Kidney disease has been referred to as a silent killer because it can develop with subtle symptoms leading to advanced loss of kidney function that can require dialysis or kidney transplantation. In children, chronic kidney failure can develop without major symptoms until most of the kidney function is lost. According to the National Institutes of […]

Kenshella Moss welcomed her first and only child in 2013. Her beautiful daughter Ja’Nyla Benson was born without complications. Within a few weeks of her birth, however, Kenshella noticed that Ja’Nyla’s eyes were yellow. Her pediatrician, recommended that she be exposed to sunlight and be fed formula every two hours. When Ja’Nyla was seven weeks […]

Deepak Kamat, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P., pediatrician and Designated Institutional Official for the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Residency Program and professor of Pediatrics for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been elected vice chair of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The committee is responsible for the […]

For the first time ever, a Children’s Hospital of Michigan DMC physician has gained clinical certification in the rapidly expanding medical sub-specialty of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). The recent board certification of Pooja Gupta, M.D., has established her as one of the first clinicians in the nation to be admitted to practice as a […]

February 1-7, 2016 is recognized as Sudden Cardiac Death of the Young (SCDY) Awareness Week Sudden cardiac arrest happens when the heart suddenly stops working and can no longer function properly. It occurs in more than 350,000 individuals in the United States yearly. While heart related deaths occur much less frequently in young people, it […]

In 2013, LaDonna and Luther Jenkins of Southfield, were joyful at the birth of their beautiful first-born daughter Lauren. Their baby girl was healthy and thriving. When Lauren was about 17-months-old, however, there were a few signs that caused some concerns. “Lauren started to have staring spells and it advanced to involuntary twitching. She also […]