Teen girls at higher risk OK with emergency department offering pregnancy prevention info July 19, 2017 Adolescent girls receiving a wide range of medical care in the Emergency Department (ED) are receptive to receiving information about preventing pregnancy, according to the results of a cross-sectional survey published online July 11 in The Journal of Pediatrics.
Children’s National Health System to Launch Rheumatic Heart Disease Eradication Effort with $3.7 Million Grant from American Heart Association June 22, 2017 Children’s National Health System has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the American Heart Association (AHA) to launch a Rheumatic Heart Disease Center, with the goal of developing innovative strategies and economic incentives to improve the prevention and diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in high-risk, financially disadvantaged countries and low-income communities across the United States.
Autonomous surgical robot STAR named top ten finalist in NASA iTech challenge June 14, 2017 Children’s National's proprietary robotic surgical technology Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) has been named one of the top ten finalists in the 2017 NASA iTech call for ideas challenge.
Children’s National Celebrates Dental Clinic Expansion and Enhancements with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony June 13, 2017 $500,000 Grant from Children’s Health Board Makes Improvements to physical Space and Equipment Updates Possible
Single Assessment to Capture Children’s Cognitive and Social Flexibility Measures Flexible Thinking June 9, 2017 Researchers from Children’s National Health System and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a new measure of children’s flexible thinking, the Flexibility Scale. This tool is the first to provide a measurement that captures links between cognitive skills and social functioning in children and directly addresses social flexibility, which is fundamental to a child’s ability to make friends and be successful in school.
New Chief of Critical Care Medicine Installed as First DC Lawyers Care for Children Professor of Critical Care Medicine May 26, 2017 Children’s National installed Michael J. Bell, MD, chief of the Division of Critical Care Medicine as the first DC Lawyers Care for Children Professor of Critical Care Medicine.
Children from Underserved Communities Receive Free Dental Care at Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children’s Dental Home Day May 24, 2017 It was smiles all around today as 80 children were welcomed to their new dental home at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., as part of the fifth annual Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children Dental Home Day.
Pediatricians can play a pivotal role in reducing pediatric firearm-related injuries May 23, 2017 20,000 U.S. children transported to Emergency Departments each year for firearm-related injuries. For the many children who do encounter firearms in the home, the results can be devastating.
Stress-mitigation interventions for parents did not lessen symptoms among kids with asthma May 12, 2017
Child Abuse Expert Installed as Inaugural Washington Children’s Foundation Professor of Child and Adolescent Protection May 11, 2017 Children’s National Health System installed Allison Jackson, MD, MPH, as the inaugural Washington Children’s Foundation Professor of Child and Adolescent Protection.
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