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April 3, 2020
Child Life Specialists Begin Using Telemedicine to Reach Hospitalized Children During COVID-19
By Jane Murcia 
Technology Bridges Gap for Patients & Medical Staff
Tags: child life specialist, childrens health, coronavirus, COVID-19, featured, pediatrics, UCLA Health
April 3, 2020
How Parents Should Manage Children’s Screen Time During COVID-19
By uclahealth 
Mandatory Lockdowns May Increase Computer Usage Among Kids
Tags: children, computer use, coronavirus, COVID-19, featured, pediatrics, technology, UCLA Health
March 19, 2020
COVID-19: How the Virus Affects Children and Those Around Them
By uclahealth
Keeping Our Children Healthy During the Spread of Covid-19
Tags: childrens health, coronavirus, featured, immune system, pediatrics
March 11, 2020
By uclahealth
Heart transplants bring joy
Tags: featured, heart transplant, organ donation, transplant
February 21, 2020
Passion From Her Heart is Taking Care of Yours
By uclahealth
“I tell parents when I first meet them that they’re going to become experts in the heart,” smiles Kristen Ethridge, a pediatric nurse practitioner with the pediatric cardiac surgery program. Kristen (pictured second from left) poses with other cardiac nurses from the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. “Cardiac nursing has been a passion of mine since […]
Tags: cardiology, featured, nursing, pediatric cardiology
January 10, 2020
Captain Courageous: A Little Charmer Named Jackson
By uclahealth
After spending much of his early life in hospitals, Jackson Verner lived out his dream as UCLA Kid Captain, charming everyone along the way.
Tags: featured, kid captain, neurology, pediatrics
December 30, 2019
ChatterBaby, an app that helps parents know when and why their baby is crying, used in new research
By uclahealth
ChatterBaby, a mobile app developed at UCLA that analyzes the acoustics of a baby’s cry to identify it as fussy, hungry or painful, has been used in new research exploring the ‘mystery’ crying of colic. The cause of colic – episodes when an otherwise healthy infant cries for three to four hours a day for […]
Tags: ChatterBaby app, Dr. Ariana Anderson, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
December 7, 2019
Father and Daughter Shared Cancer Journey Ends at Dodger Stadium
By Jane Murcia with Photos from Nick Carranza
When Luis Diaz was diagnosed with leukemia at age 16, he never imagined that his daughter would face a similar battle more than a decade later. Luis’ daughter, Jazmine, then age 2, was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that occurs in bones or in the soft tissue around the bones. Luis […]
Tags: featured, pediatric cancer, pediatrics, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
November 13, 2019
Early Intervention Proven to Promote Skills in Young Children
By uclahealth
Early intervention provides services that support children from birth to age three who have, or are at risk for, a developmental delay or disability. Early intervention is highly effective at helping children learn new skills and overcome challenges. When is a child eligible for early intervention services? By law, parents and caregivers in California can […]
Tags: developmental delay, developmental disability, early childhood intervention, early intervention program, featured, pediatrics, UCLA Early Intervention Program, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
October 24, 2019
Stronger, Faster, More Coordinated
By uclahealth
“I didn’t play a sport before, so I didn’t have really good coordination,” confesses 14-year-old Shania Jemison, a ninth-grader at Culver City High School. Culver City High partnered with UCLA Health for the Sound Body Sound Mind Program. “We didn’t have an area to go to the gym after school, and this program is helping […]
Tags: featured, fitness, fitness gyms, healthy living, Sound Body Sound Mind, UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind
