In the United States, there are only 15 Ehlers-Danlos-focused treatment programs. For most patients, treatment is piecemeal symptom management. But even though there’s no cure, that doesn’t mean that treatment can’t be more connected.
Category: Pediatrics Excellence
Pediatric neurologist James Brenton, MD, hopes to identify a tool to prognosticate future risk of disability at the first clinic visit.
Artificial intelligence may change the way we treat pediatric cancer. Big data analysis makes more precise treatment possible.
Understanding what causes SIDS could lead to better methods of prevention and more lives saved. Fern Hauck, MD, focuses on these issues.
Samir Bajikar, PhD, researches the underlying biological causes of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism with the eventual goal of helping develop more effective treatments to improve children's daily lives.
Most kids are encouraged to play sports, but children with heart conditions aren't always given that chance. Here's why that should change.
A new device at UVA Health Children's could help relieve pain from irritable bowel syndrome. Most patients see improvement in 4 weeks.
UVA Health Children's aquapheresis program improves kidney care for NICU patients with fluid overload or acute kidney injury.
With rising rates of childhood obesity, hypertension is a growing problem. Could an activity tracker make a difference?
At 22 weeks gestation, fetuses are on the cusp of viability. When delivery is imminent, how do neonatologists counsel families? This checklist can help.