A new study published in Science Advances is the first to use consumer wearables to quickly and precisely predict postoperative complications in children and shows potential for facilitating faster treatment and care.
Intravenous fluid use in pediatric emergency departments decreased nationwide following Hurricane Helene, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study, findings that may help emergency departments better allocate resources.
The proportion of U.S. children and adolescents with anxiety and depression increased from 2016 to 2022, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine survey analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Children in areas with the lowest Child Opportunity Index — which reflects factors like education, social and economic resources — were over twice as likely to suffer another violent injury within a year after an initial firearm-related emergency room visit, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Most children with life-threatening heart inflammation stemming from COVID-19 tend to recover within six months of infection, according to a multicenter study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Investigators in the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, PhD, have discovered novel molecular underpinnings of Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic form of epilepsy in children, that may serve as promising therapeutic targets, according to a recent study.
An international team of scientists has revealed new clues about the neural mechanisms behind memory formation and recognition in the developing human brain, according to a study published in Science Advances.
Northwestern University has announced the launch of the new Center for Global Pediatric Health, a collaboration between the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health and at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD, the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor of Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Feinberg and Chief of the Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, has been awarded the 2025 Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine.
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision care strategies for infants born prematurely, according to a recent study.