Every year on Oct. 4, health care organizations around the United States recognize TEN-4 Day, a movement to raise awareness about child abuse. TEN-4-FACESp is an acronym to help medical professionals screen a child under 4 years of age for bruising patterns that may be more likely due to physical abuse than accidental injury. Learn more.
Find quick tips for initiating breastfeeding from the specialists in the Obstetrics Program at Mass General.
On September 21, 2024, the MGH Williams Syndrome program invited parents and caretakers to attend an afternoon focused on issues of special relevance to children with Williams syndrome under 16-years-old.
he Haddon Matrix, a public health praxis, has been successfully utilized to reduce motor vehicle injuries, and this viewpoint applies the same framework to propose how to reduce pediatric gun violence.
The 10-week program trains students to conduct an independent research project and communicate their findings.
Mass General for Children capitalizes on world-class research and innovation to provide personalized and compassionate care to patients and their families.
Salt and water transporters on immature neurons cause brain tissue shrinkage and blood vessel rupture.
Findings support the need for enhanced training of healthcare professionals to recognize and treat anaphylaxis in infants and young children.
Paul Lerou, MD, chief, Newborn Medicine, Mass General for Children (MGfC), and Sergei Roumiantsev, MD, associate chief, MGfC Division of Newborn Medicine, have been working to improve capacity challenges since 2015.
Stephanie Santoro, MD, Director of Quality Improvement Research for the Down Syndrome Program at Mass General for Children, is senior author of a recent study in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C, Retrospective Review of Code Status of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Era.
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