Akron Children’s and Safe Kids Summit County gave away 300 bike helmets during the Diamond Classic for Kids charity baseball game May 16, which benefited Akron Children’s School Health Services.
There’s a lot going on at Akron Children’s and in pediatric healthcare, in general, and this section is designed to help keep you in the know.
A clinical geneticist applauds Angelina Jolie’s candor (Video)
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Actress Angelina Jolie revealed May 13 in the New York Times that she quietly had a preventive double mastectomy after a genetic test showed she carries a mutation in the hereditary breast/ovarian cancer gene BRCA1.
Updates to sports concussion assessment tool now addresses children under 12
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Parents are constantly asking me how to evaluate kids on the sidelines for concussions. So, I want to share with our readers the most updated concussion assessment tool, the SCAT3.
Batter up! The Diamond Classic for Kids is May 16
May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Each May, at the Diamond Classic for Kids, Kent State University and the University of Akron put their rivalry aside and come together for a good cause: the patients at Akron Children’s Hospital.
Kangaroo-a-thon encourages parents to use skin-to-skin contact with babies
May 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This Wednesday, May 15, is International Kangaroo Care Awareness Month and, despite its name, it is not a day celebrated at zoos, but rather in neonatal intensive care units. Kangaroo care refers to the act of placing your newborn on your chest – skin to skin. It’s good for you and it’s good for baby.
Can the human brain be mapped? A neurosurgeon lends gray matter to the debate
May 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
As a pediatric neurosurgeon and director of Akron Children’s NeuroDevelopmental Science Center, Dr. Roger Hudgins knows the brain and sees, on a daily basis, the devastating effect these some of these conditions have on children and their families. Here are some of his thoughts on President Obama’s brain-mapping proposal and its chances for success.
