Skin Care Tips for Safe Fun in the Summer Sun
The warm summer rays may bring fun times, but also a hidden danger – pediatric melanoma. Pediatric dermatologist Latanya Benjamin, MD, provides skin care tips
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Preventing kids’ window falls: A talk with Rajashree Koppolu
Each year in the United States, more than 3,000 children under the age of 5 are injured in falls from windows. Rajashree Koppolu, CPNP, a nurse practitioner with the pediatric general surgery and trauma team at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, has treated many children who have fallen from windows.
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 »
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.
iPads in the Emergency Department Offer Entertainment and Comfort
While many parents may have concerns about their kids plugging into screens and zoning out—in the emergency department that tendency has an entirely beneficial effect.
The Next Generation of Storytelling
At Packard Children’s, story-time will take on a whole new perspective in the Story Corner planned for the hospital expansion.
Room to Visit, Room to Heal
Packard Children’s is adding 146 new private rooms—so that families have more privacy and the space to be together during treatment and recovery.
School Nurses Make the Grade
School nurses can certainly help kids feel better. But can they also help kids do better in school? Packard Children’s studied the effects of putting health care back into schools, and found that—not surprisingly—better health leads to better grades.
