http://www.lpch.org/ Top News from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital http://med.stanford.edu/news/thumbnails/lpch.jpg http://www.lpch.org/ http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/mom-saves-goodpasture-syndrome-daughter.html Lori Vargas, mom of 15-year-old Taylor Simpson, said that donating a life-saving kidney to her daughter wasn’t that big of a deal, even though it was. LPCH News Wed, 01 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/mom-saves-goodpasture-syndrome-daughter.html 2013-05-01T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/melanoma-monday-expert-available.html Do you know what’s happening Monday, May 6? Well, if you don’t, dermatologist Latanya Benjamin, MD, at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital will be happy to tell you all about Melanoma Monday, a nationwide skin cancer awareness day led by the American Academy of Dermatology. LPCH News Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/melanoma-monday-expert-available.html 2013-04-30T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/food-climate-health-connection-award.html Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford has been honored with the “Food, Climate, Health Connection Award” from the Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Healthy Food in Health Care (HFHC) program. The award is one of four Sustainable Food Awards given this year to recognize significant achievement as well as leadership in health care food service. LPCH News Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/food-climate-health-connection-award.html 2013-04-24T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/anesthesia-increases-success-rates-breech-babies.html When a baby is in the breech position at the end of pregnancy, obstetricians can sometimes turn the baby head-down to enable a safer vaginal birth. In the past, women were not given anesthesia during the turning procedure, which requires the physician to push on the woman’s abdomen while monitoring the baby with ultrasound. But a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital shows anesthesia is cost-effective because it increases the likelihood the procedure will work. LPCH News Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/anesthesia-increases-success-rates-breech-babies.html 2013-04-17T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/20000-car-seat-fitting.html When Alayne Brunner arrived at the Child Safety Car Seat Fitting Station at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital last week for her second visit, she didn’t know she was making history. LPCH News Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/20000-car-seat-fitting.html 2013-04-15T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/new-board-members-titinger-lee-podolny.html Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford is pleased to welcome Jorge Titinger, Frank Lee and Joel Podolny to its Board of Directors, each chosen for their exceptional leadership, accomplishments and vision. LPCH News Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/new-board-members-titinger-lee-podolny.html 2013-04-03T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/top-ranked-kidney-transplant-program.html As dramatic transformations go, it’s hard to match the aftermath of a sick child’s kidney transplant. Freed from dialysis and the side effects of kidney failure, young kidney recipients experience bursts of growth, discover new reservoirs of energy and achieve developmental milestones. LPCH News Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/top-ranked-kidney-transplant-program.html 2013-04-01T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/pediatric-cancer-grant-for-organ-transplant-recipients.html Prediction and early detection of a high-risk form of childhood cancer are the goals of an ambitious new study led by scientists at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. LPCH News Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/pediatric-cancer-grant-for-organ-transplant-recipients.html 2013-03-25T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/talk-to-children-about-gun-violence.html Honest, age-appropriate communication with children is one of the most important elements of helping youngsters handle news of traumatic events, according to Victor Carrion, MD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. LPCH News Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/talk-to-children-about-gun-violence.html 2013-03-18T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/frank-hanley-congenital-heart-tga.html "I’ve never run before," said 24-year-old Brooke Stone, from Aptos, Calif. "I had to sit out of gym class my whole life because of my heart. But now I will be able to run and work out, thanks to Dr. Hanley." LPCH News Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/frank-hanley-congenital-heart-tga.html 2013-03-18T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/cranston-shaw-outstanding-directors.html In their annual publication of Outstanding Directors 2013, the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal have honored two board members from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital for their exceptional careers in board service. LPCH News Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/cranston-shaw-outstanding-directors.html 2013-03-12T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/ultrasound-increases-line-placement.html By adopting a technique that’s already widely used in adult medicine, pediatric surgeons could save many children from complications associated with a common but risky hospital procedure. That’s the conclusion of a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. LPCH News Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/ultrasound-increases-line-placement.html 2013-03-12T07:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/downton-abbey-revisited.html When "Downton Abbey" TV character Lady Sybil Crawley's life-threatening pregnancy complication went ignored in a recent episode of the show, real-life obstetrician Maurice Druzin, MD, turned from his television and said to his wife, "We're going to have a real tragedy here." LPCH News Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/downton-abbey-revisited.html 2013-02-21T08:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/congenital-heart-disease-awareness-day-party-2013.html Valentine hearts take on a whole new meaning for children who’ve received life-saving congenital heart surgery over the past year. That’s why they’re getting together this Sunday to bond with other families, share experiences and give thanks to the Children’s Heart Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford -- annually ranked as one of the nation’s top 10. LPCH News Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/congenital-heart-disease-awareness-day-party-2013.html 2013-01-30T08:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/san-francisco-49er-superfan.html Meet 7-year-old patient Jacob Murphy of Rio Linda, Calif., a nuts-about-the-Niners fan who has turned his hospital room into a 49ers Fan Zone. LPCH News Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/san-francisco-49er-superfan.html 2013-01-30T08:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/partnership-for-a-healthier-america-membership.html Having good-tasting, healthy foods easily available is important for everyone who comes through our doors. LPCH News Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/partnership-for-a-healthier-america-membership.html 2013-01-22T08:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/for-patients.html Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and the Stanford University School of Medicine are notifying patients by mail that a password-protected laptop computer containing limited medical information on pediatric patients was stolen from a physician’s car away from campus on the night of January 9, 2013. LPCH News Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/for-patients.html 2013-01-21T08:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/healthy-hospital-pha.html Packard Children’s is one of only 10 children’s hospital systems among 155 signing on with the nonpartisan, nonprofit PHA, which is working with the private sector and Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to end the obesity epidemic LPCH News Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/healthy-hospital-pha.html 2013-01-18T08:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/cancer-drug-shortage.html A national drug shortage has been linked to a higher rate of relapse among children, teenagers and young adults with Hodgkin lymphoma enrolled in a national clinical trial, according to research led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. LPCH News Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/cancer-drug-shortage.html 2013-01-07T08:00:00Z http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/cpr-anytime.html Many children with chronic disease or serious health conditions are at risk of cardiac arrest. Teaching their parents to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation can save kids' lives and prevent brain damage caused by delayed resuscitation. LPCH News Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.lpch.org/aboutus/news/releases/2013/cpr-anytime.html 2013-01-07T08:00:00Z