Klinefelter Syndrome: Yuji’s Story
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Lancaster teen with chromosomal disorder thrives, thanks in part to support from CHOP
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes News and Updates
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Ranked One of the Best Children’s Hospitals in the Nation by U.S. and World Report
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is pleased to have once again been named one of the Best Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. We are proud to continue to be at the top of this list and congratulate our peer hospitals who join us in this year’s rankings.
Self-Esteem of Kids with Short Stature Tied to Social Supports, Not Height
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CHOP researchers have found that self-esteem in short youth is associated with coping skills and how supported they feel and not the degree of their short stature.
Integrating Precision Medicine into Standard of Care for Children with Thyroid Cancer
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Read this case study about integrating precision medicine into the standard of care for children with thyroid cancer.
CHOP Study Shows Children with Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer Can Skip Radioactive Iodine
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When radioactive iodine is spared, there is no decrease in the likelihood of remission.
Do You Know the Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes? November is Diabetes Awareness Month
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New cases of type 2 diabetes, when the body can’t use or make enough insulin, soared in kids during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn the signs and how CHOP can help!
CHOP Researchers Implicate Multiple Causal Genes that Drive Type 2 Diabetes Risk
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CHOP researchers have used advanced 3D mapping techniques to identify genetic variants and corresponding target genes in the pancreas that are implicated in type 2 diabetes.
Navigating Continuous Dextrose and Nutrition for Children with HI
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Many children with hyperinsulinism (HI) have feeding aversion — as many as 60%. The use of tube feedings, and possibly continuous dextrose, to control their blood sugar, among other things (effect of medications, the appetite suppressing effects of insulin, etc.), may exacerbate their aversion to eating by mouth.
Understanding the Benefits of a Neuropsychology Evaluation
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If Leela Morrow, PsyD, the psychologist for the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, gives your child a referral for a neuropsychology evaluation it’s nothing to be afraid of. In fact, it may give your child a roadmap to success.
Our Aim: Finding Answers for Children with Negative Genetics
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Much progress has been made over the last 25 years when it comes to identifying the genetic mutation that is causing a child’s congenital hyperinsulinism (HI).