Most parents don’t think it is a good idea to enroll their kids in martial arts training as they live in a culture that glorifies violence. Everything, ranging from video games to music, seem to be focused on violence and parents are afraid that their children are also going to become aggressive and violent. It […]
Teen Given New Lease on Life With First Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Amani, a 19-year-old Wayne County teenager, became the first patient at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan DMC to receive a haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), a procedure, also known as a half-match bone marrow transplant (BMT). The BMT team at Children’s Hospital of Michigan used the haploidentical HSCT approach pioneered by Johns Hopkins Hospital […]
Senator Brown helping low income children get access to school lunches over the summer
On June 15, 2015 Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio requested permission to address the United States Senate regarding measures to continue the school lunch program through the summer months: “Mr. President, for most children around the country the school year has ended and the summer has begun. Some 700,000 children in Ohio, my home State, […]
Children’s Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University Trauma Researcher Publishes Major Study on Causes of Brain Injury in Children
Conclusive findings by Division Chief and Research Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Prashant V. Mahajan, M.D., and other researchers underline the crucial importance of protecting kids from brain trauma with bicycle helmets, automobile seatbelts and effective sports-safety equipment. An exhaustive analysis of data from more than 40,000 cases of brain trauma in children – published […]
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Orthopedic Surgeon is First in Metropolitan Detroit to Use New Remote Control Device for Limb Lengthening
Emily Seeberg, a 15-year-old resident of Birmingham, Michigan, became the first patient in metropolitan Detroit to benefit from a revolutionary new procedure used to lengthen limbs. The treatment was performed by Ahmed Bazzi, D.O., an orthopedic surgeon, at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, part of the Detroit Medical Center. Emily was born with a […]
Young Children, Energy Drinks a Dangerous Combination
Study Highlights: • More than 40 percent of reports to the National Poison Data System for “energy drink exposure” in a three-year span involved children younger than 6. • The effects of energy drinks in the reported cases included abnormal heart rhythms and seizures. • Researchers call for better labeling of energy drinks’ high caffeine […]
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