Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Recent News About Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Three-Drug Therapy for Most Common Genetic Cause of Cystic Fibrosis Found Safe and Effective in 6-11-Year-Olds
An international, open-label Phase 3 study, co-led by Susanna McColley, MD, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, found that a regimen of three drugs (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) that targets the genetic cause of cystic fibrosis was safe and effective in 6-11-year-olds with at least one copy of F508del mutation in the CFTR gene, which is estimated to represent almost 90 percent of the cystic fibrosis population in the United States.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Hassles with Child Car Seats Linked to Unsafe Child Passenger Behaviors
Parents who reported more hassles using a child car seat or booster seat – such as the child is uncomfortable or having to make multiple trips in a day – were less likely to follow recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on child passenger safety, according to a study published in the journal Academic Pediatrics.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19) Pediatric Vaccine Registry
Lurie Children’s is in the process of pursuing pediatric studies of COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Over Half Of Chicago Parents Struggle At Home During Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to parenting for Chicago moms and dads as entire families live, work and attend school together at home, according to a survey from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: “Smart” Asthma Inhaler Sensors Improve Pediatric Asthma Control
Sensor-based inhalers integrated into health care providers’ clinical workflows may help improve medication adherence and support children with asthma – and their families – to more effectively manage this condition, according to a new Northwestern and Lurie Children’s study published in Pediatrics.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Food Allergies Are More Common Among Black Children
Black children have significantly higher rates of shellfish and fish allergies than White children, in addition to having higher odds of wheat allergy, suggesting that race may play an important role in how children are affected by food allergies, researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Rush University Medical Center and two other hospitals have found.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Non-White Patients Miss Out On Life-Saving Cystic Fibrosis Drugs Due to Genetic Test Limitations
There are many new drugs to treat cystic fibrosis, but non-white patients are far less likely to receive the latest precision medicines, accord to a new study.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: NIH-Funded Study Examines Mono, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in College Students
Many college students fully recover from infectious mononucleosis (which is almost always caused by Epstein-Barr virus) within 1-6 weeks, but some go on to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS)
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Lurie Children’s and Rush University System for Health Announce Affiliation to Advance Pediatric Care
Today, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Rush University System for Health announced a new affiliation that will improve access to high-quality and complex pediatric care, while making it easier for patients and their families to access the best care possible for their children.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Talking to Children and Teens about Difficult Situations, Tragedies and News Events
During times of crisis, children can have big feelings in response to the information they are seeing and hearing around them.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: iREACH Study Aims to Enhance Prevention of Peanut Allergy in Pediatric Practices
The Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research (CFAAR), at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, announced the launch of the Intervention to Reduce Early Peanut Allergy in Children (iREACH) study.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Parents Want More Bullying Prevention in Schools
Chicago parents continue to voice predominant concern about bullying and are turning most often to their children’s schools for help, according to new survey results from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: New Wireless Wearable Sensors Monitor Brain Blood Flow and Oxygenation in Vulnerable Pediatric Patients
An interdisciplinary team from Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed and clinically tested soft, flexible, miniaturized sensors that gently adhere to the child’s forehead to wirelessly monitor changes in cerebral blood flow and oxygenation, to alert clinicians of potential need to intervene and restore equilibrium.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Convenient, Compassionate Care, Delivered: ENT Services at Lurie Children's
Children with recurrent sore throats, ear infections, hearing loss due to ear fluid and snoring or breathing issues during sleep, have a more convenient option for getting the otolaryngology (ENT) care they need at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Pediatric Sports Medicine Specialists in Skokie Five Days a Week
When children and adolescents need sports injury care, the best treatment and management of their conditions comes from specialists with training in pediatric medicine.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Dr. Patrick Seed to Lead Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Lurie Children’s Hospital
Patrick Seed, MD, PhD, was appointed President & Chief Research Officer of Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Since he joined Lurie Children’s in 2016, Dr. Seed has served as Associate Chief Research Officer for Basic Sciences at the Manne Research Institute and Division Head of Infectious Diseases at Lurie Children’s.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Most Chicago Parents Likely to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19
Though Hesitancy to Vaccinate Highest in Chicago Communities Most Seriously Affected by Pandemic
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: A Fast Track to Seizure Freedom at Lurie Children's
Children with epilepsy have access to world-class care at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, bolstered this fall by the addition of Joyce Wu, MD, as the hospital’s new head of the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Novel Drug May Improve Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
A novel drug called vamorolone may improve the efficacy of corticosteroid treatment for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a rare form of inherited and progressive muscular dystrophy, according findings from a clinical trial published in the journal PLOS Medicine.
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ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: Do Asymptomatic Kids with COVID-19 Carry Less Virus?
New questions are at the forefront as a study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology from nine children’s hospitals finds that most asymptomatic children who tested positive for COVID-19 had relatively low levels of the virus compared to symptomatic children.