top 10 COVID-19 science stories of 2021

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Nancy Fliesler | Clinical, Research

Tags: computational epidemiology, coronavirus, diabetes, diagnostics, drug development, heart center, immunology, infectious diseases, mis-c, vaccines

As COVID-19 waxed, waned, morphed, and waxed again this year, research was taking place throughout Boston Children’s Hospital. Ongoing national studies the hospital is leading or co-leading include Overcoming COVID-19, a CDC-funded study on COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C); IMPACC, examining immune responses in people hospitalized with COVID-19; and MUSIC, studying MISC’s ... Read More

Tagged: computational epidemiology, coronavirus, diabetes, diagnostics, drug development, heart center, immunology, infectious diseases, mis-c, vaccines

Ways to keep kids engaged and unplugged during the holidays

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Nanci Ginty Butler, LICSW | Health and Parenting

Tags: adolescent medicine, culture

The winter holiday break is upon us. This means being away from routines and schedules and more time at home, traveling, or visiting loved ones. Bottom line: families will be spending more time together (again). So, how can we find ways to put down our phones and engage in the yuletide cheer together? Join in ... Read More

Tagged: adolescent medicine, culture