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Julie Greicius
Now Seizure Free, Gracin Gets Her Words Back
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is using the innovative ROSA™ technology to help children suffering from prolific seizure disorders.
The Four-Pound Fighter
An ambulance rushed Dane to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. At four-pounds Dane Conrads was the smallest transplant the team had ever done.
Fit to Run: A rare heart procedure for Ziyan Liu
A rare heart support helped middle-schooler Ziyan Liu survive to transplant with a single ventricle heart.
Siblings with double-lung transplants beat the odds
When 9-year-old David Diaz was wheeled into surgery for a double-lung transplant, he had an advantage almost no one in his situation has: his sister had the same rare surgery just three years earlier.
Teams on a transplant journey
Christopher Castillo and Lani Lasconia had been acquaintances since childhood, but could never have imagined how their paths would cross in adulthood to help save Lani’s daughter, Cyehnna.
Treating an overlooked heart condition
Marissa Eustaquio’s case was a mystery. After a strong recovery from heart surgery as a child, she’d been active for years, enjoying dancing, hula, gymnastics, running, and bike-riding.
Living a full life on a VAD
The youngest of five kids in the Bingham family, 8-year-old Gage is the third of his siblings to suffer from a life-threatening heart failure condition known as dilated cardiomyopathy.
The diagnosis behind the diagnosis
In July 2013, 14-year-old Milan Gambhir – who had been a healthy child – was diagnosed with one of the most aggressive and incurable brain tumors: glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
Caring for Kids in the Juvenile Justice System
There’s no question that, for teenagers who end up on the wrong side of the… Read more »
Video Game Technology and Surgical Expertise Meet in Groundbreaking Tool at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health to Help Parents Understand Complex Heart Repair
One of the most complex birth defects of the heart—and one of the most challenging to repair—can now be easily understood through a groundbreaking, video-game-like graphic now available on the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health website. It’s the first in a series called “Moving Medicine: An Interactive 3-D Look at Conditions and Treatments.”
Two Generations Turn to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford for Cleft Lip and Palate Care
The moment Vanessa Garcia of Hollister, Calif., was born in 1985, doctors knew that the two gaps in her top lip and the division of her upper gums would make it impossible for her to eat.
Prenatal Partnership Has Lasting Benefits for Future Doctors and Patients
When Emily Ballenger of San Jose delivers her twins in August at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, she’ll also be credited with helping train a medical student in the art of patient-centered care and relationship building.
Talking with kids about medical care
For a child, a visit to the hospital is like entering a whole new world…. Read more »
Parents, patients and doctors unite for progress at the 7th Annual Stanford Autism Update
How can you create a special day for hundreds of families from different backgrounds, whose… Read more »
Personal genome sequencing and your child: What you need to know
Children today are born into a future their grandparents could have only imagined: Scientists have… Read more »
Health Hazards of Homework
A new study by the Stanford Graduate School of Education and colleagues found that students… Read more »
Cancer prevention for kids? It’s worth a shot!
If you knew a vaccination was available that would prevent certain cancers in your child,… Read more »
The Power of Touch
For babies, the nine months of pregnancy may feel like one long, loving embrace. It’s not surprising, then, that studies support the benefits of skin-to-skin contact for mothers and babies from the moment of birth, throughout infancy and beyond.
Five Tips for a Healthier Today
Happy National Child Health Day! We’ve got five simple tips you can use TODAY to help make your child’s day—and yours—healthier and happier.
A Boost for Breastfeeding
During World Breastfeeding Week, August 1 to 7—and every week—Packard Children’s partners with moms who want to breastfeed to help ensure they and their babies have all the support they need.
New Criteria and Surgeon’s Unique Expertise Offer Hope for Some Congenital Heart Disease Patients
In September 2012, 24-year-old Brooke Stone had her second lifesaving heart surgery, this time at… Read more »
A Teaching Hospital – For Patients, Too
Children on hemodialysis spend a lot of time away from school. Our dedicated dialysis teacher helps make sure they don’t fall behind by meeting their educational needs in the medical setting, and helping support their medical needs when they’re in school.
Healthy Resolutions for Real Success
For kids, learning healthy habits and sticking to them—New Year’s or not—can be the key to a long, happy life. So what steps can really make a difference?
Pioneers of the Berlin Heart
For a child awaiting a heart transplant, the Berlin Heart offers a bridge to life. Packard Children’s helped bring this innovative device to pediatric patients in the United States, and achieved some of the early milestones for the most vulnerable patients.
School’s Out, Lunch is On
When summer break begins, it can mean several weeks of hunger for children in East… Read more »
