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Training Helps Pediatricians Improve Antibiotic Prescribing
A new study suggests that educating pediatricians in their offices, and auditing their prescription patterns, encourages them to choose more appropriate antibiotics for children with common respiratory infections.
CHOP Earns No. 1 Ranking on U.S.News & World Report List
CHOP earned the number one ranking in the 2013-14 U.S.News & World Report Honor Roll of Best Children's Hospitals announced today.
Drop in BMI Improves Insulin Sensivitity in Obese Teens
In a family-based weight loss program, obese teens who reduced their BMI by 8 percent had better insulin sensitivity, a factor linked to type 2 diabetes.
CHOP Celebrates 1,000 Fetal Surgeries
Eighteen years after opening its Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, CHOP hits a record-breaking milestone: 1,000 fetal surgeries.
Dr. Belasco Featured in Philadelphia Tribune Article
Dr. Jean Belasco was featured in an article titled, "Experiment Gone Right," in the online Philadelphia Tribune July 21.
Research Reveals How Mitochondrial Gene Defects Impair Respiration, Other Major Life Functions
Researchers are delving into abnormal gene function in mitochondria, structures within cells that power our lives. Mitochondria are the place where energy is generated from the most basic molecules of food. Because this function is essential to life, defects in mitochondria may affect a wide range of organ systems in humans and animals.
Children With Asthma More Vulnerable to H1N1 Virus
Nearly a dozen 7th graders with asthma were welcomed along with other classmates back to school today by a special guest who had a message for them about staying healthy - Kathleen Sebelius, 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Become an Organ Donor
The Intelligencer, a Philadelphia-suburbs newspaper, features comments from CHOP parent Allison Kadi in an article about organ donation and transplant.
C. Everett Koop Statement
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) community is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr. C. Everett Koop. Dr. Koop served as CHOP’s surgeon-in-chief from 1946 to 1981, before taking on the role of U.S Surgeon General.
CBS Sunday Morning Features CHOP Cancer Research
The Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation has helped pay for nearly 300 cancer studies, some of them at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Now ten years after Alex's death, the oncologist who treated her at CHOP is making breakthroughs in the treatment of a specific kind of childhood cancer.
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