Pediatrics

Children Sleep Recommendations

How much sleep do children get? Not as much as their parents think

Children's Health

Do pediatricians recommend vaccines to make a profit? There's not much money in it

Childhood Vaccines Doctors

CHOP gets record $125 million gift from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts to help fund new patient tower

CHOP Patient Tower

Exercise doesn't just help youth stay physically healthy – it's linked to better mental health, too

Mental Health Youth

Children's Health

Formula may be right for infants, but experts warn that toddlers don't need it

Children's Health

CHOP opens specialty care center in Abington to serve Montgomery, Bucks counties

CHOP Abington Facility

Children's Health

Children who contract COVID-19 tend to show only mild symptoms, CHOP study finds

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CHOP doctors offer back-to-school safety tips as COVID-19 disrupts education

COVID-19 School Safety Tips

Children's Health

Penn, CHOP researchers receive $1.05 million grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to study childhood obesity

CHOP Chan Zuckerberg

Children's Health

CHOP to open pediatric urgent care center in Bryn Mawr

CHOP Bryn Mawr

Making a 'to do' list for trauma doctors

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Children's Health

How to prepare your daughter for her first menstrual cycle

Children's Health

Update: Fisher-Price recalls Rock 'n Play Sleeper after 32 reported deaths

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Children's Health

What is a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist?

Children's Health

These are the pediatrician-backed tips for preventing food allergies in children

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Children's Health

CHOP ranked best pediatrics department in the U.S.

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Children's Health

Defending a parent’s right to withhold vaccines when they want to

The ties that bind: Drexel doctor's huge collection spreads joy

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Experts say no yelling, no spanking ... so how should parents discipline their children?

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There is an official call to ban the disciplinary spanking of children

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Preemie cams let family in, keep germs out

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CHOP holds streak as best-ranked pediatrics department in United States

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Infant heart surgery patients often experience hearing loss, CHOP researchers find

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Philadelphia children receiving CDC-recommended vaccines in greater numbers

Penn study: Sleep may explain link between fish consumption, intelligence

Children's Health

Flu vaccine can prevent half of flu-related deaths in children, CDC study suggests

The last drop from my breast: Reflections on child-led weaning

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Regulators: Pediatrician concocts vaccines with cat saliva, vodka

In New York Times, CHOP urologist fields prickly subject for parents

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For Leslie Gudel, daughter's stroke was challenging in many ways

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CHOP, Einstein announce alliance in maternity care, pediatrics

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CHOP earns stellar marks in annual ranking of Best Children's Hospitals

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Devon Still celebrates wedding delayed by daughter Leah's cancer

Devon Still Wedding

CHOP releases vaccine-themed video game for kids

Vax Pack Hero

CHOP, Philadelphia launch trailblazing Community Health and Literacy Center

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In Mauritius, Penn researchers find good nutrition promotes positive social development in kids

Children's Health

Newborns may be getting over-diagnosed with gastric reflux disease

CHOP doctor gets award for research on climate change and kidney stones

Gregory Tasian CHOP

More kids eating detergent pods, study finds

Researchers still don't know why N.J. has highest autism rate in country

Children with leukemia relapse sooner if they're from a poor neighborhood, study finds

Study finds little siblings can help big siblings avoid obesity

Study: Autistic kids more likely to be gender non-conforming

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