The American Academy of Pediatrics announced it is revising recommended screen time guidelines for kids. Dr. Dimitri Christakis, director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, offers parents advice on how to manage screen time and what to consider when shopping for children this holiday season. Q: What […]
Studying abroad is a formative educational opportunity for many young adults, myself included. My time in French Polynesia last summer as a junior in college changed my outlook on the world and made me a better student, friend and daughter. But I also know from experience that studying abroad can also be problematic for some […]
Each year in the United States alone, 20,000 children under the age of 5 are hospitalized due to complications from the flu. In 2014, influenza claimed the lives of more than 140 children; half of whom were healthy and had not been vaccinated. “It’s important for everyone – especially children – to get a flu shot […]
Dr. David Rawlings and Dr. Andrew Scharenberg, researchers at the Center for Immunity and Immunotherapy at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, published a paper today in Science Translational Medicine that reveals a groundbreaking approach to engineering human T cells, which are crucial for fighting infection and show promise in treating autoimmune disorders, blood diseases and some […]
Families, patients and providers can now browse our clinical research studies at the newly-launched Seattle Children’s Research Studies and Clinical Trials Web Hub. When a family is in a rush to get dinner on the table, maybe mom or dad will order pizza, grab healthy greens from the salad bar or hustle home with prepared […]
Tiny, sleek zebrafish could hold the key for how we treat muscular dystrophy in the future. Dr. Lisa Maves, a researcher at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study drug combinations in zebrafish for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It’s one of the most common forms of muscular […]
A new study from Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI) shows that marijuana legalization has led some college-age young adults to believe marijuana must be safe to use now that it’s legal in some states. That’s a dangerous assumption says the study’s lead author, Dr. Megan Moreno, a Principal Investigator who studies social media and adolescent […]
Neurosurgeons at Seattle Children’s Hospital have long suspected that epilepsy patients who have surgery earlier in life have better outcomes than those that wait. Now they have data to confirm their instincts. In a study recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, lead author Dr. Hillary Shurtleff, neuropsychologist and investigator at Seattle Children’s Research […]
Family planning is not the first thing a young, newly diagnosed cancer patient might think about. But for adolescents and young adults facing cancer treatment that could leave them infertile, preserving the ability to have babies should be part of the conversation at the doctor’s office. A new study published today in Cancer and led […]
In the doctor’s office, words matter. The content of a conversation between doctor, patient and parent can change the course of treatment. Shared decision-making has emerged as the dominant model in medicine for these conversations. There is even evidence it can improve patient outcomes. But should doctors reconsider its constant use? Shared decision-making and its […]
