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 […]

For the second consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group has named the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) to its annual list of Top Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given […]

  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 […]

A study by a Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center research team is shedding new light on the troubling question of whether the drugs often given to HIV-positive pregnant women can cause significant long-term heart problems for the non-HIV-infected babies they carry. The study recently published in the journal AIDS shows that while the […]

In the Fall of 2008, Lekeisha Peterson of Troy, was looking forward to having her ultrasound at DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital to determine if her first child was going to be a boy or girl. Instead, her world turned upside down when staff found her baby girl may have a problem with her heart. Further […]