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Texas Children's Hospital
Ranks Top in Houston as Best
Place to Work
The Houston Business
Journal has named Texas
Children's Hospital the
2009 Best Place to Work
among Houston companies with
more than 500 employees. |
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Texas Children's Sees Rise
in Teen Bariatric Surgery
KHOU-11reports on an
increase in teen gastric
bypass surgery and Texas
Children's role in a 10-year
study of benefits and risks. |
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U.S. News Recognizes
Texas Children's as one of America's Best Children's Hospitals Nationwide
Texas Children's Hospital ranked in all ten subspecialties, one of only ten hospitals earning the prestigious Honor Roll designation. |
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Dr. Mark W. Kline named physician-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital
Dr. Mark
W. Kline,
internationally recognized
leader in pediatric
HIV/AIDS, has been named
physician-in-chief at Texas
Children’s Hospital and
chair of pediatrics at
Baylor College of Medicine.
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Radio Lollipop Reaches
Patients All Over Hospital
KTRK-TV profiles
Radio
Lollipop, the all-volunteer
station which helps put
smiles on kids' faces at
Texas Children's Hospital. |
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Texas Children’s Hospital
West Campus Invites
Community Children to Share
Their Dreams
President George W. Bush and
Laura Bush received the 2009
Leadership Award from the
Baylor International
Pediatric AIDS Initiative
(BIPAI). |
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Texas Children’s Hospital
West Campus Invites
Community Children to Share
Their Dreams
Dream Tree initiative
launched to celebrate
topping out of new West
Campus facility.
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Texas Children’s Hospital
Celebrates Opening of New
Project Medical Home in
Corinthian Pointe
Texas Children’s Hospital
held an opening celebration
May 14 for its newest
Project Medical Home
practice in the
Corinthian
Pointe community. |
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Demmler-Harrison honored for devoted work with pediatric society
Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison
has been awarded the Society
for Pediatric Research 2009 Thomas Hazinski, M.D.
Distinguished Service Award. |
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Work begins on children’s AIDS center in Tanzania
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for a new center of excellence that will provide comprehensive
pediatric HIV/AIDS care to children and their families through the
Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and Texas Children's. |
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Renowned Texas Children's
Hospital Neuroscientist Receives Prestigious 2009 Vilcek Prize
Dr. Huda Zoghbi has been
awarded the
2009 Vilcek
Prize in biomedical science
for her pioneering research
on Rett syndrome and related
autism spectrum disorders. |
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Texas Children's Hospital
Celebrates the “Topping Out”
of the Jan and Dan Duncan
Neurological Research
Institute
As part of its
Vision 2010 expansion campaign, Texas Children’s Hospital hosted the Tellepsen Builders’ “Topping Out” ceremony for the
Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute. |
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Study Underscores Need
for New Immunization
Strategies for Teens
A new
study conducted by a Texas
Children’s Hospital doctor
calls for more inventive
ways to ensure adolescents
receive the
recommended vaccines. “A
‘one-size-fits-all’ approach
will not work,” said
Dr. Amy
Middleman. |
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Collaborative center aimed at treating, curing retinoblastoma
Doctors and researchers from four Texas Medical Center institutions have joined together in the fight against retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the eye. |
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Texas Children's Celebrated and Educated Children at Cornelius Elementary
On February 13, students
from Cornelius Elementary
spread their love as they
decorated cards and letters
for children in need of some
extra cheer on Valentine’s
Day. |
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Simmons Family Foundation
awards collaborative
research grants
The
Virginia and L. E. Simmons
Family Foundation
Collaborative Research Fund
has awarded four research
grants totaling $600,000 to
physician/
researchers at Texas
Children's Hospital, Rice
University and The Methodist
Hospital Research Institute. |
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Discovery Health features
Texas Children's Fetal
Center
The
Texas Children’s Fetal
Center team was recently
showcased on the Discovery
Health channel in a one-hour
special called “Miracle
Babies.” Click
here to watch the
amazing story unfold! |
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Vaccinating Adolescents:
Texas Children’s Hospital is
“Taking It to the Schools”
With Collaborative Pilot
Program Targeting
Underserved Youth
Students Received
Recommended Vaccines at No
Cost to Families. |
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On Your Mark...Get Set...Go!
The 12th annual
Texas Children's Hospital
Kids' Fun Run kicked off
the Chevron Houston Marathon
weekend with more than 3,500
children participating! |
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Thank you for tuning in
On
December 19, 2008 the fifth
annual
Cure Kids Cancer Radiothon
broadcasted live on
Cox Radio stations and
raised
over $750,000 in gifts and
pledges for the Cancer
Center.
Learn how our physicians are
changing cancer patients'
lives. |
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Cancer Center launches
nation’s first comprehensive
web-based application for
care of childhood cancer
survivors
Passport
for Care to revolutionize
long-term survivor care,
provide life-enhancing
support. |
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Texas Children's
participates in the
largest-ever NIH children’s
study
Texas Children's Hospital is
part of a consortium of
local researchers, led by
Baylor College of Medicine,
who will take part in the
largest-ever National
Institutes of Health study
of children.. |
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U.S., Tanzania governments partner with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative to open two new AIDS centers
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U. S. News ranks Texas Children’s Hospital #6
in best pediatric hospitals nationwide
U.S.News & World Report
announced the results of the
2008 edition of America’s
Best Children’s Hospitals,
identifying the top 30
pediatric hospitals in the
country. |
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Tiny miracle: Texas Children's surgeons save baby's life in utero
Baby Macie was dying in her
mother's womb until
Texas Children's Fetal
Centerr
surgeons performed a
delicate surgery to remove a
rare tumor
while she was still in her
mother's womb. See more on
this story:
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CBS Evening News |
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Texas Children’s breaks
new ground
Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital just for kids.
Texas Children's Hospital
West Campus |
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Web site now available in
Spanish
Nearly 500 of the most
visited Web pages on this
site were selected for
translation. The remaining
pages of the Web site will
be translated over the next
two years.
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Parents expected twins,
not the risks to fetuses
Fetuses become a danger to each other when blood flows incorrectly
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Kangaroo Crew reunites with
past patients to unveil new
ambulances
Patients
reunite with members of the
specialized transport
service team at the
unveiling of the newly
designed, ground and air
ambulances. |
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Advances in fetal medicine
The April 1 issue of AmericanWay, the magazine for American Airlines, features
Texas Children's Fetal Centerr physicians. |
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Top anesthesiologists
attracted to Heart Center
In
recent months, the Heart
Center has attracted some
high-profile recruits in the
area of Cardiovascular (CV)
Anesthesia. |
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Can
you stump the doctor?
(ABC13.com video)
Dr. Ralph Feigin, Texas
Children’s
physician-in-chief, pits his
knowledge against young
residents in a weekly game
that challenges them to
think outside the box.
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Cancer patients get CDs back
from outer space
NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski
returns CDs of 55 Purple
Songs that flew
aboard space shuttle
Discovery. |
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Leading Neuroscientists to set five
research objectives for treating
Cerebral Palsy at collaborative workshop
Leading neuroscientists from the United
States and Canada gathered in Houston
for an intensive two-day pediatric brain
injury workshop designed to identify
objectives for treating cerebral palsy
that are the most innovative, fundable,
scientifically sound and achievable
within a reasonable time frame. |
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Oprah features Texas Children's
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program
On her Feb. 4 show, Oprah featured
Dr. Mary Brandt and how the
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program is
saving the lives of teens battling
obesity. Visit
Oprah.com to learn more about
one patient’s journey, see photos and
read more about the show. |
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Texas Children's launches first-of-its
kind vaccine center
Texas Children's Hospital announced the
creation of the Center for Vaccine
Awareness and Research, a new program
dedicated to providing parents and the
medical community with up-to-date
information about vaccines and
conducting research that will contribute
to the health of the nation's children
and families. The
Cocoon Strategy, the center's first
project, aims to protect those most
vulnerable - newborn babies - against
whooping cough. |
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Texas Children's named lead center for
clinical trial of Berlin Heart
This
collaborative study, involving other
leading heart centers, will benefit
pediatric heart patients worldwide. |
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The Houston Astros kick off 2008 winter caravan with a
visit to Texas
Children's Hospital
The caravan visits kids in schools and hospitals,
as well as participating in other events across Texas.
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Flu
fills Houston emergency rooms
(Click2Houston.com)
The Flu has hit Houston, and
emergency rooms around the city are filling up fast.
Before heading to the ER, hear
what the
chief of Texas Children's Emergency Center
recommends.
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Innovative
Cancer Center program
featured in the
New York Times
Purple Songs Can Fly,
a novel program at Texas Children's Cancer Center, is
helping heal children with cancer through song. |
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On Your Mark...Get Set...Go!
Children, ages 5 to 15, including those with special needs, are welcome
to register for
Texas Children's Hospital Kids' Fun Run.
Race day:
Saturday, January 17, 2009 |
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Thank
you for your support!
Generous listeners pledge over $1.1 Million during
the Cure Kids Cancer Radiothon.
It's not too late to contribute! |
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College Station family
celebrates the holidays
with two very special bundles of joy (KBTX.com)
When Shana and Chad Elliott were having
twins, the couple was excited. But when the unborn
babies were diagnosed with
twin-twin transfusion syndrome, worry set in.
Visit KBTX.com to learn how physicians at Texas
Children's Fetal Center helped make this Christmas merry
for the family. |
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Texas Children's breaks ground for new Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological
Research Institute
A ceremonial groundbreaking was held at Texas Children's
Hospital for the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research
Institute.
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