Hot enough for you? Keeping babies warm in developing countries
Newborns like this child have a high risk of hypothermia, even in warm climates. An innovative warming pad could be one potential fix. (Courtesy of Anne Hansen) In the United States, we rarely worry...
View ArticleOf bladder spasms and nanoparticles: A teen scientist meets an urologist
Interior of a bladder (Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body) Ask a group of 15-year-olds what’s on their minds, and you’ll likely hear something along the lines of video games, parties and maybe homework....
View ArticleTracking vaccine misconceptions–by mining online data
This 1802 British cartoon skewers the cowpox vaccine, newly introduced against smallpox. Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_cow_pock.jpg#file Fifty years after Boston Children’s...
View ArticleAn IOTA of thumb control for children with cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, stroke
This child-sized device assists children with thumb movements while giving them sensory and visual feedback. (Image: Wyss Institute, Harvard University) Our ability to use the thumb as an opposable...
View ArticleOut of the fire, into the pan: Lessons on managing chronic care in developing...
Food insecurity is a major problem for diabetic patients at the Kay Mackensen clinic in Haiti where Julia Von Oettingen, MD (top center) serves as medical director. In parts of the developing world,...
View ArticleDelivering a baby MEG
This array of sensors surrounding a baby's head will give researchers and eventually clinicians a high-resolution image of neural activity. Imagine you’re a clinician or researcher and you want to...
View ArticleWhen it comes to innovating, the whole family takes center stage in pediatrics
Some innovators, Naomi Fried, PhD, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, says, can end up alone on an island and make something out of just sand and water. But a lot of other...
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