pediatrics

Psychologist and UCLA researcher Yalda Uhls writes that more important than limiting ‘screen time’ is guiding children and young adults to utilize technology to improve their lives.

The platform will be designed to use information about users’ previous asthma attacks to alert them when conditions might be right for another one.

Dr. Thomas Klitzner, a UCLA professor of pediatric cardiology, said the findings could help identify high-risk patients so doctors can provide a higher level of support.

If laughter is the best medicine, then kids staying at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA got a healthy dose during a Halloween celebration filled with giggles and smiles.

Dr. Angelica Zen’s recent honeymoon with her brand new husband, Ryan Miyakawa, will be forever memorialized in snapshots of the happy couple in Bali — and YouTube and TV news videos from all over the world.

Dr. Gary Mathern, an expert in complicated seizure disorders, was selected as the chair holder. His accomplishments have built upon the work of his mentor, Dr. Paul Crandall.

The effort will be based at five academic research centers in three states, including California, but is intended to be a national resource.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released the California Health Interview Survey for both 2013 and 2014, which contain data about a wide range of health care topics from surveys of more than 20,000 participants each year.

Window washers dressed as Batman, Captain America, Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wonder Woman entertained and posed for photos with young patients and their families at the third annual Superhero Day at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.

Children and adolescents who receive integrated mental health and medical treatment are 66 percent more likely to have a good outcome than those who receive more traditional primary care.

Dr. Nina Shapiro writes in the Wall Street Journal that a new law in California permitting exemptions for vaccines only with a doctor's order is a good first step, but more needs to be done to ensure vaccination compliance.

Teens who have a positive role model, an adult mentor at school, and who volunteer or participate in extracurricular clubs are less likely to be overweight.

Why do some youngsters bounce back quickly, while others suffer devastating side effects for years? Damage to the fatty sheaths around the brain’s nerve fibers may explain the difference.

Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA is recognized for excellence in nine specialties by the 2015-16 U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.

Findings are part of a comprehensive new study that tracked young children’s health in California from 2003 to 2012.

Frequency of drinking correlates with a higher likelihood of supervisory neglect by parents but a lower likelihood of physical neglect, according to a UCLA-led study.

The Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA celebrated its 3rd annual Kaleidoscope Ball at 3LABS in Culver City on May 2.

The study found that the average time from the onset of epileptic seizures until surgery was 5.4 years.

The study provides the most detailed information to date about the timing of the immune system’s recovery in school-age children with HIV.

Born with a heart defect that couldn’t be fixed with surgery, a baby receives a heart transplant at 23 days old. Five-week-old Dravyn Johnson left Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA for home today with his mother.

The study showed that children’s readiness for kindergarten was influenced not only by whether they attend preschool, but also by their families’ behaviors, attitudes and values.

UCLA’s Children's Pain and Comfort Care team at Mattel Children's Hospital works to succor pediatric, adolescent and young-adult patients in their days of need and to help their families grapple with the unfathomable: the death of that young patient.

Eighteen children with SCID have been cured of the disease after receiving the therapy in clinical trials at UCLA and the National Institutes of Health.

A landmark UCLA study makes a persuasive argument for the routine clinical use of DNA sequencing as a tool for diagnosing children with rare genetic disorders.

In the first study of its kind, UCLA researchers found that there was a disparity in post-tonsil removal doctor’s visits based on income status, race and ethnicity.