Asthma Myths and Facts
Is asthma a psychological condition? Are asthma medications addictive? The experts at CHOP give you the facts about asthma and how it's treated.
Here, your baby's care is in the hands of one of the largest, most accomplished teams of neonatal experts in the world, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, registered nurses, developmental therapists and more.
Is asthma a psychological condition? Are asthma medications addictive? The experts at CHOP give you the facts about asthma and how it's treated.
CHOP's Spine Program provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment to thousands of children with spinal deformities, trauma-related spinal conditions, musculoskeletal tumors, genetic cervical spine conditions, and other conditions that affect the spine.
Mar 6, 2014
Donations from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance and the Hamilton and Finneran Families helps launch Penn Medicine/CHOP Center to improve research and care for Friedreich's Ataxia, a rare, degenerative disease.
Feb 17, 2014
CHOP’s newly-opened pediatric urgent care center in King of Prussia, PA, is the only after-hours urgent care facility in the area dedicated exclusively to children. CHOP opened its first urgent care center in Mays Landing, NJ, in 2013.
Feb 20, 2014
A CHOP researcher co-led a large study that found 11 new genetic signals linked to blood pressure levels. Ten of these signals encode proteins that appear to be likely drug targets.
Jan 27, 2014
In celebration of GIANT’s 20-Year legacy of support, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia names the GIANT lobby at the Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care.
Mar 21, 2014
Pedigrees are diagrams showing how inherited diseases occur in a family. The CBMi’s new app lets genetic counselors draw pedigrees with a few finger taps during a patient encounter.
Mar 6, 2014
CHOP genetic research shows that higher body mass index (BMI) causes harmful effects on the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and inflammation.
Jan 27, 2014
Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, served as editor of a new professional education series published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Mar 17, 2014
Officials from CHOP and AtlantiCare announced a new partnership that delivers CHOP newborn and pediatric care to the southeastern New Jersey communities AtlantiCare serves.