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News and announcements on our leading research and innovative, world-class care for children and expectant mothers.

• December 15 Interactions between attention-grabbing networks weak in ADHD
  
• December 1 Optimal C-section rate may be as high as 19 percent to save lives of mothers and infants
  
• November 23 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Expansion Reaches Weather-Tight Construction Milestone in Advance of El Niño Season
  
• November 13 At Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health, an Apple HealthKit pilot for type 1 diabetes shows promise
  
• November 4 HIMSS Analytics Honors Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health with The HIMSS Stage 7 Award
  
• November 2 Fetal and maternal health leader named co-director of Pregnancy and Newborn Services at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children's Health
  
• October 20 Children’s Health Fund and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health Unveil New State-of the-Art Mobile Medical Unit
  
• October 19 Why is a 61-year-old man receiving heart surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford?
  
• October 12 Elevated blood-sugar levels in pregnancy tied to baby's heart-defect risk
  
• October 5 Information and Frequently Asked Questions About a Recent Vaccine Refrigeration Issue
  
• October 1 Juvvadi Pediatrics in Mountain View joins the Stanford Children’s Health network
  
• September 30 Board of Directors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford appoints Jennifer M. Johnson
  
• September 23 Nationally known pediatric health leader joins Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford as vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer
  
• September 18 For teens with bulimia, family-based therapy works best
  
• September 16 Filtered sunlight a safe, low-tech treatment for newborn jaundice
  
• September 8 Tutoring relieves math anxiety, changes fear circuits in children
  
• September 8 Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford plans major expansion of its world-renowned Heart Center
  
• September 4 Girl's massive airway tumor treated through new therapy
  
• September 3 Girls and boys with autism differ in behavior, brain structure
  
• September 3 Stanford Child Health Research Institute awards $3.4 million for research to improve child and maternal health
  
• August 20 Five lifesaving organ transplants in 48 hours means a very busy weekend at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
  
• August 18 Brain scans better forecast math learning in kids than do skill tests, study finds
  
• August 17 Bacterial community in pregnant women linked to preterm birth, study finds
  
• August 10 Three-year-old receives lifesaving heart transplant
  
• August 7 Girls’ Day Out event helps unite — and nurture — teens battling cancer
  
• July 24 El-Sayed appointed associate dean for maternal and child health
  
• July 14 Designing a Water-Wise Hospital at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
  
• July 9 Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health Named One of 2015’s Most Wired
  
• June 25 Silicon Valley Pediatricians in San Jose joins Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health network of care
  
• June 24 Assessing Differences in Mortality Rates and Risk Factors Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Patients With Cystic Fibrosis in California
  
• June 23 Adolescents uncertain about risks of marijuana, e-cigarettes
  
• June 22 Stanford Children’s Health CIO Ed Kopetsky honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
  
• June 11 $9 million grant to establish open-access autism database at Stanford
  
• June 9 Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford is honored in just-released national survey of best children’s hospitals
  
• June 9 In Kenya, program changes male attitudes about sexual violence, study finds
  
• June 8 Sonoma teen dancer realizes Joffrey dream, thanks to hip preservation specialists at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health and California Pacific Medical Center
  
• June 3 Stanford Children’s Health CEO joins Solutions for Patient Safety Board of Directors
  
• May 28 Patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital will experience: An Evening at the Oasis
  
• May 4 Existing drug may treat the deadliest childhood brain tumor
  
• April 28 Children’s Eye Injuries from Nonpowder Guns on the Rise
  
• April 23 Brain tumor growth stimulated by nerve activity in the cortex
  
• April 1 Autism Symposium April 18 at Stanford University, Sponsored by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
  
• March 31 Santa Clara woman with cystic fibrosis thanks CF Center at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health for successful journey to adult care
  
• March 26 Just-released national data confirm Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford No. 1 in transplantation
  
• March 19 Unlocking a heart that could cause sudden death: Teen’s rare congenital heart defect fixed at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health
  
• March 18 Inaugural Childx conference to be held at Stanford in April
  
• March 18 Sacramento girl’s massive airway tumor treated successfully through new therapy advanced at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health
  
• March 11 Mindy B. Rogers joins Board of Directors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
  
• March 11 Susan Herman Named President of the Association of California Nurse Leaders
  
• March 9 Dennis Lund to join Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health as chief medical officer
  
• March 6 Illinois boy saved by super-surgeon
  
• March 6 Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Names Stanford Comprehensive Neuromuscular Clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital a Certified Duchenne Care Center
  
• February 26 WWE® launches campaign to benefit Special Olympics International and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
  
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• February 23 Fertility and Reproductive Health Services now offered at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health
  
• February 6 Board of Directors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford appoints two new member
  
• February 4 Cochlear implants give young boy with Down syndrome a new lease on life
  
• January 22 Many of state's smallest babies not referred for follow-up care, study finds
  
• January 21 2015 California whooping cough epidemic discussed with Yvonne Maldonado, MD, of Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children’s Health
  
• January 21 Expansion Milestone at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Underscores Progress towards the Bay Area’s Largest Facility for Pediatric and Obstetric Care
  
• January 14 Infectious diseases expert at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Children's Health discusses 2015 flu season in California