Beat the Heat: Keep Kids Safe in the Autumn Sun
As the Bay Area’s autumn heat wave continues, ensuring children stay cool and safe is crucial—especially for kids under 4 who can’t regulate their body temperature as well as adults.
As the Bay Area’s autumn heat wave continues, ensuring children stay cool and safe is crucial—especially for kids under 4 who can’t regulate their body temperature as well as adults.
Exploring the mysteries of childhood cancer, Lianna Marks, MD, delves into the complexities of the causes, symptoms, and future of treatment.
After being treated at Packard Children’s as a child, Lauren Newman is back, helping kids get through similar experiences as a child life specialist.
Marlee, her parents, and Stanford doctors teamed up to fight stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma.
Mia had primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, but after chemotherapy and many hours of physical therapy, she’s off to college.
Mateo had acute lymphoblastic leukemia with mutations that made it hard to treat, so his Stanford pediatric oncologists tried a stem cell transplant.
When Jace Ward came to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to join a clinical trial for a novel therapy, he had been fighting a deadly brainstem tumor for more than a year. A group of Stanford scientists published data from the trial Ward joined.
Bass Center for Childhood Cancer nursing leader helps patients even during her downtime.
Since 1991, the hospital and health system have logged more than 6.1 million clinic visits, 2041 solid organ transplants, and 129,574 births.
Only five nurses in the nation receive the award annually from the ANCC.
A full liver transplant was his best chance of survival.
Young boy successfully treated for aplastic anemia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
After fighting lymphoma at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, a teenager uses her Make-a-Wish to give back to other patients.
Teamwork helps teen survive rare cancer.
Nurses remember those who found strength in the Bass Center as they move to a new space.
Doctors used an innovative approach called high intensity focused ultrasound to remove a tumor called an osteoid osteoma without surgery or radiation.
Patients who undergo a surgical procedure may move from a surgical prep area, to an… Read more »
She donated the end-of-treatment bell to Packard Children’s. Seven years later, she’s working in the same unit where her daughter received care.
Brothers Ronnie and Levi Dogan were born with a very rare condition called IPEX syndrome. Packard Children’s was the first in the U.S. to offer a unique stem cell transplant they would both need for survival.
Two-year-old Cru Silva comes out swinging against retinoblastoma as we celebrate how we help kids with cancer heal.
Six girls being treated for pediatric cancer arrived at the Fairmont hotel in San Jose for the tenth annual Girls Day Out, a brief but much needed escape for body, mind and spirit.
Following two complex surgeries for a rare tumor, 16-year-old Lucca is paying it forward with his “Pack It Up for Packard” art supply drive.
Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants stopped by to visit with patients undergoing treatment in our Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases.
A team of RTTs have been decorating masks that patients are required to wear during treatment.
11-year-old Ty Whisler stood before the Stanford men’s basketball team as the honorary captain for their rival game against Oregon.
For Lydia, the impending opening of the new hospital brings back special memories, which ABC Bay Area highlighted in a recent story.
Nick Norcia loves sports, especially hockey. But the Leigh High School senior is especially thankful to be back on the rink after battling leukemia.
19-year-old patient Nate Dennis-Benford gears up to run the 5th annual Omar’s Dream Foundation 10K Run on October 15.
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health observes Child Cancer Awareness Month with advice from Gabriella Medrano-Contreras, the mother of a patient and cancer survivor.
A day of R&R was just what the doctor ordered this week for teen patients undergoing treatment at the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases.
Silicon Valley is a hub for innovation — it’s not only home to the country’s most cutting-edge tech companies, but on a smaller scale, it is the birthplace of many “makerspaces”.
We are very fortunate to have so many generous donors, especially during the holiday season. Whether you donate, fundraise, or shop to give, every effort makes a big difference for kids like Giselle.
When young patients move into Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford for treatment for cancer, transplant surgeries, or other acute conditions, their academic and social lives become secondary to their health needs. To bridge that gap, the Omar’s Dream Foundation is working with Packard Children’s to keep kids connected by donating laptops and other electronic devices that enable them to stay in contact with their classrooms and curriculum while in the hospital for extended periods of time.
The Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases has organized activities to observe Childhood Cancer Awareness month. The Bass Center is a leading pediatric cancer center dedicated to helping children of all ages who have cancer and blood diseases to manage or overcome their conditions.
Laughter sounded through the hallways of the Tova Day Spa at the Fairmont San Jose hotel, and on the other side a group of patients from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford were being pampered while discussing Netflix shows, playing games and brainstorming what to wear to prom this year. These may be normal topics of conversation for teens, but for girls undergoing cancer treatment, this day of fun, relaxation and spa treatments was a very welcome respite from their typical routines.
Doctors and nurses at our Bass Childhood Cancer Center practice their resuscitation skills several times a year, thanks to a new, hospital-wide, cutting-edge program that provides lifesaving training.
Thanks to a collaboration with the Omar’s Dream Foundation, youth patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford don’t have to sacrifice their education while they undergo treatment.
On June 5, the Pacific Art League in downtown Palo Alto was buzzing with excitement as some talented young photographers displayed their works of art.
Pam Simon, certified pediatric nurse practitioner and director of the program, explains how this unique program is going to make a big difference for patients.
With her bruises gone, Reagan’s now deep into volleyball, track, horses and a brand-new bike. “But what I like most is singing,” said Reagan.
Ongoing chemotherapy means that 8-year-old Luke O’Moore of Los Gatos cannot take part in his beloved BMX races. So members of the northern California BMX community came together to organize an exciting pro-am racing series and fundraiser in his honor.
In the U.S. News & World Report publication of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for 2012-13,… Read more »