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UMCH News and Feature Stories

University of Maryland Children's Hospital (UMCH) physicians and researchers are constantly striving to advance the current standards of pediatric and adolescent health care.

To learn about some of UMCH's news-making advances and initiatives, select from the news stories below:

• Department of Pediatrics faculty studies show that many moms don’t know their toddlers are overweight. See additional coverage from WebMD, Reuters, and ABC News

• 13-year-old undergoes treatment at UM Children’s Heart Program after suffering cardiac arrest on hockey field. See coverage from The Baltimore Sun, WJZ-TV and ABC2-WMAR-TV

• UMCH Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician Authors Headphone Accident Study

• UMHC's Child Life Program Hosts Second Annual Snowpile Holiday Event.

• $211,000 Kohl's Grant Funds Purchase of New UMCH Breathmobile for 10-Year Anniversary

• UMCH pediatricians and pediatric surgeons named to Washington Post's "Super Docs" and Baltimore magazine's "Top Doctors" for 2011.
  
  
• Summit on childhood obesity draws top experts, scientists. Also, see video and article featuring UMMC nutritionist who provides 10 healthy lunch tips, plus a video interview with Dr. Yvette Rooks on the problem of childhood obesity.
  
  
• Raven Ed Reed Assists Kamryn Lambert Foundation Collecting Toys for University of Maryland Children's Hospital Patients
  
  
• Raven Ray Rice & Oriole Brian Roberts Host Holiday Fun for Children
• Catonsville Woman Aims to Comfort Children, Not Just During the Holidays 
  
  
• Catonsville Sixth-Grader Holds Bake Sale and Raises More Than $1,500 for UMMC's Pediatric AIDS Program.
  
  
• UMCH Featured in Fox 45's Cover Story: The Courageous Lion.
  
  
• Passion for Kids Leads Children's Heart Director to Keep On Running!
  
  
• Kami's Jammies Brightens the Day for Thousands of Critically Ill Children.
  
  
• University of Maryland Pediatrics at the Harbor Opens its Doors in a New Location
  
  
• What's Best For The Kids

• Points for Pediatrics
  
  
• University of Maryland School of Medicine Awarded Grant to Develop Tiny Heart Pumps for Children
  
  
• Director of Pediatric Cardiology Maintains a Healthy Heart While Doing the Same for Others
  
  
• Childhood Cancers and Blood Diseases: Informed Answers for Tough Questions
  
  
• UMMC Pediatric Anesthesiologist Helps Her Department "Go Green."
  
  
• Stem Cell Research Pioneer Curt Civin, M.D., Joins the Department of Pediatrics
  
  
• Local Bank Raises $25,000 for the University of Maryland Children's Hospital
  
  
• University of Maryland Children's Hospital Begins Study to Compare Pediatric Seizure Medications
  
  
• UMCH Partners with Isabel's Gift to Provide Supportto Families of new Neonatal Intensive Care Patients
  
  
• The Fighting BlueCrabs Hockey Team Fights for Pediatric Oncology
  
  
• University of Maryland Children's Hospital Joins New National Alliance to Meet Increasing Children's Health Needs
  
  
• Home Intervention Program Found Effective at Mitigating Effects of Failure to Thrive in Infants and Toddlers
  
  
• University of Maryland Children's Hospital Earns Certificate of Distinction in Pediatric Asthma
  
  
• School-Based Vaccination Program is Effective at Reducing the Impact of Influenza in Students and their Families
  
  
• Researchers Find Home-Based Mentoring is Effective at Delaying Second Births Among Teen Mothers
  
  
• Reach Out and Read Program at the University of Maryland Thrives with Comcast’s Support
  
  
• Expert in Pediatric Gastroenterology Named to Head University of Maryland Department of Pediatrics
  
  
• New Test Offered to Baltimore Children to Identify Developmental Delays
  
  
• Potential Method for Preventing Type 1 Diabetes Discovered at University of Maryland School of Medicine
  
  
• New Multi-Site Study Finds That WIC Benefits Infants
  
  
• Early Treatment Prevents Severe Vision Loss in Premature Infants with Blinding Eye Disease
  
  
• Children's Hospital a "Safe Haven" for Newborns
  
  
• UM Study Finds Home-Based Intervention Effective in Delaying Second Births Among Adolescent Mothers
  
  
• UM Study Shows Celiac Disease is More Prevalent in U.S. Than Previously Thought
  
  
• UM Children's Hospital Benefits from Birthday Parties Held by Young Philanthropists
  
  
• Baltimore SAFE KIDS Coalition and Baltimore Fire Department Create "Inspector Detector"
  
  
• Rich Gannon Scores Touchdowns for the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research
  
  
• Kinsman Named New Director of Pediatric Neurology
  
  
• UM Children's Hospital Cardiologists Use Non-Surgical Approach to Repair Hole in Upper Chambers of Heart
  
  
• UM Children's Hospital Names New Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  
  
• Conjoined Twins are Separated Successfully at the University of Maryland Children's Hospital
  
  
• Breathmobile Rolls into Baltimore to Provide Ongoing Asthma Care to City School Students
  
  
• Two UM School of Medicine Pediatricians Win Award for Excellence from UM Regents
  
  
• UM Children's Hospital Begins Pet Visitation Program
  
  
• Angelwish Web Site Makes it Easy to Donate Gifts to Children With HIV and AIDS
  
  
• An Inspiring UM Children's Hospital Patient Revs Up for the March of Dimes Bikers for Babies
  
  
• $5 Million Research Project May Yield Results That are Easy to Swallow
  
  
• Promoting Reading a Priority at UM Children's Hospital
  
  
• UM Children's Hospital Doctors Test Anti-Diarrhea Preparation
  
  
• Boy Travels from Greece to UM Children's Hospital to Have Living Donor Kidney Transplant
  
  
• New Web Site by and for Baltimore Teens Offers Accurate Information and Advice on Health and Social Issues
  
  
• March of Dimes Honors Dr. Lillian Blackmon With Distinguished Health Professional Award
  
  
• UM Children's Hospital and the Allergy and Asthma Foundation Bring the Breathmobile to Baltimore
  
  
• UM Children's Hospital and the Worcester County Health Department Operate Summertime Health Clinic in Ocean City
  
  
• UM Researchers Find Further Evidence to Support the Importance of Fathers
  
  
• Researchers Find Increased Zonulin Levels Among Celiac Disease Patients

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